marclou on his coding course: 10k-launch spike, not scaling — 9 months of full-time work
marclou · x · 2026-09-08
Responding to a question about building and scaling his coding course, marclou clarifies he launched rather than scaled it: the Stripe dashboard shows one big spike that drops back to zero. With about 100k followers at the time and many asking how he learned to code, he built the course he wished he had when starting — it took 9 months at 6 hours a day.
Related event: Marc Lou's 10-Year Solo Journey: 36 Projects, ~$3.2M Revenue(10 posts)→
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