Dan Novaes

This app was the first ever app that basically created Instagram as like an exchange system, meaning you could upload your photo. And you could like someone's photo or you can follow them and you get a certain amount of coins for those actions. Or you can just buy coins. At the time, the way the algorithm worked on Instagram is the most likes, most follows gets to the popular page.

This app was the first ever app that basically created Instagram as like an exchange system, meaning you could upload your photo. And you could like someone's photo or you can follow them and you get a certain amount of coins for those actions. Or you can just buy coins. At the time, the way the algorithm worked on Instagram is the most likes, most follows gets to the popular page.

This app was the first ever app that basically created Instagram as like an exchange system, meaning you could upload your photo. And you could like someone's photo or you can follow them and you get a certain amount of coins for those actions. Or you can just buy coins. At the time, the way the algorithm worked on Instagram is the most likes, most follows gets to the popular page.

Once you get to the popular page, you get a ton of organic reach. It doesn't work like that anymore. This app basically was the first time that you could do that without bots. And this app went out. And the first day it came out, there was like four hours left in the day. And every 24 hours, the clock resets. And it made like $700. I thought it was a glitch.

Once you get to the popular page, you get a ton of organic reach. It doesn't work like that anymore. This app basically was the first time that you could do that without bots. And this app went out. And the first day it came out, there was like four hours left in the day. And every 24 hours, the clock resets. And it made like $700. I thought it was a glitch.

Once you get to the popular page, you get a ton of organic reach. It doesn't work like that anymore. This app basically was the first time that you could do that without bots. And this app went out. And the first day it came out, there was like four hours left in the day. And every 24 hours, the clock resets. And it made like $700. I thought it was a glitch.

I was like, someone came in here and probably went insane about that. The next day, I see it rising through the charts.

I was like, someone came in here and probably went insane about that. The next day, I see it rising through the charts.

I was like, someone came in here and probably went insane about that. The next day, I see it rising through the charts.

know we're at like number four you know in the paid charts and uh the next day it made like 12 grand right and then the next day it made 20 grand right and it was just organically growing you know had this really nice viral loop um and then we were the 65th highest grossing app in the entire app store and so every day we're making like 20 000 profit you know on this product um and it got to a point that i was like look i think you should drop out of school

know we're at like number four you know in the paid charts and uh the next day it made like 12 grand right and then the next day it made 20 grand right and it was just organically growing you know had this really nice viral loop um and then we were the 65th highest grossing app in the entire app store and so every day we're making like 20 000 profit you know on this product um and it got to a point that i was like look i think you should drop out of school

know we're at like number four you know in the paid charts and uh the next day it made like 12 grand right and then the next day it made 20 grand right and it was just organically growing you know had this really nice viral loop um and then we were the 65th highest grossing app in the entire app store and so every day we're making like 20 000 profit you know on this product um and it got to a point that i was like look i think you should drop out of school

we should keep building other apps. And he's like, listen, I can't get a visa because I don't have a college degree. And so he's like, if we raise an investment round, we can get a special visa called the O1A visa. It's like people of extraordinary ability. And so then I went out to go try and raise money. And we were able to raise $1.5 million.

we should keep building other apps. And he's like, listen, I can't get a visa because I don't have a college degree. And so he's like, if we raise an investment round, we can get a special visa called the O1A visa. It's like people of extraordinary ability. And so then I went out to go try and raise money. And we were able to raise $1.5 million.

we should keep building other apps. And he's like, listen, I can't get a visa because I don't have a college degree. And so he's like, if we raise an investment round, we can get a special visa called the O1A visa. It's like people of extraordinary ability. And so then I went out to go try and raise money. And we were able to raise $1.5 million.

We got Mark Cuban to become an advisor in the business as well at the time. And he dropped out of school. And then we started this company. Three or four months into that app, Facebook tried to sue us. They sent us a cease and desist. They didn't actually sue us because we were using their private API. They didn't like what we were doing. And so we adjusted the way that that worked.

We got Mark Cuban to become an advisor in the business as well at the time. And he dropped out of school. And then we started this company. Three or four months into that app, Facebook tried to sue us. They sent us a cease and desist. They didn't actually sue us because we were using their private API. They didn't like what we were doing. And so we adjusted the way that that worked.

We got Mark Cuban to become an advisor in the business as well at the time. And he dropped out of school. And then we started this company. Three or four months into that app, Facebook tried to sue us. They sent us a cease and desist. They didn't actually sue us because we were using their private API. They didn't like what we were doing. And so we adjusted the way that that worked.

But ultimately, that's how we got started in software and then ran a lot of different apps

But ultimately, that's how we got started in software and then ran a lot of different apps