I stayed consistent for 71 days straight

on day 2 of my 71 day challenge..

my classmates found my Instagram.

and they did what every classmates do; spread it to everyone.

the whole class knew.

then.. the whole grade 7 got to know..

and then, of course I was getting bullied

and i so badly wanted to quit it all, and delete it

and then, on some other random day

i heard a girl in the canteen say to her friend “bro do you know that millionaire girl?”

at that point, i honestly didn’t know whether to feel proud or embarrassed

but honestly, them finding out was actually one of the best things that could happen

because, now i can’t quit without every one asking me about it the next day at school

and.. I’m pretty sure I’ll get smacked up by my friends if i don’t become a millionaire before 20

now.. this accidental accountability? is what kept me going on the days that i felt like shit

it wasn’t that i was disciplined monk, or motivated nigga..

its just that, many people now got to know about it, and the cost of quitting is worse than the cost of continuing

Before I do continue yapping, i wanna give something to you

here is the doc with 130+ places to launch your SaaS

I do hope it does some help : )

now, back to the story..

NOW?

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 71 DAY CHALLENGE?

if you don't like reading, I broke the whole 71 days down on YouTube →

HERE IS WHAT THE 71 DAYS WAS ABOUT

i had this series start on Nov 30, 2025

when i was 12 and had no experience in coding, marketing, distributing etc..

i had this goal, where i wanted to launch a SaaS before i turn 13.. which i actually made in august..

and yeah, the day 0 on Nov 30, was the start of this whole journey

I had to go from idea to validation to building to launching in 71 days

that’s was the whole journey.. and it didn’t work as i planned

What was I doing every single day in the challenge?

Now, i had to build a whole freaking SaaS

and i had no idea what i was doing tho, but this was only in the product part..

the content part? i was prepared.

and the best part?

I NEVER BURNED OUT

now, for some one who went to school, had assignments, friends and family..

how exactly could i work on my product.. engage with ppl.. make content.. go to school.. in a single day?

what exactly was i doing?

here's the system I actually used for 71 days:

it's stupidly simple. and that's the point.

(because, if it was complicated.. Ur ass wouldn’t do it)

that's it.

that’s all i did

and yeah i did get 3k+ page visits, 100+ users..

and the main part?

SHIPPED AN ACTUAL SAAS

but.. I earned not 10, not 100$

but..

ZERO DOLLARS

which brings me to..

Ever single thing I did Wrong

there were 5 main mistakes i did make..

01- my "validation" validated nothing

I talked to 35 + people in my target audience over 9 days.

Now that sounds like i know what I’m doing right?

nahhh..

because I had no core product yet, so I just kept reshaping the idea based on whatever they said.

by the end, the product didn't even match what they told me anyway.

02 - I used the wrong AI tools

Now.. I DONT KNOW HOW TO CODE AT ALL

so what was i doing?

getting the code from ChatGPT and Grok and pasting it into VS Code with zero understanding of what it did.

and yeah..

I did spend hella amount of time in bugs + errors

and.. the sad part is..

i figured out better tools after the whole challenge finished..

now, i would honestly use Claude for thinking and antigravity to execute it ngl

03 - I never asked for feedback while building

the only period of time i talked with people is during my validation phase and post launch phase

but during the whole build?

i didn’t show the product to anyone.. nor did i talk to any one

thats so stupid of me ngl

here is what i’d do instead - share a screenshot or Loom every week with 3-5 people in your target audience.

and notice their reaction, it tells you everything u need to know

04 - I didn't know what I was building until it was done

Now, during those days my friends used to ask me what I’m building..

and i just used to say,

“mehh i’ll send u the link once its done”

thats only because..

I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT I M BUILDING

CAUSE I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I WAS BUILDING

and this one sentence

"this product helps [specific person] do [specific thing] so they can [specific outcome]."

i could not write it.. nor did i try writing it

05 - I documented the journey, not the product

now.. my content was always

“day 35 of 71 day of launching a SaaS before i turn 13”

and then i used to yap about what all i did that day

but.. i never explained what Studior does to any one

the people who followed me?

they followed ME

not the PRODCUT

thats one of the main reasons i got 100 + users

but.. ZERO dollars

what I'd do instead:

every 3rd post should show the tool solving a real problem for the exact person you're building for. not just "I'm building a SaaS" but "here's how this saves a student 2 hours a week."

71 days. one shipped product. zero dollars.

and the next day.. I’m 13

now there’s smth i hv been asked..

Was it worth it?

OBVIOUSLY BRO

cause.. this whole 71 days wasn’t about building studior

but abt becoming the person who could build it

and thats some one who didn’t exists before nov 30..

and honestly.. building this gave me a lot of good things ngl

and I’m sure i learnt so much throughout this journey, met some of the best people, and had a great time

bye now!

Urs,

Kanishkha