A video-first creator portfolio attracted a large free user base and was sold after the founders chose not to fund a crowded market.
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Co-founder Anita Kirkovska said Biyo had around 10,000 users, most of whom did not pay. She described selling the business through Acquire.com after buyer inquiries and a process lasting about one to two months. A no-code creator bio and portfolio page with video, multiple audience-specific versions, integrations, and an initial NFT-oriented concept. The founders built in public and acquired users through Twitter and Product Hunt. The speakers discuss this business as a concrete example of a focused internet product. Its most useful lesson for a new founder is to tie the product promise to a specific audience and to keep the evidence label attached to every result. Anita says the founders built in public and used Twitter and Product Hunt. The no-code community also responded to the product’s appearance and integrations, giving them an early audience without paid campaigns. The opportunity is not simply to copy the surface; it is to understand the audience’s recurring job and build a product whose value can be demonstrated quickly. The numbers support attention or payment as stated, but they do not independently verify profit, retention, or durable demand.
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Join the Unicorn Club — $5/moCancel anytime, in one clickData credibility: Co-founder Anita Kirkovska said Biyo had around 10,000 users, most of whom did not pay. She described selling the business through Acquire.com after buyer inquiries and a process lasting about one to two months. The figure is reported by a participant or creator in the video and was not independently audited; no unreported conversion, margin, or sale price is inferred.