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Inspiration

Mobile app

Pushscroll

App that makes you do push-ups or other exercises before you can scroll social media.

Revenue (self-reported)

$30K/month

300K downloads, ~4,000 paying customers

How it started

Mario quit a software engineering job at Lyft to fight doomscrolling, while Alejandro, a CS grad whose startups had failed for ignoring distribution, set out to master virality first. Alejandro posted a fake product demo on TikTok that went viral with commenters begging for the app; they met via YC co-founder matching and built a three-screen MVP in two weeks. A launch video offering it free for the first week brought 20-30K downloads, and organic formats scaled it to $30K/month before adding ads.

Tools they use

Compose MultiplatformAmplitudeTikTok

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Founders

  • Alejandro · Co-founder
  • Mario · Co-founder

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