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Tweaky.com announces profitability, breaks vow of sobriety

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Nitpick: They didn't break the vow, they satisfied the conditions for its cessation, so it ended. Breaking implies that they drank before becoming profitable.

In the morning you eat breakfast or cessationfast? It goes both ways. I suppose since it's common for breaking vows to be a euphemism for cheating in a marriage, you have the modern colloquial meaning.

Or maybe he was implying that they "smashed" their sobriety. Zing!

Nine months ago we launched Tweaky.com as the marketplace to anyone improve their website.

This reads suspiciously like it was composed after the drinking started. Congratulations, but you should probably proof it again tomorrow :-)

It's the bubbles, I'm not a big champagne guy ;)

"At the time we took a vow of sobriety, agreeing as a team that we wouldn’t have a drink of alcohol until we reached profitability."

I did the same thing with a more aggressive goal, but then when that day came I realized I didn't actually want to drink. I'm impressed you guys didn't lose that desire.

We have to a certain extent.

Prior to this I probably went out for drinks 2 or 3 nights a week. One to 4 drinks in a night, sometimes more.

It's definitely a sometimes food for me now.

Giving up DJing probably helps there too :D

Nice work Ned and team

love this attitude. sure they could have sought fast growth from the beginning, but sometimes proving that you are a legitimate company first speaks a lot to these guys commitment to growing tweaky into something great.

oh wow, didn't know you guys were melbourne, based, I should have said hi while I was around.

Congrats guys! It feels amazing when you build something people want, they pay you for it, and you can build a real business from it. Best of luck going forward!

CONGRATS!!!

now go drink some good craft beer :)

Congrats guys!

Nice work Ned :)

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