
2.5 years ago, I quit my job with no backup plan. Today, I'm making a living from Tern, the AI travel planner I built in my bedroom. Here's the raw, unfiltered story of how it happened:
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ββοΈ 12,000+ trips planned
π₯ Paying customers from 9 countries (started monetizing 2 months ago, still free for most users)
π Users from 120 countries
β 5/5 stars on Product Hunt (and 1 of the 20 products hunted by CEO @rajiv_ayyangar )
π° $0 spent on marketing
π 14-hour days, 7 days/week in the beginning
π¦ 400+ updates shipped