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15/10/2025

You never know what you’re gonna get when you end a meeting with this rule: Describe your mood in ONE word.

A new country in 2 weeks? 🤯 Excited about AI? 🤖 Just quietly getting s**t done? We can never know. 🙂‍↔️

12/03/2025

Stop wasting time on tasks that AI can do in seconds!

If you’re still manually summarizing meetings, struggling with slide decks, or wrestling with your inbox, you’re working harder than you need to.

Here are 6 AI tools that will give you HOURS of your life back:

✔ Google NotebookLM – AI-powered research assistant for documents
✔ Fathom – Automatically records & summarizes your meetings
✔ Gamma – Creates stunning slide decks with zero design skills
✔ Frase – AI-powered copywriting that crushes SEO
✔ GmailPT – AI that manages your inbox for you
✔ Factors – Finds and prioritizes your best leads

Best part? They’re all FREE (and I mean actually free. No sneaky credit card sign-ups).

Want to see how they work?

Link in the description!

06/03/2025

The average SaaS never even reaches 10K MRR.

And yet, these 5 SaaS startups broke the mold, scaled to 10K+, and one even hit 400K MRR.

What’s their secret? (Hint: It’s NOT just the idea.)

👉 One failed miserably at launch, only to rebrand and sell for six figures.
👉 Another had ZERO industry experience. Yet found a way to dominate globally.
👉 One SaaS turned a simple B2B tool into a cash machine by cracking reseller partnerships.

Think you can spot the secret sauce that made them succeed?

I break it all down in this video.

🎥 Watch it here:
https://bit.ly/4kpuEQQ

28/01/2025

Happy Chinese New Year from the Upstack Studio fam! 🧧🐍 Wishing you good vibes, big wins, and an awesome Year of the Snake. Let’s make it a legendary one!

07/01/2025

06/01/2025

This story is about Adrian Ching's remarkable journey of building a successful app development company in Klang Valley from scratch.

20/11/2024

“My app 90% done, just needs a few tweaks!”

I’ve heard this line way too many times from non-tech business owners burned 🔥 by bad developers.

One app I saw?

“90% done” actually meant 90% bugs. And a $60K budget flushed down the drain 💸.

In my latest video, I share two real-life stories of clients who thought they’d scored “the deal of a lifetime” with low-cost development agencies.

Spoiler alert: It didn’t end well.

📌 One walked away with a useless app that drained $60,000.
📌 The other had to rebuild from scratch but eventually came out on top.

The hard truth:
💡 Hiring the wrong team can cost you more than just money - it can derail your entire project.
💡 A bad codebase will sabotage your growth before you even launch.
💡 Rushing to save costs? You’ll pay double in tears later.

This video is a wake-up call for anyone thinking about cutting corners on app development.

Watch now to learn how to choose the right developers for your business!

👉: https://youtu.be/U2Ecpz4-D48

13/11/2024

Imagine spending $50K on an app that never launched 🤯

Sounds wild, right?

But trust me, I've seen it happen – multiple times!

In this video, I’m sharing stories of two clients who flushed a ton of cash down the drain, made the same avoidable mistakes, and how you can avoid that.

Here’s what you’ll get from the video:
✔️ How to avoid costly dead-ends when building your app.
✔️ Common mistakes that drain your budget.
✔️ Never expect everything to be perfect at launch - Apps are a work in progress.

If you’re thinking about building an app, think of this video as my way of giving you a heads-up 😎.

Don't let your app project turn into a money-burning mess.

Watch now and let’s make sure you’re not just tossing cash out the window!

Link in the description 👇

06/11/2024

If investors told you ‘NO’ 🚫 - would that stop you?

Even some of today’s most successful app founders faced rejection—on national TV!

This week’s video dives into five iconic Shark Tank app dropouts, like Coffee Meets Bagel and Chexology that turned rejection into serious cash 💵

Here’s what you’ll learn:
✔️ Why even ‘the best’ ideas face hard no’s from investors - and what it means for you.
✔️ How these apps transformed their failures into phenomenal success.
✔️ The power of exposure and why your app needs to be seen.

This isn’t just fun storytelling; it’s packed with real-life lessons every founder should know.

Curious to know which apps made the cut?

Link in the description!

30/10/2024

Why do 70% of app development projects fail?

It’s not the tech—it’s the overbuilding!

Business owners dive in thinking every feature is a core feature, and I get it!

I once had a client who wanted a “million-feature” MVP, and the result was a failed launch and an unpaid $20K invoice I’ll never see. 💸

In my latest video, I’m breaking down the four steps to avoid this trap and stay focused on what truly matters.

✔️ Creating a clear user persona that leads every decision
✔️ Shortlisting features to solve your users’ key pain points
✔️ Defining your app’s unique value proposition so it doesn’t become “just another app”

Get these insights to build smarter, faster, and on budget.

Ready to save yourself from overbuilding?

🔗 Link in the description