Day 24 - Profitable MVP in 30 Days - Launch Day and Some Numbers
Day 24 of the profitable MVP challenge where I decided to launch ReadingPointer on Product Hunt without waiting for Chrome Web Store to approve the new version. Analyzing initial Google Analytics data after 18 hours including new users, average session duration, and button click behavior.
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