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I finally crossed $100 in MRR!

I did it, IH! 🥳

I finally crossed $100 in MRR for AI2sql http://ai2sql.io . It's a small milestone, but it's still a huge deal to me.

It wasn't easy. But I never quit, and I kept pushing forward. 💪

I can't wait to see what the next milestone will be!

AMA

posted to Icon for group Building in Public
Building in Public
on August 29, 2022
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    Congrats! We just passed $60! Despite the lols we might be getting, it's a big milestone. Keep it up!

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      Thanks! It's been a fun ride, and it feels good to know that you're getting closer to your goals every day.

  2. 1

    Congratulations major win!

  3. 1

    Hi! just wanted to ask why is everybody using complete sentences, no swear words, and punctuation. Seems weird

  4. 1

    Congrats, we always miss celebrating tiny victories. You can be proud @mergisi!

  5. 1

    Just a heads up, your numbers section of the website has captions that somewhat repeat and contradict the numbers themselves.

    900+ people signed up : We have 630 wonderful people who are part of the journey

    8000+ SQL Generated : They have generated over 3500 SQLs with the AI2sql.

    300h+ Time Saved : They've also saved over 150 hours in development time and helped them save lives.

    Love the app idea, seems nearly like an impossible task to complete

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      Thanks for your attention, we have made the update.

  6. 1

    Huge congrats!

    We just launched last week — excited for the coming months!

    Was wondering what acquisition channels worked for y'all at first? — What growth initiatives (e.g. blogs, threads, cold-email, etc.) helped with the first handful of users?

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      Thank you so much for your kind words!

      It's hard to say which acquisition channels worked best for me at first—I tried a lot of different approaches. I did a lot of outreach on Twitter, FB, and LinkedIn; I also tried posting on Reddit.

      Ultimately, it was our blog Medium
      that got us the most users.

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        Thanks for such a quick response!

        Interesting. We're very new to this so still in the early days of experimenting with LinkedIn but we managed to put out a Medium article as well (see below). We were able to drive a little bit of traffic over (~15 unique visitors) and are investing more time into inbound marketing — hope it works.

        Congrats again and best of luck with the startup!

        https://medium.com/p/9ad424cc5ff4

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          I hope that helps! Keep up the great work! I followed on Medium ;)

  7. 1

    Congratulations friend! 🎉🎊 We're halfway there ourselves!!

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      Thank you! I'm so happy for you, and I'm excited to hear how the rest of your journey goes.

  8. 1

    Big step @mergisi !

    Also a cool and scalable product.

    Where have you been marketing it?

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      Thanks! We've had great results marketing it through Twitter, as well as through content marketing on Medium
      .

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        Awesome! Twitter is unbeatable for building in public, Linkedin is also a greate place

  9. 1

    Hey Mustafa. Congrats for reaching this amazing milestone :D One thing I have noticed with the WBE Space MRR is that the second $100 were easier to reach than the first so hopefully things will get better now for you

  10. 1

    Wow, really nice project! Congrats!

    1. 1

      Thanks! I would love to hear your feedback.

  11. 1

    Big congratulations 🎉🎉

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      Thank you so much!

  12. 1

    Congratulations!🥳

  13. 1

    Congratulations 🎉👏👏👏🥳🥳

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      Thank you so much:)

  14. 1

    A big congratulations 🎉

    1. 1

      Thank you so much!

  15. 1

    Congratulations on the growth. Did you do any user interviews or anything before building/launching the product? I'm curious if you saw this as an actual need that others had, or if you were scratching your own itch, or something else?

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      Thanks for the congrats!

      It was a bit of both. I knew we wanted to make something that solved the problem I had, but then when I saw the amount of people asking about the same thing on Twitter and in other forums, I realized that there was an actual need.

  16. 1

    What can I say other than congratulations.

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      Thank you so much!

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      Thank you so much!

  17. 1

    Congratulations 👍🙂
    Keep growing.

    1. 1

      Thank you so much!

  18. 1

    Congrats! More is coming, waiting for next post!

