{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Price Power","title":"200 Tiktoks per day led to a million dollar acquisition","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/53dd44b4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2583,"description":"We talk with An Nayal, founder of Flamme, and now Agniverse, a UGC creator agency. An grew Flamme with 200 tiktoks a day, leading to over 50M views, and 200k+ downloads! \nBut still, he started with poor retention, didn't have monetization early on, and made tons of mistakes along the way. And that's mostly what we talk about! Wins are nice, but our mistakes are what we learn the most from.\nTimestamps\n00:00 Cold open\n00:12 Intro\n02:22 Launching Sparks and getting into TechCrunch Disrupt\n03:27 The trademark notice that forced a rename\n04:27 Zero retention and talking to dozens of couples\n05:11 ChatGPT launches and Flame becomes an AI couples coach\n06:32 Early traction: throwing everything at the wall\n08:26 Why manual user outreach still matters\n10:00 Second TechCrunch feature, still 4.2% day-30 retention\n10:59 Finding the daily question in Mixpanel\n12:06 Partner triggers and the carrot-and-stick system\n13:34 Adding monetization after launching free\n14:53 Charging per couple vs. per person\n15:45 How Flame measured retention\n16:44 Pricing by Twitter FOMO and competitor research\n18:12 The trap of small-sample A/B tests\n19:13 Three distribution phases: PR, paid, creators\n20:44 The RAG fundraising mistake\n21:37 Going all in on TikTok with a dozen iPhone 8s\n23:01 Why organic is a fair testing ground\n24:06 50M views, 200K installs, and why memes don't convert\n24:50 Structuring UGC creative that converts\n26:32 Referral programs and the K-factor ceiling\n30:43 Why An decided to sell Flame\n31:34 Six months of rejections from dating and mental health players\n33:00 The LinkedIn message that led to an offer\n34:36 Inside the performance-based deal structure\n35:53 Founder burnout\n36:43 The two walls: building and distribution\n38:22 Adniverse: creators vs. influencers\n39:11 Handler: engineering virality with AI\n41:15 Consistency and loving the process\nWhat you'll learn:\n• Why press gets you a launch spike but never a growth channel\n• How to find the one feature your retained users...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zQmNoGN5MuGeMOqTvMb2DuPbwhjQUVEJ-q54eTGsg0c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDkx/MTljNmYxN2FkNGFm/NDIwOWMyNzU0MmQ1/M2ZjZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}