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Re:Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee? by patio11 on Thursday April 26, 2012 @03:20AM (#3892855)
For those of you on the fence about watching this one: how interested are you in "Bootstrapped company produces a software product which is used in the Situation Room at the White House?"

Edit: This is my new favorite Mixergy video.

1) Calling a customer back while eating Cheerios and getting the response "Situation Room. Dan speaking."

2) Raising prices by 100x and how it made the business/customers happier. (p.s. I personally think Stormpulse is still underpriced. The Situation Room uses it. NASA uses it. Charge them DoD prices for a hammer, at least. ;) )

3) How he played news media outlets against each other, using their herd mentality, to get widespread distribution (but not revenue at the time).

4) Practical experience with setting up charging credit cards. How that evolved into the current paywall. What changes helped conversion.

5) How it was funded with a combination of bootstrapping by working a day job, getting friends&family money, a not too successful fundraising campaign (and the low point there), etc.

Re:Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee? by AndrewWarner on Thursday April 26, 2012 @09:07AM (#3893690)
I got an update on the change from free to fee. They're profitable now.
Re:Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee? by wensing on Thursday April 26, 2012 @06:50AM (#3893229)
Wow! Thanks Patrick - your ethic and advice have been inspiring along the way.
Re:Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee? by checkers on Thursday April 26, 2012 @10:50PM (#3897274)