Show Notes
Tibo is a solo founder making $1M+ a month (!) after bootstrapping 5 AI products. I got him to walk through his exact playbook for validating ideas fast, acquiring users, and pricing AI products. If you want to bootstrap an AI business from scratch, this interview is a must watch.
Tibo and I talked about: (00:00) The right mindset for solo AI founders (04:48) Tibo's 5-step playbook to reach $1M/month (09:55) The product pivot that unlocked $600K/month (13:08) Why you should charge right away (20:50) The acquisition channel everyone says is dead (it's not) (26:58) Running 5 businesses without a real team (36:34) How to price your AI product (37:20) What's a good churn rate for AI products? (40:16) 9 products failed. The 10th hit $600K/month
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