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LayerVault boasts over 1,500 users just two weeks after launch.
- jes 15y agoIt would be nice if the text on the website had more contrast. Being hard to read isn't hip, in my view.
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- parfe 15y agoCongratulations on so many users. I'm on the verge of giving my 2 weeks notice to strike out on my own. Am I naive to think "All I need to be sustainable is 100 paying users"? Did you have a portion of those 1,500 users lined up before you started implementation? Before launch? How did you
- mpunaskar 15y ago>>>>>>> Did you have a portion of those 1,500 users lined up before you started implementation? Before launch? How did you <<<<<<< I would like to know the same.
- kellysutton 15y agoWe had a closed beta of one month. We kicked it off on HN about 6 weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2941589 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2941589 Couldn't have done it without HN!
- allang 15y agoWe actually ran a closed beta program for a month or so with an invite system. We released invites slowly while we got the product up to speed, and then launched. And, yes — there's more to going fulltime than hitting X customers. How much cash do you need in the bank to avoid cash flow issues? What's your margin like — is it really X users, or is it X*2? What's your churn rate? If you don't know the avg. lifetime of a customer, you may be out in the cold.
- apaprocki 15y agoThis service, along with Dropbox IMO, could find decent revenue in producing a corporate appliance solution. I bet many teams in larger companies would love to use something like this to organize their resources and help collaboration, but shipping data off-site is taboo.
- kellysutton 15y agoWe've talked with a bunch of larger companies and agencies about this. Although we do our best to secure things in the ether, we know we'll need to offer a "LayerVault FI" one day, much like Github FI.
- djangle 15y ago1,500 paid users in two weeks?