Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
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Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
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Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#2Inspiring, though short on details.
Hope they do a Mixergy interview.
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#3MetaLab is very high on my list of "people who do awesome work". They've been plugging away at products for years now, I remember Billy He / Ali Bosworth announced one of their first products on HN - ballpark (http://getballpark.com) + (hn thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557028).
You can catch an interview with Andrew Wilkinson here: http://5by5.tv/founderstalk/28
I've had the opportunity of having the Flow product lead (Luke Seeley) speak at my conference - seriously smart guy.
Congrats to them for growing to $500k+ per year on their own!
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#4Is it just me or is the space of project/organization tools getting really swamped these days? Seems like every day I hear of a new one.
I guess it is something that comes down to preference alot, and some are too opinionated to be flexible and offer all the options (i.e Basecamp), others too simple. But maybe they're all the "MS Project" of this generation.
(Oh, and personally use Pivotal Tracker and love it)
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#5MetaLab is very high on my list of "people who do awesome work". They've been plugging away at products for years now, I remember Billy He / Ali Bosworth announced one of their first products on HN - ballpark ( http://getballpark.com ) + (hn thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557028 ). You can catch an interview with Andrew Wilkinson here: http://5by5.tv/founderstalk/28 I've had the opportunity of having the…
re HN post: I know it was 4 years ago, but regarding to patio11 first post over there, even 4yrs ago SSL was really cheap. Having your customer decide whether they want to have their data securely transferred or not over such a minimal cost-difference made me wonder what were the owners thinking? yes, I know there is additional cost involved in encrypting/decryption but 4 years ago servers were not that much more expensive as today; plus they created MVP product and started with 0 users, I assume. Nothing stopped them from adding extra $5 to every plan they sell and set it aside for a stronger server given userbase will keep growing.
Its like giving users extremely fast rocket to fly on and telling them "there is no windshield and seatbelts are extra $5".
Bottom line: I would rather have less customers and everyone with minimum security over their data, than safe extra couple bucks. IF they would ever get their data sniffed and shit would hit the fan, guess who would media blamed for it?
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#6Perfect example of a great team work. 25% of their team worked on consulting projects to fund it. An example for Silicon Valley companies who raise million dollar fundings just based on prototype!
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#7MetaLab is very high on my list of "people who do awesome work". They've been plugging away at products for years now, I remember Billy He / Ali Bosworth announced one of their first products on HN - ballpark ( http://getballpark.com ) + (hn thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557028 ). You can catch an interview with Andrew Wilkinson here: http://5by5.tv/founderstalk/28 I've had the opportunity of having the…
who else read that as, "MethLab is very high ..."?
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#8MetaLab is very high on my list of "people who do awesome work". They've been plugging away at products for years now, I remember Billy He / Ali Bosworth announced one of their first products on HN - ballpark ( http://getballpark.com ) + (hn thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557028 ). You can catch an interview with Andrew Wilkinson here: http://5by5.tv/founderstalk/28 I've had the opportunity of having the…
who else read that as, "MethLab is very high ..."?
Well now I can't un-see it.
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#9Inspiring, though short on details. Hope they do a Mixergy interview.
And/or additional articles. Given my health issues, organic growth and reasonable work hours are my only hope of achieving some kind of financial success. So I, too, would love to see more of the back story.
Re: Going from $0 to $500k in 1 Year with no VC Money
#10Is it just me or is the space of project/organization tools getting really swamped these days? Seems like every day I hear of a new one. I guess it is something that comes down to preference alot, and some are too opinionated to be flexible and offer all the options (i.e Basecamp), others too simple. But maybe they're all the "MS Project" of this generation. (Oh, and personally use Pivotal Tracker and love it)
MS Project is the MS Project of this generation. All of these new offerings are in response to that obese, demanding, high maintenance bitch.