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Sponsor: Starter Story Black Friday Deal
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Pat Walls pauses the interview to deliver a sponsored message for Starter Story's Black Friday deal — described as one of the best deals the platform has ever offered. He references last year's deal selling out in just two hours as social proof of demand and urgency. Viewers and listeners are directed to starterstory.com/blackfriday or the first link in the description to register for early access. The message is brief, direct, and leans heavily on scarcity and past performance to drive action before returning to the main interview.
Users didn't want a sports betting analytics tool — they wanted to be told the answer. Eyal realized their app was making users do the work when they just wanted the result, and that single insight drove the entire rebuild.
After rebuilding, PropGPT relaunched at $1,700 MRR. Within 2.5 months, it peaked at $40K MRR and 2,000 downloads in a single day. The product hadn't changed its audience — it had changed how well it served them.
