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AI-powered professional headshot generator.
How Ricardo acquired customers
Tools used to build Betterpic
We acquired Betterpic when it was doing $1,500/month. Through multi-channel paid advertising, we scaled it to $274K/month.
Buying an existing product with traction accelerates everything. We didn't need to find PMF - it was already proven.
We invested heavily in Facebook, Google, and TikTok ads. Multi-channel approach protected us from platform changes.
The AI headshot market exploded. We rode the wave with a proven product and scaled marketing.
Acquiring products can accelerate revenue
Multi-channel paid ads scale fast
AI tools have massive potential
Timing + execution = success
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Ricardo achieved 3 milestones on the path to $10K MRR
$1,000
$20,000
The journey, decisions, and context behind this milestone
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