“I mean, we hit 250 K in June a couple months ago. Now the business is on a growing and sustainable path.”
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Georgiou: SaaS companies relying solely on creator personal brands will fail
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Georgiou bought out his co-founder at $13K to $14K monthly revenue
“And then in January of this year, I literally chucked myself into the deep end of the water. I bought out my co-founder for a lot of money at the time. And that was when we were at like 13 or 14 K MRR.”
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Disclosure
Georgiou leveraged his personal brand to recruit developers instead of driving traffic
“Like I said, I didn't post videos on my YouTube channel and directly drive traffic to the software, but I did use my personal brand as a leverage a lot. I mean, people knew who I was. It was easy for me to reach out to people. You know, developers did want to …”
Sebastian GeorgiouSep 17, 2025▶ 7:49I Quit YouTube & Built a $1M App (Without My Audience)
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Georgiou's app reached $10K monthly revenue organically before using paid ads
“We kept on listening to the customers and it grew to 10 K a month. Fairly organically as it got to a much better place and to a good place where we felt pretty confident.”
Sebastian GeorgiouSep 17, 2025▶ 11:44I Quit YouTube & Built a $1M App (Without My Audience)
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Content and paid ads drive 60% to 65% of Georgiou's SaaS traffic
“So, YouTube videos, short form content, and paid ads makes up 60 to 65% of our total traffic.”
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