After working on a single app for the whole 2024, I am going for 12 startups in 12 months in 2025

I started working on my first app exactly on January 1, 2024. That was when I made the Github repo and starting pushing code (Growfol). Launched it around mid June and then tried to get people to use it with zero marketing experience, or any sales skill. All this while doing my full time 9–5 job as a software engineer.

First sale within a few days was like a dream come true and I thought I made it, and few more sales helped build confidence. But things slowed down soon enough. All the adrenaline rush vanished and I was back to where I started emotionally and mentally, trying to breakthrough and have a stable startup. To be able to leave my job and work on my own products.

The app has made $1.9k in sales till now, all lifetime deals except 1 monthly subscription which churned after 1 month, and an yearly subscription which is currently active.

The app is still up and I update features regularly though.

I have decided to change things in 2025. This year I am taking the famous 12 startups in 12 months challenge while maintaining my 9–5 job.

Almost done with my first startup (I started in mid-December for this project).

In any case, I am going to break free this year. Free of worries, free of stress, fully focused to be stable with enough MRR to leave my job.

To all my tech bros who are reading this, let’s f’ing go. We got this 🤝