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From idea to ramen profitability in one year.

Hi community,

one year after launch I've finally written about starting Landen and growing it. In the blog post I cover my background, finding the idea, building the prototype, launching, positioning, going full-time and finally reaching ramen profitability.

Let me know what you think!

https://www.landen.co/blog/bootstrapping-from-idea-to-ramen-profitability-in-a-year

, Founder of Icon for Umso
Umso
on May 29, 2019
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    Thanks for sharing this. And also making Landen. Today itself nocode.tech newsletter lauded about it. Seems like it's Landen everywhere. :)

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      Yeah just saw that, so amazing!

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    Great read. Thanks for sharing. Landen looks great.

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    Thanks for sharing and for building Landen! It's a great service and super easy to use!

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    Hey @Felixg,

    Love Landen - it is a great product!

    Wanted to try it for our google ads landing page (for competitor brand keywords) and hence wanted a table-like structure. I tried reaching out on your contact form yesterday but didn't receive a reply and wasn't sure if my message even reached you. Can you please advise :)?

    Thanks!

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    Hi Felix. What is your promotion channel? How do you let people know about your app?

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      At the start I posted on https://betapage.co/ then on producthunt.com then nothing for a long time. Then I tried paid ads which got me only 1 new customer, then produchunt again with the 2.0 launch. I also started the blog and regularly tweet but most customers come from word of mouth.

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    Thanks for Sharing.. and I like this.. so true..."There's so much hype out there about overnight successes, startups making millions and "the next big thing" that I just wanted to share a more modest story."

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    Awesome stuff Felix! I have enjoyed watching Landen continue to grow. Always impressive.

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    Awesome post Felix, happy to be a paying customer! You have a great product and you're very responsive. Keep it going!

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      Thanks JC, you're an amazing customer!

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