How Ania Wysocka Turned a Personal Panic Attack into a $1M Mental Health App 🚀

Ania Wysocka experienced a panic attack in university and decided to build a mental health app. Today, Rootd has been downloaded more than 4M times, and has made over $1M!

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Check out Rootd: https://www.rootd.io/
Follow Ania's journey: https://x.com/aniamargaret

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Who is Ania & what she built
1:11 - Idea for Rootd
1:51 - How Ania validated the idea
2:40 - Ania's validation framework
3:16 - Building as a non-technical person
4:11 - Building the full app
5:10 - Growth timeline of Rootd
5:38 - Building alongside a 9-5
6:29 - Build your own app
7:10 - Growth: from 0 to 4M downloads
8:42 - Growth hack: being helpful on social media
9:18 - Ania's successful app playbook
10:32 - The most important metric
11:28 - What is Rootd
13:03 - Listen to users
14:26 - The final word