From Depressed and ​​Stressed to $150K in 1 Year

Nico JeannenFounder of Talknotes $150,000+ revenue in 1 year Published April 18, 2024 by Fardeen KhanReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty

A recent tweet from Nico Jeannen…

Wow, I just realized I made over $180,000 in the last 15 months with all my apps.

We’ve featured Nico in this newsletter before…

Launched an App 3 Months Ago, Sold it for $65,000 (Mar 2023)His Unoriginal App: 13 Weeks to $2000/Month (Nov 2023)

Back in 2022, Nico was a marketer who didn’t really know how to code. 

Then he “bought a $20 course to learn Python on Udemy” and started sharing his journey of learning to code

Now, in 2024, his Talknotes app is earning him $5000/month just a few months after launch.

He recently tweeted…

Me last year:
– Only one year of savings
– Living in a cheap co-living in Bali
– Can’t travel
– Depressed and stressed
– Can only afford $2 chicken + rice for every meal

Me this year:
– $150k+ in revenues
– Travel whenever I want to
– Live in a nice apartment
– Eat good tasty and healthy food

What changed:
I shipped 20 apps to learn the process. Most failed, but some took off. You only need to win once to snowball

He basically packed a ton of experience into a couple of years, picking up valuable new skills and learning how to build successful products.

It wasn’t glamorous by any means, but the results speak for themselves.

And it all started with a $20 course, plus the willingness to go through it fully and apply the materials

(Fun fact: most online courses only have a 5-15% completion rate. So if you complete that latest online course you signed up for, you’re ahead of the pack.)

Sharing the journey has also been key for Nico, resulting in a following of 26K on X.

Amazing how far a person can come in a short time if they go all in

Last thing: moving to Bali surely contributed to Nico’s success.

Because when your cost of living is low, there’s less pressure to earn big money right away, and you have more time to build new skills and experiment with different business models.

If moving is an option for you, Nomad List shows the best cities around the world to live and work remotely

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