@starterstory: Bro recruited his friends to build his app by offering a three-way revenue split, even though there was basically no revenue. Meet Kyle. He was building Cardstock alone in a basement, watching his friends line up shifts at Kohl’s and a restaurant. So he made them an offer: quit those jobs, come help, and we’ll split everything three ways. They didn’t even know how to code. He taught them. They spent 2-3 years building together. Today Cardstock + Scanémon do over $120K/month combined: > Cardstock: ~15K subs, ~$75K MRR > Scanémon: ~3.4K subs, ~$17K MRR The lesson: sometimes the “irrational” move (giving away equity before there’s anything to give) is what actually gets the thing built.

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