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      Thanks! There's more to come—I'll definitely be sharing it on Twitter as soon as it's up! :)

  19. 1

    Congrats, Mustafa 🤟

  20. 1

    This is such an exciting time! How many months did the journey take if you don't mind me asking?

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      Thanks! The journey from the first idea has taken just under 1 year (about 10 months).

  21. 1

    Dang I remember using it, did you happen to publish your link in some stackoverflow answer?

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      I didn't, but I might have posted it in a few different places (Reddit, quora, etc.) :)

  22. 1

    Nice Job! Curious to know, if there was anything done in particular that triggered the lift-off and what caused the first small peak?

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      Thanks.

      I did a lot of testing and optimization, but ultimately it was the right mix of content (Medium Blog) and social media (Twitter, FB groups) that helped me see a lift.

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        Thanks for sharing!

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          I hope this helps.

  23. 1

    Congratulations! Gotta celebrate the wins 💪

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      Thank you! I'm so excited to be able to share this with everyone.

    1. 1

      Thank you Faruk ;)

  24. 1

    Congratulations...! Great job!

    1. 1

      Thank you! I'm so happy to hear that.

  25. 1

    Congratulations @mergisi
    I know this feeling very well

    1. 1

      It's such a great feeling :)

  26. 1

    Congrats, embrace it!

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      Thank you so much!

  27. 1

    Your pricing website looks very weird. Much different than the main site. Why?

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      I'm so glad you brought this up!

      The main site is optimized to make it easy for customers to buy, while the pricing website is optimized to help us sell.

  28. 1

    Congrats! Do you use GPT-3 in the background?

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      Thanks! Yes, I use GPT-3.

  29. 1

    Great job! Well done.

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      Thank you so much!

  30. 1

    Congratulations. Way to go.

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      Thank you! I'm so excited to be able to help people with AI2sql.

  31. 1

    Congratulations Mustafa! That is so super awesome. Keep up the excellent work!

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      Thank you! I'm so glad you think so.

  32. 1

    Sky's the limit 📈

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      Thank you! I'm so happy to hear that.

  33. 1

    Excellent news, hope it keeps going up!

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      Thanks! I'm so excited to see what the future holds.

  34. 1

    Can it figure out JOINs, SUBQUERY, etc?

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      Yes, AI2sql can handle SQL queries that have JOINs, SUBQUERYs, and other advanced features.

  35. 1

    That's great! Congrats Mustafa!

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      Thanks! I'm glad you like it.

  36. 1

    Wow, great! Congratulations Mustafa!

  37. 1

    Big congrats Mustafa!

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    That's amazing. Congrats. The next milestone is much closer.

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      Thanks! I'm so excited. It's like the next milestone is just around the corner. :)

    1. 1

      Thank you! I'm so excited to be here and I can't wait to see what comes next!

  39. 1

    Congrats Mustafa! Great things have small beginnings!

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      Thanks so much! I'm excited to see what's next.

  40. 1

    Congratulations Mustafa! Hope this momentum continues on 💪

    1. 1

      Thanks so much! I hope so, too.:)

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    Congrats! And don't forget: next step is 1k ;)

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      Thank you! That's the plan.

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    Congrats, Mustafa! How did you acquire your first users?

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      Hey, thanks!

      I used Twitter to get my first users.

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        Did you cold DM users or just post about your product?

  43. 1

    that's great congratulations!

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      Thank you so much!

  44. 1

    Great Product Idea! Github Co Pilot for SQL 🚀

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      Thank you so much! Absolutely, correct!

  45. 1

    Congrats! Onwards and upwards, my dude!

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      Thank you so much!

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    @mergisi Well done.

    I don't think I have sufficient knowledge to play with the database. Maybe one day.

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      That's okay! I think AI2sqlis a good place to start. ;)

  47. 0

    Congrats! And if ya would want to spend this on something fun ya can google Sir Cocky I got 100$ tier subscription. Can spend it all at once! Very convenient I would say!

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