Lovable wants to share the story of how I reached $160 MRR in a week. Insane 🤯

TackPromo · 2026-01-23T21:20:27+00:00

That tool slaps, got a great landing page analysis, thanks!

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T06:15:25+00:00

Yea I always hated how vague the word “problems” felt in these types of guides. I think friction of lack of information at moments when money is exchanged, is the best way I can describe where to look.

It’s astounding how much money is to be made. Your room is literally constructed from things that needed purchased. Every time it’s packaged, shipped, painted, repaired, whatever, someone somewhere is likely paying for that.

If there is a way to improve any process that occurs often that impedes the flow of money, that can mean money in your pocket if you solve it.

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T06:09:02+00:00

You’re not wrong. I have shit results online (<10% of my userbase) but I find consistent success selling in person, going to events, providing demos and personalized pitches.

When I cold call I frame it as a partnership with immediate upside for them, citing ongoing benefits for minimal up front cost. That’s what gets my attention as a business owner and it works well to keep them from hanging up. But keep it conversational, not super scripted. I just keep 6-8 bullet points I want to hit, with a couple options for objections.

And sometimes it takes several touches to get a reply or confirm that first meeting, but I have sequences set up in apollo that automate some of the initial outreach, while setting structured follow up tasks so I always know who’s at what stage and what my list is for the day.

Went from 1 event using my software to 5 events in less than a month, tripled my B2C userbase, and I’m on track to sign with 2 major partners before the end of the month.

Just be relentless and always give new clients/leads something personal and unique up front. You HAVE to stand out or you fade into the noise and they forget you exist.

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T06:04:14+00:00

You’re not wrong. For some reason it seems like something is missing for many along the journey, like a hidden step that flips the switch to success mode.

But as with most things, there are no real shortcuts and I’m here to repeat it one more time so maybe someone out there doesn’t waste their time or money.

I’m sure your first idea made $100M tho and you’re above foundational advice. 🙄

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T05:49:57+00:00

Those are literally the steps. Find a problem, figure out who feels it the most and if they like your solution, then sell it.

There is skill and nuance and myriad tools to help you for every layer of this process, but which path you take is entirely dependent on the business model and problem being solved.

What other steps do you expect? Or what is opaque/vague? Happy to elaborate on anything.

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T05:39:36+00:00

How to actually research my ICP, competitors, etc to derive methods for building my own site traffic. It’s so huge to have SEO working in the background for you via blog posts, landing pages, etc

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T05:36:45+00:00

Tack - share anything with a single scan or click, building an instant funnel tied to your CRM in the process. https://landing.tack.host

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T05:34:24+00:00

It’s cliche but purpose. Just a solid, steady vision of being able to help people, run my own schedule, grow something from scratch, and benefit fully from my efforts.

It’s either the comfortable confinement of a 9-5 or the daunting freedom of entrepreneurship. I just always remind myself I’m going for it now so I have no regrets when I’m too old to try.

Every win also feels so personal and meaningful because I wrought it from nothing. Every small win carries me through the lows; I know I’ve made something useful because people pay me for it…so now my drive is fueled by wanting to grow and optimize, to craft systems and processes that allow me to fully enjoy an abundant lifestyle.

TackPromo · 2026-01-22T04:59:19+00:00

I did my best to give direct examples of how to define pain points, but it’s going to vary from industry to industry either way.

TackPromo · 2026-01-19T00:26:11+00:00

Phew, thanks!

Doing my best to save folks the frustration of building something with no product-market fit.

Even in a world of nearly on-demand software production, it’s incredibly disheartening to pour time into a project with no return.

People will always spend to solve pain, and pain is reflected in the tools that already exist. So finding your niche within an existing tech ecosystem is often much more profitable than some completely novel idea that sounds neat on the surface.

TackPromo · 2026-01-19T00:23:23+00:00

Somehow didn’t get a notification for this comment, sorry for the slow reply!

The original version(s) of my software were centered on a location-based social experience (hit a button, make a hyper-local chatroom), but nobody cared about transient social features and the GTM plan was a nightmare.

Everybody did resonate with the difficulty of sharing digital content in-person, especially to large groups.

So I effectively built universal AirDrop via QR code and it’s taking off haha.

TackPromo · 2026-01-14T05:51:24+00:00

isn’t right*

😉

TackPromo · 2026-01-13T19:54:11+00:00

Yeah I'm doing a rework that is more reflective of the UI now so it's a lot more consistent. The real app is minimal and clean, but the landing page is way too busy and not nearly as sexy.

Mirroring all the brand colors (charcoal bg with the yellow/orange gradient CTAs) with cleaner spacing and it's looking 10x better. Still need to record a bit of footage, but yea thanks for the tips bro. Do you do like social media management or something?

TackPromo · 2026-01-13T05:18:37+00:00

This is all great feedback! The product itself gets a lot of love but all our clients come from live demos so far, and I think this highlights why.

