Re:About Windy (2018)
by protomikron on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @08:06AM
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It is indeed a cool project. However I am interested how they make money? Their apps seem to have IAPs, or how does their business-model work?
The project was started (and still being partly coded by) one of the most successful Czech internet entrepreneurs, currently ~16th wealthiest Czech out there, his fortune estimated at ~$.7bn, so this venture seems to be self funded.
I can dig up an interview I read with him (in Czech), but I can't recall him talking about the financial side of things. He rarely talks to the press, so it's hard to come by this sort of information.
That's kind of amazing. Is it common for wealthy entrepreneurs to create self-funded projects like this?
Sounds like some kind of internet-philanthropy...
If you're on the webpage, under the top left corner hamburger menu the first item is "Donate". Not sure how they've done this year, their goal listed is $550k but for me it shows 0% which I find hard to believe in December. I blame my browser lockdowns.
They also have apps with in-app purchases to donate as well.
My preferred weather widget on Android (Meteogram Pro) links out to Windy if you tap the top center of the widget, it's very handy.
Re:About Windy (2018)
by nathancahill on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @09:43AM
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50,773 users already donated: 448,744 EUR
There's something to be said for a software company not taking a ton of VC money, hiring hundreds of people, and shutting down in 3-4 years. From the last photo they have a ~10 person team.