I tweeted something last week that got people fired up.
"It's becoming disgustingly obvious. Almost every successful founder does the same thing. THEY COPIED PROVEN APPS."
People didn't want to hear it.
But it's true.
Every week I interview founders making $10K, $50K, $100K+ per month.
And when I ask them where they got their idea, the answer is always some version of:
"I copied a proven app that shut down."
"I copied a proven app and switched the niche."
"I copied a proven app and added AI features."
They didn't invent anything new.
They didn't have some genius, original idea.
They just took something that already worked and made it 1% different.
And it worked.
Here's what nobody wants to admit:
Original ideas are risky.
Unproven concepts are hard to validate.
But copying something proven?
That's the shortcut.
Someone already proved there's demand.
You just need to make it slightly better, faster, or different.
That's it.
And the best part about the time we're living in?
AI helps you build these proven ideas faster than ever.
You don't have to waste months trying to validate something from scratch.
The ideas are already out there, working, making money.
You just have to build your version.
