The video uses a relatable 'day in the life' or 'journey' format, chronicling the ups and downs of founding a startup. This narrative structure, combined with the vulnerability and honesty about challenges, likely resonated with viewers interested in entrepreneurship and personal growth.
Summary
This is a slideshow detailing the journey of a founder who unexpectedly started a VC-backed company. It chronicles the progression from a side project to a viral sensation, launch, challenges, and eventual recovery and growth over a year.
Structure
1Introduction of the founder's 2025 vision and the unexpected company founding.
2The initial phase: working in corporate and starting a side project.
3Gaining traction: viral threads, TikTok promotion, and user obsession.
4Intensified work: product development, user speaking, and marketing while juggling a 9-to-5.
5Deep commitment: living and breathing the app, questioning personal sacrifices.
6Launch and uncertainty: beta testing, official launch, and deciding to go all-in.
9Full-time commitment and initial struggles: working intensely on a new version, making mistakes.
10Burnout and conflict: hitting a low point, realizing the difficulty of self-employment, mental health struggles.
11Rebuilding and relaunch: fixing everything, relearning, difficult conversations, relaunching the app, and growing the team.
12Recovery and passion: recovering from burnout, feeling grateful and passionate about the chaos.
Product placement
The video implicitly promotes a SaaS product that the creator co-founded and launched, detailing its growth from a side project to a VC-backed company. The product itself is not named or shown directly, but its development and success are the central theme.
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my 2025 eras
except my life did a full 180
& I accidentally founded a vc
backed company lol
Jan
working in corporate
started a silly side project with a
friend bc I was bored - didn't
think it mattered much at
the time
Feb
made a few viral threads &
started posting on tiktok to
promote the side project
people were obsessed with the
idea & that gave us motivation
to start treating it more seriously
this was such an exciting time!!!
Mar
putting every free second
I had into figuring out the
product, speaking to users,
doing marketing
but juggling a 9 to 5, the side
project and friendships /
relationship was getting difficult
Apr
living and breathing
the app
our mission started becoming so
important to me
but I was sacrificing so much
and started questioning if it was
worth it
May
after months of beta testing we
finally launched!!!
one of my favorite
memories to this day
but we still felt unsure - do we
go all in???
June
just before I was about to
give up one of our videos
went viral and changed
everything
July
craziest freakin month
app exploded
investors reached out
we raised some money
and quit our jobs
we were so proud and
excited omg I can't
describe the feeling of
getting your first check
from someone that
believes in you
Aug
first month working
full time!!!
working
day and night trying to
launch the new version of
our app asap
(spoiler: we f*cked up)
Sep
just 2 months after an
incredible high we hit an
incredible low lmao
put too much pressure
on ourselves and got
burnt out lol
rookie mistake
I also underestimated how
big of a change going
from 9 to 5 to self
employed is
there was so much stress
and conflict in every area
of my life at this point
mental health was a MESS
Oct
had to fix EVERYTHING
and p much relearn how to
live in this new reality
had so many difficult
convos with the team &
in my personal life
but we launched the new
version of the app and I
was slowly falling back in
love with it!!!
also started
growing the team
- changed everything
for me
Nov & Dec
recovered from
the pit completely
grateful, passionate, obsessed with the
chaos !!!
so many lessons learned
this year omg!!!
