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Stella · B2C · AI manifestation app

Build a first version in about 2 days with AI coding tools, then test it

MVP in ~2 days; full app in 2-3 months

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What they did

No coding background; used Claude Code, Claude and Google AI Studio. MVP took about 2 days, the full app 2-3 months. Treats speed as the main ingredient: the sooner you test an MVP, the sooner you have a product that performs.

What happened

MVP in about 2 days, full app in 2-3 months.
Stage
pre-launch

In their words

She Built This $300K/Month App in 60 Days

Play from 6:39
6:22

Pat WallsThat's super cool. Let's talk about what you just mentioned there, which is like AI tools can do this thing. So let's talk about how you actually built this. You had the idea, it was really powerful, it almost made you emotional when you saw, "Hey, this is what I can do with AI." How'd you then turn it into an app? What tools did you use and how long did it take to build this?

6:39

Sarah PearlI used, you know, Claude Code. Literally just normal Claude, to be honest, has incredible design capabilities. Google AI Studio was huge for me. I would say my biggest piece of advice around this is like speed is the number one ingredient towards success in this industry. The faster you can whip up an MVP and test it, the sooner you will have a product that actually performs. I think from start to finish, it took us 2, 3 months to build the entire app. In terms of how fast I whipped up an MVP, I think it might have been in 2 days.

7:08

Pat WallsAll right. So the next question I have for you is a little bit different than I would typically ask on Starter Story, but it's something that I've noticed when I look at my YouTube analytics. It is literally 93, 94% men like, actually. And if you look on our channel, [laughter] you'll notice that it's always men, it's all men. When we talked earlier, you had some interesting opinions about this, the future of entrepreneurship. Hopefully, there …

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