On April 25th, I gave a talk at Spring Tide Shenzhen Hackathon — the 4.25 Workshop Edition. The session was called Solo Founder: From Idea to Launch — a Vibe Coding hands-on session about how to actually build a product you can commercialize. Standing in front of a room full of aspiring solo founders, I shared something I don't usually talk about publicly — how I went from being a PM at a tech company to running profitable side businesses on my own, and what that taught me about building products in the age of AI. Here's a recap of that talk.
The Walls Are Coming Down
I started with an observation that's been nagging at me for the past two years — the moats that used to protect established tech companies are dissolving.
When all three collapse, chaos is where opportunity lives.
Execution: What used to require a team — finance, marketing, dev, ops — can now be handled by one person. That's the OPC reality.
Two Real Cases
Case 1 — A Niche SaaS Tool
In 2024, I spotted a gap in a hyper-vertical market — information was siloed between players. I built a tool, priced it at 499–1,999 RMB, drove growth through content marketing, and hit 300K RMB lifecycle revenue. I shut it down when AI alternatives emerged. No regrets.
Case 2 — A Live Commerce Solution
A workflow tool for top-tier livestream sellers in China. Hit 1M RMB ARR in 3 months, with potential for 2M annual. The graveyard is bigger than the trophy case — but you only need one or two to work.
The Part Nobody Wants to Do
Building is easy. Selling is where most people quit.
I grew a YouTube channel to 1,600 subscribers. Livestreams, SEO content, WeChat support, personal brand. The hardest step is putting yourself out there. But that first payment notification changes something in you.
What Enter Actually Does for Builders Like Me
Let me put on my PM hat. The tech stack for an indie product in 2024 was absurd. Enter changes that.
Design — Templates to Custom
Three paths: templates, agent, and components. Already driving 30% of 1,000 daily projects. Start fast, go deep.
AI — All in One Endpoint, Every Model
Unified API: LLMs, image, video, TTS, music. One integration, every model. No juggling providers.
Cloud — The Boring Important Stuff
Database, storage, serverless, domain, SSL, hosting — all in one flow. Infrastructure that disappears.
Payments — The Missing Piece
International payments for individuals, not just companies. US, Singapore, Europe. Your first dollar from anywhere.
All without leaving Enter.
Enter Code — Beyond the Browser
You can't preview an iOS app or WeChat mini-program in a browser. Enter Code is a local development tool that connects to the same cloud backend — any tech stack, same data layer.
Coding is the foundation layer for everything. Voice coding is rolling out — the team uses voice input while commuting. The barrier between idea and code keeps shrinking.
Why Enter Is Different
Someone in the audience asked the question everyone was thinking: "Why not just use Cursor or Lovable?"
Not just a coding tool
Full chain: design + AI + cloud + deployment + payments. From idea to revenue in one place.
Technology isn't the moat — Experience is
End-to-end experience from idea to first dollar. We obsess over every handoff in that journey.
We eat our own cooking
Our BDM (Business Development Management) system is built on the Enter platform. We are the customer.
Built for the global solo founder
Multilingual, global payments. One person feels like a ten-person team. Currently 60–70% of the way there — targeting 90% by mid-year.
Proof It Works — The Money Day Experiment
We ran an online OPC bootcamp, co-organized with WaytoAGI. The results were real.
Money Day: we paid people who integrated payments and made their first sale. Real people. Real things. Real money.
Advice for Fellow Solo Founders
Lower your expectations
A few thousand extra per month is a real win. It's not failure — it's a foundation.
Use the margins of your day
The hours between your job and your sleep. With AI, those hours are more productive than ever.
Fail more
The formula: try 100 things, talk to 1,000 people. Volume is your edge. Failure is data.
OPC is not a title — it's a side effect
The label came after the work. Don't romanticize it. Build first, identify later.
And one last thing
Don't chase overnight success. But imagine — you could build something real. Opens laptop at midnight.
