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Stormpulse: What Happens After A Site Goes From Free to Fee?

34 points by cd34 14y ago

connor 14y ago
A better summary is needed. I quit out when the beginning ad-speak didn't wrap up in 2 minutes.
wensing 14y ago
Paywall just went up about an hour ago as a matter of fact.
- patio11 14y ago
  Congratulations in advance.
  - wensing 14y ago
    Thanks Patrick!
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aresant 14y ago
I've had the pleasure of watching the behind-the-scenes insanity leading up to this decision and huge congrats to Matt & his team for pulling the trigger. Matt is a pure, pure hardcore entrepreneur - years and years of building and incredible product supported by ramen-revenue and then following the data, and taking a leap off the cliff. Good luck buddy!
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- wensing 14y ago
  This is Zack as mentioned in the interview. Zack is awesome.
mikegreenberg 14y ago
Congratulations Matt! Another South Florida success story in the making!
ricksta 14y ago
Video is kind've long. can anyone summarize please?
- wensing 14y ago
  7+ year journey from idea to distribution to revenue to (potentially) profitable year-round.
patio11 14y ago
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.
- wensing 14y ago
  Wow! Thanks Patrick - your ethic and advice have been inspiring along the way.
- AndrewWarner 14y ago
  I got an update on the change from free to fee. They're profitable now.
- checkers 14y ago
  http://techiest.blogspot.com/ http://techiest.blogspot.com/

34 points by cd34 14y ago

connor 14y ago

A better summary is needed. I quit out when the beginning ad-speak didn't wrap up in 2 minutes.

wensing 14y ago

Paywall just went up about an hour ago as a matter of fact.

patio11 14y ago
Congratulations in advance.
- wensing 14y ago
  Thanks Patrick!

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aresant 14y ago

I've had the pleasure of watching the behind-the-scenes insanity leading up to this decision and huge congrats to Matt & his team for pulling the trigger. Matt is a pure, pure hardcore entrepreneur - years and years of building and incredible product supported by ramen-revenue and then following the data, and taking a leap off the cliff. Good luck buddy!

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wensing 14y ago
This is Zack as mentioned in the interview. Zack is awesome.

mikegreenberg 14y ago

Congratulations Matt! Another South Florida success story in the making!

ricksta 14y ago

Video is kind've long. can anyone summarize please?

wensing 14y ago
7+ year journey from idea to distribution to revenue to (potentially) profitable year-round.

patio11 14y ago

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.

wensing 14y ago
Wow! Thanks Patrick - your ethic and advice have been inspiring along the way.
AndrewWarner 14y ago
I got an update on the change from free to fee. They're profitable now.
checkers 14y ago
http://techiest.blogspot.com/ http://techiest.blogspot.com/