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April 5, 2020 First customer acquisition via recommendation!

One of my customers informed me that he recommended the product to one of his acquaintances. The product is rather specific so I did not think to spend time on asking for recommendations but now I see that such a strategy might actually be worth the time.

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November 2, 2019 Crossed $1000/month in revenue.

A customer upgraded to a higher tier. They started with an annual plan a year ago and renewed at the higher tier. I emailed them a month before the renewal date to make sure they are not caught by surprise, to mention the higher tier, and to ask if there's anything else I can do.

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November 3, 2018 Business is breaking even financially!

Revenue has finally exceeded costs! 🎉

Caveats:

  1. Assuming a few more customers in the next five months.
  2. No salary yet.

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September 2018 First payment from a customer

Received payment from the first customer.

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May 2018 Failed attempt at finding customers via AdWords

Ran an advertising campaign very inefficiently.

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November 2017 Validation via an advertising campaign

Ran an advertising campaign for product validation purposes.

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    Was this before having the product ready? Can you share insights on the ad campaign?

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      Yes, it was before the product was ready. The purpose of the ad campaign was to check that the product can draw traffic via ads.

August 2017 Start business, acquire domain name!

Acquired a great domain name, but from someone flipping domains. Mixed feelings about that.

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