Re:Ask HN: Your Startup Progress (December 2011)
by leslyn on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:16PM
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December was a good month for us!! 2nd full month post launch and we doubled our user database, got exposure from a BBC Travel Blog had more Spanish translations than anything, lol. We contracted a demo video, a home page redesign, and some copy editing which went great. I am the non-tech co-founder and have been marketing my fanny off with a budget of $200/mo. What I have concentrated on is blogging and building a Twitter presence (I need followers.)
When we started, we Beta tested with friends and family... roughly 30 people who were afraid of hurting our feelings - not a good idea! Then we soft launched into a Public Beta, got picked up by Killer Start-ups but we were still learning about promotion copy and I can't say it was our very best foot forward but had some traffic and got some users. By the end of Nov. we had 100 - today it is over 200 so if this trend continues then by the end of 2012 we will have 1.6 Million users - not bad for a year old app!
I think a lot of us hit the ground wanting instant success - there is a big part of me that does but as I define 'instant' in terms of realistic time - one year is pretty darn 'instant'. So... I plug along and learn, read, learn & read some more. I connect, comment, blog, and believe.
uencounter.me went from an idea to a concept to a project to a fully realized app in 10 months time. When we get to 1.6 million users by this time next year ... that will be 'instant' enough for me.
When we started, we Beta tested with friends and family... roughly 30 people who were afraid of hurting our feelings - not a good idea! Then we soft launched into a Public Beta, got picked up by Killer Start-ups but we were still learning about promotion copy and I can't say it was our very best foot forward but had some traffic and got some users. By the end of Nov. we had 100 - today it is over 200 so if this trend continues then by the end of 2012 we will have 1.6 Million users - not bad for a year old app!
I think a lot of us hit the ground wanting instant success - there is a big part of me that does but as I define 'instant' in terms of realistic time - one year is pretty darn 'instant'. So... I plug along and learn, read, learn & read some more. I connect, comment, blog, and believe.
uencounter.me went from an idea to a concept to a project to a fully realized app in 10 months time. When we get to 1.6 million users by this time next year ... that will be 'instant' enough for me.