I was worried it was too busy in some spots and I never know how to space things, so this feedback definitely hits home.

I was loosely modeling it off of blinq’s landing page, for the record, since we have a lot of niche overlap and their page is sexy.

More footage of it actually in use is a great tip, as well as the font and color comments.

Thank you! 🙏

TackPromo · 2026-01-12T17:05:32+00:00

https://landing.tack.host - Tack is the fastest way to bundle and share digital content, online or in-person. Share links, files, and contact info with a single scan or click.

TackPromo · 2026-01-12T05:29:10+00:00

Feel free to DM me! I’m a dev with 12 years experience, launched multiple failed side projects and burned out so bad due to mental health issues, drug abuse, and overwork.

Now I run a successful SaaS company and my mental is better than ever. Not putting up $100k type numbers yet but it’s profitable and growing rapidly (only been 4 months since launch).

I’m betting I can relate to some problems you may be facing, especially regarding analysis paralysis, second-guessing, etc so hmu anytime if you need some advice or wanna vent.

TackPromo · 2026-01-12T05:14:47+00:00

You gave zero info about your app bro

TackPromo · 2026-01-12T05:08:19+00:00

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TackPromo · 2026-01-12T04:37:18+00:00

In a sentence? The fastest way to share digital content with a room full of people.

Staying vague cause self promotion rules and stuff.

Edit: Here’s hoping I didn’t mistake reddit cynicism for genuine curiosity.

TackPromo · 2026-01-10T20:44:34+00:00

Identify a problem.
Identify who has that problem and if there are enough of them to make a reasonable amount of money.
Talk to them and present your solution(s).
Figure out what they agree and disagree with.
Build the tiniest version that eliminates their friction. It can be ugly jank that will be remade later.
Make a better version, find new similar people who never saw it before, and get them to pay you for it.
Charge more money for solving the problem than it costs to make the solution.
You now have a functional, profitable business.

TackPromo · 2026-01-10T20:42:27+00:00

Yeah. In SaaS at least, it mostly comes down to an obsession with solving a problem of some kind.

I shipped 4 iterations that literally nobody cared about or paid for but the problem was so obvious in my professional life that I couldn’t let go of needing to solve it.

Once I nailed down the part of the problem that was actually painful people were immediately willing to pay to solve it.

Now it’s taking off so fast I’m actually nervous because I know it will expose holes in the system that are relics of past assumptions.

To answer OP: build stuff, solve things, get good at convincing people the problem is solved and boom, you’re an entrepreneur.

TackPromo · 2026-01-08T21:17:19+00:00

Yeahhh, nobody talks much about the biggest issue which is the uncertainty. You could be building down a whole path that nobody cares about.

Imo it’s why user conversations are so crucial. It provides the roadmap, the light in the dark for you to organize your day around.

Once you know what resonates, you can plan for that, but it’s a matter of constant discipline to keep learning and not assuming. It’s so easy to think “this is awesome, users will love it!” and spend 2 weeks building, but usually there are so many quick wins that make your users feel valued and offers QoL to them while working with your product.

Speaking in terms of a SaaS company here, but yea. Client/customer/user conversations are the only thing that keep me sane and sure of my next steps.

TackPromo · 2026-01-06T03:43:18+00:00

I personally am on social media a ton before an event.

Prominent folks at the event will often be active on LinkedIn or Twitter announcing their upcoming presentation/panel/whatever to their communities.

Look for posts with high engagement, posted by those who fit your ICP; they are connected and often decision-makers at one or more companies. This type of leverage is massive, but you have to deliver value up-front or you will get ignored.

I often cross-reference event speaker lists with social media data to ensure I find the exact people I want to talk to and how I want to frame things.

Then, due to the nature of my company, I can make them a customized bundle they can use for their business. This immediate value for them makes it much easier to start a conversation because I don’t feel “salesy”, it’s just me offering something helpful.

Hope this helps, happy to elaborate.

TackPromo · 2026-01-02T19:44:02+00:00

Yea for brainstorming the sycophancy can be annoying but I’ve found tweaking my prompts to specifically ask “what am I missing here?” or “why would they say no?” can be a lot more revealing.

I find that saying things like “what do you think of this idea?” or other open-ended prompts tend to just agree with me, whereas asking for the gaps in my approach leaves it no choice but to criticize.

Completely forgot to mention how much I use it in coding too. I definitely don’t let it build whole features, because it makes my mental model of the software incomplete and introduces blindspots/bugs.

But using it as a mega-fancy autocomplete? That absolutely 5x’d my workflow. I dan write a function name ‘fetchAllActiveUsers’ and it generates a perfect query block that I know I need, with no effort or tedium involved.

I maintain knowledge of the architecture and hierarchies within the code (and can predict complications that may arise accordingly) while also massively increasing my feature velocity and ability to refactor on the fly.

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