Happy 2023!
What did you miss doing in 2022? What do you want to do more in 2023?
This year was of self discovery and getting out of comfortable zone. I’ve written a more detailed and personal recap of my 2022 in this blog post
In terms of side-projects, I am happy that I was able to start and grow Pika to a good point. I consider it a good achievement because I was also handling a full-time job along with it. It was a difficult task to maintain expectations of 100+ paid users for a side-project that I was doing just for fun
Let’s see the progress on my side-projects in terms of numbers
Pika.style:
0 → 140+ paid users
$0 MRR → $1,400+ MRR
$0 → $10,000+ in revenue
160k unique views, 330k page views
Close to 99,000 image exports
Kizie.co:
0 → 11 paid users
$64 MRR
$737 in revenue
100k unique views, 287k page views
Total of 5,894 users, 1,000+ used it in last month
I’m not a numbers person, $$ and page views don’t excite me much anymore
Though I love when I get a mention from a total stranger on Twitter saying how useful my app is to them. Or an email saying how Pika is saving their time and efforts. That is inspiring!
Realisations and 2023
I have been contemplating a lot about the last 6 months of my life. I’ve spent all of it in building apps, shit-posting on Twitter and mostly in front of screens
While it helped me in a way or other, I also am kind of disappointed that I couldn’t travel as much as I wanted to. I didn’t take as much as photos as I wanted to. I didn’t wander on empty streets as much as I like. I missed doing a lot of things that fills soul. 2023 is going to be about all these things :)
What did you miss doing in 2022? What do you want to do more in 2023?
