From “aha” to “oh shit”, we’re sharing everything
on our journey to $100k in monthly revenue.
We’re learning a lot and so will you.
September's Monthly Revenue
- $0
- $25k
- $50k
- $75k
- $100k
- October 16 How We Got Over Our Fear of SEO and Improved Conversions 20% in the Process
- October 9 Customer Development for Startups: What I Learned Talking to 500 Customers in 4 Weeks
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October 2
We Deleted Our Facebook Page.
Here’s Why. - October 1 Revenue went up to $88,319
- September 25 How We Got 2,000+ Customers by Doing Things That Didn’t Scale
- September 18 Why We’re Doubling Down on Content (Plus, a Big Announcement)
- September 11 How I’ve Become A Better Founder By Practicing Patience
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September 4
The Power of Testimonials
(And How We Get Great Ones) - September 1 Revenue went up to $81,777
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August 28
Lessons Learned Building
a Startup Team - August 21 14 Ways Our Remote Team Stays Sane Working From Home
- August 13 How Sharing Feature Release Dates Turned Us Into Liars
- August 7 Feel Guilty About Taking a Vacation In Your Startup? Here’s Why We Don’t.
- August 1 Revenue went up to $75,720
- July 31 The Value of the Hustle: How We Saved $25,000 by Thinking Outside the Box
- July 24 Why Investor Updates Are Important (Even If You Don’t Have Investors)
- July 17 Six Months Later: We’ve Given Away More Than $50,000,000 in SaaS Apps
- July 10 Why We Killed One of Our Biggest Features to Grow Our Business
- July 3 6 A/B Tests That Did Absolutely Nothing for Us
- July 1 Revenue went up to $68,841
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June 26
How We’ve Reached More Than
1 Million People by Guest Blogging - June 19 Our Startup’s 12-Month Growth Strategy
- June 12 Lessons Learned Sending a Net Promoter Survey to 4,000 Users
- June 5 Why Bug Reports and Feature Requests Don’t Overwhelm Us Anymore
- June 1 Revenue went up to $62,917
- May 29 The Simple Test That Increased Our Referrals by 30%
- May 22 The ROI of Blogging: What the Groove Blog is Worth to Our Startup
- May 15 It’s Lonely Being a Single Founder
- May 8 8 Things Every Non-Technical Founder Should Know
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May 1
The Pros & Cons of Being a
Remote Team (& How We Do It) - May 1 Revenue went up to $57,289
- April 24 Lessons Learned Growing our Startup to $50,000 in Monthly Revenue
- April 17 What I Did When I Couldn't Find a Technical Co-Founder
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April 10
How Our Startup Hires Top Talent Without Bidding Against Google
(PLUS, We're Hiring!) - April 3 3 Lessons Learned From Testing Hundreds Of Onboarding Emails
- April 1 Revenue went up to $51,425
- March 27 The 3 Deadliest Challenges of Scaling a Startup
- March 19 How Our Startup Beat Burnout
- March 13 How We Grew Conversions 100% by Rethinking Our Design Strategy
- March 6 Don’t Make THIS Customer Communication Mistake
- March 1 Revenue went up to $48,650
- February 27 The Meltdown That Brought Our Startup to Its Knees for 15 Hours
- February 20 Unlock $10,000 in Free SaaS Apps and Help Us Give Away $50,000,000
- February 13 The 25% Discount that Cost Us $12,000 (Plus, a Big Announcement)
- February 6 How We Grew Our Customer Exit Survey Responses by 785%
- February 1 Revenue went up to $42,400
- January 30 What I Fear Most As a Founder
- January 23 How we got more than 1,500 survey responses with a last-minute scramble
- January 16 A single email increased our conversion rate 350%
- January 9 Results of the 2013 SaaS SMB Conversion Survey
- January 1, 2014 Revenue went up to $37,800
- December 19 Our Metrics REVEALED: Revenue, Churn, Conversions and More
- December 12 Announcing 2013 SaaS SMB Conversion Survey
- December 5 Why I Don’t Stress Over Competition Anymore
- December 1 Revenue went up to $35,167
- November 27 100,000+ Reasons to Be Thankful Today
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November 21
Why I Turned Down
$5 Million in VC Funding - November 14 How We Failed Our Way to #1 on Hacker News
- November 7 Influencers Key to First 1,000 Subscribers
- November 1 Revenue went up to $33,785
- October 31 Over 5,000 Subscribers in Just Five Weeks
- October 24 How We Increased Free Trial Signups by 358%
- October 17 Lessons Learned from Zero to $30k a Month
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October 10
3 Early Fails That Nearly
Killed Our Startup - October 3 5 Early Wins That Got Us 1,000 Beta Users
- October 1 Revenue went up to $30,155
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September 25, 2013
A SaaS Startup’s Journey
to $100,000 a Month -
The beginning of our journey to $100K in monthly revenue