This Clever Hack Validated His $10M/Year Business

Wesley TianFounder of Aragon.ai $10 Million annual revenue

Wesley Tian is the founder of Aragon, an AI headshot generator.

Launched 3 years ago, it’s now pulling in $10M per year

How Wesley validated the idea…

With $15k-$20k in savings, I started launching apps full time to see what people wanted. I soon had a site with 12 “apps” with waitlists. People liked the apps where you could change your appearance.

So he didn’t actually build out any of those 12 apps initially

Instead, he set up simple landing pages where people could sign up for a waitlist if they liked the sound of the app.

Few signups = nobody wants thisMany signups = shut up and take my money

Use the same approach to test out your own ideas

You could also try offering this as a productized service: build out landing pages for other people’s ideas, drive traffic, collect emails, report back.