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Hey!

Last week, we interviewed a 20-year-old college kid named Michael.

He built an app called Go Tall.

It predicts how tall you're going to be.

That's it....

That's the app.

When I first heard the idea, I started laughing.

There's no way this thing makes money.

But I learned that it makes over $100,000 a month!!

I had just one question:

HOW?!

How in the world does a "dumb" idea make $100K a month?

And here's what I landed on:

There's no such thing as a dumb idea.

Some ideas are better than others, sure that's obviously true.

But almost any idea can work with the right marketing and distribution.

That's the whole game.

Michael found the app idea in the comments of a TikTok video.

> Then he made 10 TikToks a day for a month.

> Then he taught that format to other creators.

> Then he put ads behind it.

And that's how a ridiculous height predictor app got to six-figures a month.

But the real sauce came at the end of the interview.

His biggest piece of advice to up-and-coming founders was simple: 

Drop your ego.

Open the camera. Make the cringe TikToks. Talk about your "dumb" idea even when people tell you it'll never work. 

Most people are too worried about looking stupid.

And that can be your greatest advantage. 

So... if you want to see how the most successful apps and businesses are actually growing, we've got a database of 4,500+ real businesses making real money.

Marketing, revenue, tech stack – everything. 

Go find an idea.

Even a "dumb" one.

And start building.

– Pat

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