How I Get a $10M Exit After Launching 11 apps in 4 Months

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Today, we'll break down the:

• The Influencer as Co-Founder growth strategy.

• Why he gave away 1% of his company to micro-influencers without asking for anything in return

• Why does he keep Tweet Hunter and Taplio separate despite their similarities

• We'll explore how the creators of Tweet Hunter and Taplio used this strategy to achieve a $10 million exit.

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Who is Tibo Louis?

Tibo Louis-Lucas is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of several successful SaaS (Software as a Service) products, including Tweet Hunter and Taplio.

Tibo's journey in the tech and startup world is marked by innovative approaches to product development and marketing.

Tibo's career began with a unique strategy of building multiple small digital products rapidly.

This approach was designed to test different ideas and generate early traction without significant upfront investment.

He and his co-founder Tom Jacquesson created several tools and resources that contributed to their main products' growth.

Their method involved launching these smaller products on platforms like Product Hunt to build an audience and gather initial users​

How he come up with the idea?

In 2015, Tibo took the typical route of a highly qualified software engineer with an MBA: he raised funds to start a new venture.

Alongside Tom Jacquesson, he co-founded Pistache, an app designed to make chores enjoyable for kids.

After successfully raising €200k, including €20k from a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, they immediately got to work.

Over the next two years, they built a team of 15 people and grew the app to an impressive 500,000 downloads.

Despite their rapid growth, they couldn’t make their business model work. Eventually, they ran out of money and shut down the business.

Instead of giving up, Tibo tried again.

This time, he raised €500k on his own and hired a team of 20 to build his second parenting startup, Magicats.

Magicats aimed to help kids learn to code through games and became an award-winning app that attracted the attention of industry giants like Ubisoft.

However, a crucial licensing deal with Ubisoft fell through, and they ran out of money again.

Unfortunately, Magicats owed a significant amount of money, including a €250k loan from the French government, forcing Tibo's Magicats to file for bankruptcy to clear the debts.

In just three years, Tibo went from bankruptcy and unemployment to selling Tweet Hunter and Taplio for over $10 million to Lempire.

Now, he works with Lempire to grow Tweet Hunter and Taplio beyond $6 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and has acquired a tweet-to-video generator, Typeframes, for his product studio.

With his backstory in mind, let’s see how he pulled this off.

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