I Built a Niche App to $9K MRR

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About this video

Jonathan Fishner built ChartDB, an open source database visualization tool for developers. This video breaks down how to identify and sell to your ICP, no matter how "small" you think the audience is.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:46 Ideas template
• 1:04 Founder background
• 1:35 What is ChartDB?
• 2:25 How to find developer tool ideas
• 3:55 Initial growth and marketing
• 4:51 Why the hacker news post worked
• 5:45 How to find $1M ideas hiding in plain sight
• 6:36 Developer Tools Playbook
• 9:38 ChartDB demo
• 10:41 Tech stack and costs
• 11:57 Advice to founders
• 13:00 Pat and Gus reflections
• 15:10 Build your own niche app