Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Louis Pereira shipped the MVP of his app in just 12 hours. He got traction and customers on the first day. And today, he’s making over $15K/month from that same app. This is the story of how a regular dude from India changed his life by building and shipping fast.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - What is Audiopen?
2:45 - Louis background
3:25 - How he built this in 12 hours
4:55 - Figure out the business side of things (Xero Sponsor)
6:04 - Launch and Growth
7:31 - Building Fast Playbook
9:15 - How Audiopen works
10:16 - Why Audiopen is successful
11:24 - Tech Stack and Costs
11:59 - Final advice
12:40 - READY2BUILD

This video is an educational case study of this founder’s experience. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee any income or results. Every business is different and your results may vary.