Pep AI · B2C · peptide and GLP-1 tracker
Raise a small angel check for marketing; pay developers in equity
Funded the creator program from launch
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What they did
Pitched a fraternity acquaintance with drop-shipping money on a call; used the whole investment for marketing. Built v1 himself, then recruited two developers from the university founders club for equity about a month in so he could focus on marketing, product, pricing and ads.
What happened
Funded the creator program from launch.
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- Build an app for a topic blowing up on TikTok with no winning app yet$51K revenue in ~7 weeks; organic App Store search traffic from the trend
- Ask Apple for an expedited review to fix rejections in hours, not daysReviews in ~2 hours instead of ~2 days; approved after about a week
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