First day back with my co-founder Charlie, and we showed up ready to build! Feels a bit like the first day back at school: excited, a little nervous, ready to dive in .
I was doubting myself about whether I should post this. It's hard to share your real story in front of thousands of people and not be critical about it. But it s out !
All the slides from the HubSpot x Pretty Prompt event - Preview here
Feels a bit cringe. But you do what you have to do to grow your company, and maybe these learnings help other builders scale their products as we did.
On Friday I took my first salary as a founder. Paid by revenue. Not investment. My first one ever. So proud. Most startups die before they make $1. We ve been making revenue for 8 months. Even after pivoting from @Dolphin AI. I don t take this lightly. But it isn t about money. It s about the milestone. The fact that something didn t exist and now it does. Something people want. Are happy to pay for. And happy to be part of. @Pretty Prompt keeps surprising me week after week.
And it all started here on PH . If I could talk to my 2023 self, I d say: "Just keep pushing". Doesn t matter if you don t come from a CS degree, or didn t go to an Ivy League.
What matters is your ability to adapt, and move fast. This is proof. And I m super proud. I took my wife out for dinner. If I was motivated before Wait for what we ll do next with Charlie, my co-founder! Here s to the next Pretty milestone. And building things people want.
The last 14 days have been mental. Here s why Pretty Prompt has grown faster in two weeks than our previous product did in 14 months . Crazy. Highlights: - 36 new reviews. More than the last 3 months combined. - 1,000+ new paying users signed up. Still can t believe I m typing that. - We gave a talk at Stripe about our story and using LLMs in production. - And on our side, we have been shipping like crazy. This week is Launch Week. Major updates. New integrations. Small but powerful tweaks. Super excited What people are saying: - My productivity has skyrocketed. It just makes sense the second you use it." - Honestly, it's one of those tools that instantly becomes part of your everyday stack. - No friction, no learning curve. Just genuinely better outputs..." - "The time savings compound quickly." - "The output I'm getting from Pretty Prompt is a million billion times better than what I was getting before. Biggest focus: - Refine v2 better refinement, multiple options, context. - Team Plans shared libraries, multi-user support. - Lovable Integration site-specific prompts for Vibe coding Obsessed with making every day better than the last.
And it all started right here in Product Hunt. The best place to launch new products.
At least it was for us.
Your feedback drives what we're building. Try Pretty Prompt and let me know your thoughts!
Still feels surreal. 5 years ago I didn't know what a startup was. Two weeks ago, we stood at @Stripe, sharing what we ve built... and the numbers are crazy:
10,000+ users in under 3 months (now nearly 18,000)
220M+ tokens processed in 90 days (that's ~93k tokens/hour)
Built in a space most people call just a wrapper . we went all-in on a single problem.
179,000 views in 7 days (I guess it s not just us who are geeky about AI tokens )
Here s what we shared at Stripe: milestones, mistakes, learnings, and our honest journey. No here s how you do X , only here s what we ve learned and what worked for us.
