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adamrubin··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
After taking more time to digest your feedback, I think you're right on both points. I made some stopgap changes to the marketing site last night.

Thanks again ;)

adamrubin··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
I had the idea to build something very similar, but hoped to find a pre-existing solution. When I found idonethis, I found the cost prohibitive, so I built it myself.

It took me about a week, so that's fair, but that's to rebuild not just the core functionality, but also the multi-tenant SaaS part.

I have a 50 person team. So, I would've paid $250/mo, or $3k/year. So, I really invested $2k to develop my own version, which also has the potential to make money if people prefer paying $15 for a team of unlimited users.

So, no, I didn't find that a waste of time. Plus, I learned some new things along the way, and can fine tune the app as I see fit.

This is the risk of building a business around simple, contained functionality. They're easy to clone, and you better get the execution and pricing right, and figure out how to expand on the concept, or you'll be commoditized quickly.

adamrubin··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
The tour will be up tomorrow. Agree on adding a sign up button up top. Thx.
adamrubin··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
Appreciate the feedback. The icons are all stock flatui. As I said, I built it in a week, and launched it two weeks ago. I'm working on a makeover, but prioritized getting the app polished ahead of the marketing site.

I disagree on the tagline, though. I'm not saying that our product sucks less. I'm saying that it makes doing status reports suck less. You may prove me wrong in the long run, and I'd be happy to be wrong on this, but my initial instinct is to keep it the same.

Thanks though! And sorry to the idonethis team. I don't want to hijack your thread.

adamrubin··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
Coincidentally, I recently built a similar service as a week-long project to solve the same problem for a client.

I tried idonethis, but found the interface confusing and the pricing prohibitive.

http://simplestatus.io

adamrubin··on Catch.com: Terminating service next month
Plan B: sell the domain to a dating site to pay the investors back something?
adamrubin··on Product Managers, Stop Pissing Off The Engineers
I have two hands to clap with. Does that mean I can fire the PM? :)