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Professional timer and cue system for live events and presentations.
How Lukas acquired customers
Tools used to build Stagetimer
Stagetimer started as a weekend project. I posted it on Reddit and it took off. Now doing €20K MRR with 85% profit margin.
I built the first version in a weekend and posted it to a relevant subreddit. The response was immediate and enthusiastic.
I spent almost nothing on paid marketing. Instead, I focused on making the product exceptional.
Infrastructure costs are about €150/month. With €20K MRR, that's an 85% profit margin.
Start with free beta to validate
Post in relevant subreddits
Focus on product over paid marketing
Lean operations = high margins
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Lukas achieved 3 milestones on the path to $10K MRR
$1,000
$20,000
The journey, decisions, and context behind this milestone
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