Founder Playbook
Audience
“That's how I learned that ChatGPT was telling people to use RevenueCat when they asked how to do in-app purchases. All of a sudden I saw Claude, ChatGPT, like all the LLMs. I was like oh I wouldn't have even thought to ask about that.”
Open-text attribution survey caught ChatGPT as a referral source
A simple post-signup 'How did you hear about us?' survey with three preset buttons plus a free-form field is enough to discover non-obvious acquisition channels — including LLMs actively recommending your product. Worth a small UX sacrifice on a percentage of users to capture directional signal you'd never have guessed to track.
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Bruno Virlet
The Grizzly Labs (Genius Scan)5M MAU, 2X+ revenue growth on a 10-person bootstrapped team — Genius Scan launched 2010, still founder-run, never raised
Sub Club by RevenueCat
Bootstrapping a Subscription App to 5M MAU and 2X+ Revenue Growth· 59:11