Erich and I met fifteen years ago as freshman in college. That photo is from one of our roadtrips (I'm on the left).
Together we run a business that makes AI easier to use, supported entirely by subscribers.
Our most popular product, Prompt Perfect, has been used 2 million times by 160,000 users across 176 countries. For eighteen months it was only available in ChatGPT, first as a Plugin, then as a GPT.
And last month we expanded Prompt Perfect to work in all the major chatbots with our newest product.
After many failed attempts at writing about what we're building and what we're learning as bootstrapped founders, let's simply start with a timeline and list of all the projects we've built:
Timeline
- January 2023:
- ChatGPT achieves "fastest app to 100,000 users" in two months*.
- Erich and I start cohosting The Blue Hour Podcast
- April 2023:
- Erich describes prompt engineering and how he's using ChatGPT.
- He builds the first version of Prompt Perfect.
- May 2023: Microsoft announces Prompt Perfect coming to Bing.
- June 2023: Perfect Chirp and Promptest plugins launch.
- June 2023: Prompt Perfect plugin launches.
- August 2023:
- First paid subscribers to Prompt Perfect.
- I join as cofounder.
- November 2023:
- OpenAI announces GPTs.
- Sam Altman suddenly fired as CEO of OpenAI.
- Erich predicts Sam comes back, which happens.
- February 2024: Guide Chat launches, no one subscribes, and we sunset it.
- March 2024:
- Prompt Perfect app launches.
- We start to offer prompt engineering as a service to other businesses.
- June 2024: The Daily Prompt launches.
- August 2024:
- Prompt Cookbook launches.
- We surpass $100,000 in total revenue.
- November 2024:
Projects
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AI Basics
- Questions and answers about AI, ChatGPT, Prompt Perfect, and more.
- Read through them.
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Affiliate Marketing Program
- Share 30-50% of our revenue when anyone signs up for the Prompt Perfect Chrome Extension using your link.
- Launched November, 2024.
- Sign up and start earning.
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Prompt Perfect Chrome Extension
- Enhance your prompts automatically.
- 45 subscribers.
- Launched and monetized November, 2024.
- 1 free use of "Perfect" button per day, or unlimited with paid subscription.
- Unlimited uses of "Feedback" and "Save Prompt" buttons.
- See examples and read more.
- Download it in Google Chrome.
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Cookbook
- A collection of pre-written prompts you can copy and paste anywhere.
- Launched August, 2024.
- Start cooking with AI.
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The Daily Prompt
- Free email newsletter sent every weekday.
- 50,000 subscribers.
- Every issue includes:
- a new example of how to use AI.
- the meme of the day.
- Launched June, 2024.
- Browse 120+ past prompts and sign up.
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Consulting and Custom Development
- Worked with businesses around the world to make use of AI from March 2024 to September 2024.
- 250 initial responses to our consulting offer.
- 35 meetings with businesses in various industries.
- 10 paid consultations.
- 6 custom AI tools built.
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Prompt Perfect App
- Prompt Perfect on its own website.
- 70 subscribers.
- Launched and monetized March, 2024.
- 3 free uses monthly, or unlimited uses with paid subscription.
- Try it anywhere.
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Erich's Youtube Series, "Building Custom GPTs from Start to Finish" and more
- Erich walks you through building your own AI chatbots with ChatGPT.
- Started November, 2023.
- Erich's YouTube channel.
- Episode links:
- Start to Finish: My YouTube Title GPT Creation
- Crafting Describeo: AI-Powered YouTube Descriptions
- AI Naming Inception
- Hemingway Tweets Be Bussin'
- Craigslist But Less-Bad
- AI Ideas Are Better Than Your Ideas
- You're Car Illiterate
- Where Don't You See Yourself in Five Years?
- Creating AI for Comedy | Building an Improv Partner from Start to Finish
- Transforming Video to Blog: Building Script Scribe AI
- AI for Easier Reading: Building F-Style GPT
- Streamlining Tasks with AI: High Pri Chatbot Creation
- AI Cat Meme GPT: A Journey
- GPT Love Story: Meet Your New Italian Boyfriend
- Building a Custom GPT for Percent Calculations
- Making a Custom GPT from Start-to-Finish
- Win Your Tour de France Fantasy League with AI
- Quick Look at o1 Model in ChatGPT
- Save Time, Build Your Own Custom ChatGPT
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Prompt Perfect GPT
- Enhance your prompts automatically, within ChatGPT.
- 5,800 subscribers.
- Built in April 2023.
- Launched in June 2023.
- Monetized in August 2023.
- 3 free uses monthly, or unlimited with paid subscription.
- Try it in ChatGPT.
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Promptest GPT
- Prompting teacher within ChatGPT.
- 235 subscribers.
- Launched June, 2023.
- Monetized July, 2023.
- 30 free uses monthly, or unlimited with paid subscription.
- Try it in ChatGPT.
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Perfect Chirp GPT
- Write better tweets within ChatGPT.
- 85 subscribers.
- Launched and monetized June, 2023.
- 5 free uses monthly, or unlimited with paid subscription.
- Try it in ChatGPT.
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The Blue Hour Podcast
- "Fresh perspectives on emerging technology."
- 37 episodes from January 2023 to January 2024.