We grew http://searchable.com to nearly $1M ARR in ~3 weeks. That growth didn’t start in those 3 weeks. Months earlier, we built a system to hit $75K MRR in 20 days: • Leveraged a personal brand to build a 10k waitlist before shipping • Ran a closed beta with ~800 users giving daily feedback • Invested early in SEO + AEO content built for AI discovery • Shipped fully self-serve from day one • Launched an AI Search Accelerator to concentrate power users Pre-seed didn’t create traction. It brought traffic to the systems that were already working.