@starterstory: He didn’t find his app idea in a brainstorm session he found it in the comment section. after 10 failed apps, Louis stopped guessing and started reading every viral makeup video had the same comments: “what products is she using” “how would this look on me” “i wish i could try this without buying everything” that’s not engagement that’s proven demand so instead of building first, he turned comments into content tested the idea on tiktok before writing a single line of code and watched what people reacted to when the content hit, he knew the app would too then he built glow up launched fast and let the same content engine drive downloads result? > 800k in year one > 2m users > 70k paying customers most people scroll past comments he built a business from them

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