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So what is normal in the SaaS world? I am at 5% today, and I try but not focus on costs. Around 5% it seems hard to care TOO much...
We're just over 2%, all in AWS costs.
What revenue range (5 fig, 6 fig?)
Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
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Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#152I thought Wakatime was originally a 2 person startup?
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#153A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…
I've emailed about this, but can respond here too. I'm the sole-founder of WakaTime and there is no ongoing legal dispute. Priyanka Sharma and I worked on a massage on-demand startup which didn't take off. We decided to see if investors would be interested in my WakaTime project, and Priyanka asked to be listed on the WakaTime "About" page to build her confidence when talking to potential investors. I also agreed to…
This response is fishy as hell. I don't know what Priyanka's title was at WakaTime but I viewed her as the public face of the company, as judged by the dozens of emails I have from WakaTime that all came from her, her activity in the Slack, her blog posts which were removed from the WakaTime blog, etc.
Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime:
https://i.imgur.com/PYHuc8s.png
And the removal of her blog posts:
https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime-blog/commit/5d671e9aab6...
Edit:
And an interesting Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/downey/status/861908826223759360
This makes me want to stop paying for WakaTime.
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#154A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…
I've emailed about this, but can respond here too. I'm the sole-founder of WakaTime and there is no ongoing legal dispute. Priyanka Sharma and I worked on a massage on-demand startup which didn't take off. We decided to see if investors would be interested in my WakaTime project, and Priyanka asked to be listed on the WakaTime "About" page to build her confidence when talking to potential investors. I also agreed to…
https://youtu.be/pRpeEdMmmQ0?t=1m58s waka waka eh eh
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#155A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…
> I've already reached out to HN via email offering proof of ownership, so hopefully HN unburies this post.
dang,
would appreciate if you can at least acknowledge receipt of the proof that was offered by Alan. Of course you don't have to, but it would be a kindness to the community if you come back to tell us that you stand by your decision or have decided to walk it back.
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've emailed about this, but can respond here too. I'm the sole-founder of WakaTime and there is no ongoing legal dispute. Priyanka Sharma and I worked on a massage on-demand startup which didn't take off. We decided to see if investors would be interested in my WakaTime project, and Priyanka asked to be listed on the WakaTime "About" page to build her confidence when talking to potential investors. I also agreed to…
This response is fishy as hell. I don't know what Priyanka's title was at WakaTime but I viewed her as the public face of the company, as judged by the dozens of emails I have from WakaTime that all came from her, her activity in the Slack, her blog posts which were removed from the WakaTime blog, etc. Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime: https://i.imgur.com/PYHuc8s.png And the removal…
> Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime
At the time I was happy when she said she would send the newsletter emails for me, but now I see she just wanted people to think she was the public face for WakaTime to further a tech founder persona. Yea I made a mistake letting her send newsletters on behalf of WakaTime, but that doesn't mean she can claim to have built WakaTime.
> This response is fishy as hell.
I didn't raise a fuss when I should have because I didn't want to cause her trouble, but then she demanded a large sum of money from me in exchange for giving me WakaTime... when she never owned WakaTime. That's what I consider fishey.
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#157A user emailed to tell us that the ownership of this project and this story of its founding are disputed and there's a legal process going on. A quick check shows a bit of supporting evidence for this, so I think it's best if we bury this post for now. We have no way to tell who's right, and it doesn't seem fair for HN to implicitly take a side by featuring one side of the story. Incidentally, we invited this submiss…
> I've already reached out to HN via email offering proof of ownership, so hopefully HN unburies this post. dang, would appreciate if you can at least acknowledge receipt of the proof that was offered by Alan. Of course you don't have to, but it would be a kindness to the community if you come back to tell us that you stand by your decision or have decided to walk it back.
Concur with this. Would really suck if @welder gets screwed because of an unhappy ex-cofounder. Allegations or not, the buck needs to stop somewhere.
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've already reached out to HN via email offering proof of ownership, so hopefully HN unburies this post. dang, would appreciate if you can at least acknowledge receipt of the proof that was offered by Alan. Of course you don't have to, but it would be a kindness to the community if you come back to tell us that you stand by your decision or have decided to walk it back.
Concur with this. Would really suck if @welder gets screwed because of an unhappy ex-cofounder. Allegations or not, the buck needs to stop somewhere.
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've already reached out to HN via email offering proof of ownership, so hopefully HN unburies this post. dang, would appreciate if you can at least acknowledge receipt of the proof that was offered by Alan. Of course you don't have to, but it would be a kindness to the community if you come back to tell us that you stand by your decision or have decided to walk it back.
Concur with this. Would really suck if @welder gets screwed because of an unhappy ex-cofounder. Allegations or not, the buck needs to stop somewhere.
I'm not sure what you're getting at. If there is an ongoing legal dispute, then whatever proof that was send remains under question until the dispute of ownership is settled.
Re: Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side project
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've emailed about this, but can respond here too. I'm the sole-founder of WakaTime and there is no ongoing legal dispute. Priyanka Sharma and I worked on a massage on-demand startup which didn't take off. We decided to see if investors would be interested in my WakaTime project, and Priyanka asked to be listed on the WakaTime "About" page to build her confidence when talking to potential investors. I also agreed to…
This response is fishy as hell. I don't know what Priyanka's title was at WakaTime but I viewed her as the public face of the company, as judged by the dozens of emails I have from WakaTime that all came from her, her activity in the Slack, her blog posts which were removed from the WakaTime blog, etc. Here's one example of an email from Priyanka on behalf of WakaTime: https://i.imgur.com/PYHuc8s.png And the removal…
Alan is the least fishy guy I know amd I don’t doubt his word for a second.