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AI repurposing software that turned Sabrina’s creator workflow into $10K MRR within about ten days of launch.
later described as a $3M business
“The first version only had to do one useful thing: turn content you already made into posts you could actually publish.”
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Sabrina had already built and exited Qurious, a real-time speech recognition company, and wanted to teach AI rather than start another startup. Her own creator workflow changed that plan: repurposing one video across platforms consumed too much time, and viewers of her automation tutorials asked for a simpler app. She tested the pain with a short TikTok, spoke with 10–20 commenters about their current tools and spending, then documented a seven-part MVP build. The first version accepted existing content and generated platform-specific social posts; it could not publish natively and relied on Zapier. Blotato launched to her newsletter and TikTok audience on October 20. Despite a broken demo link in the launch email, she reports reaching $10K MRR about ten days later. She later described growing an audience from zero to 2 million and the business as a $3 million solo operation. Early churn exceeded 30%, so she watched session recordings and rebuilt onboarding around a completed draft post.
The first prospects came from Sabrina’s own TikTok and YouTube audience, which already trusted her practical AI tutorials. She posted a roughly 30-second unscripted TikTok asking whether people struggled to repurpose content, then contacted 10–20 commenters for calls about their existing tools, costs and workflow.
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Data credibility: Founder interview. Sabrina reported the approximately $10K MRR milestone and later described the business as $3 million. The figures are self-reported in the interview and were not independently audited.
Blotato’s first reported revenue came through a launch to Sabrina’s newsletter and TikTok audience. She says the product reached $10K in monthly recurring revenue roughly ten days after the October 20 launch.
The growth loop joined audience, product feedback and more audience. Sabrina used the process of building Blotato as content, then shared launch mistakes and product improvements in follow-up videos that also promoted the tool.
A product with creator-led acquisition can still have a punishing retention phase. Sabrina reports churn above 30% in the first month or two, even while new signups kept coming.
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