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Tweaky.com announces profitability, breaks vow of sobriety

58 points by atroche 14y ago

anigbrowl 14y ago
Nine months ago we launched Tweaky.com as the marketplace to anyone improve their website. This reads suspiciously like it was composed after the drinking started. Congratulations, but you should probably proof it again tomorrow :-)
- nedwin 14y ago
  It's the bubbles, I'm not a big champagne guy ;)
niggler 14y ago
"At the time we took a vow of sobriety, agreeing as a team that we wouldn’t have a drink of alcohol until we reached profitability." I did the same thing with a more aggressive goal, but then when that day came I realized I didn't actually want to drink. I'm impressed you guys didn't lose that desire.
- nedwin 14y ago
  We have to a certain extent. Prior to this I probably went out for drinks 2 or 3 nights a week. One to 4 drinks in a night, sometimes more. It's definitely a sometimes food for me now.
  - djt 14y ago
    Giving up DJing probably helps there too :D Nice work Ned and team
kmax12 14y ago
love this attitude. sure they could have sought fast growth from the beginning, but sometimes proving that you are a legitimate company first speaks a lot to these guys commitment to growing tweaky into something great.
StavrosK 14y ago
Nitpick: They didn't break the vow, they satisfied the conditions for its cessation, so it ended. Breaking implies that they drank before becoming profitable.
- cheriot 14y ago
  In the morning you eat breakfast or cessationfast? It goes both ways. I suppose since it's common for breaking vows to be a euphemism for cheating in a marriage, you have the modern colloquial meaning. Or maybe he was implying that they "smashed" their sobriety. Zing!
daurnimator 14y ago
oh wow, didn't know you guys were melbourne, based, I should have said hi while I was around.
Matt_Mickiewicz 14y ago
Congrats guys!
yesimahuman 14y ago
Congrats guys! It feels amazing when you build something people want, they pay you for it, and you can build a real business from it. Best of luck going forward!
dannowatts 14y ago
CONGRATS!!! now go drink some good craft beer :)
Dramatize 14y ago
Nice work Ned :)

58 points by atroche 14y ago

Nine months ago we launched Tweaky.com as the marketplace to anyone improve their website. This reads suspiciously like it was composed after the drinking started. Congratulations, but you should probably proof it again tomorrow :-)

nedwin 14y ago
It's the bubbles, I'm not a big champagne guy ;)

niggler 14y ago

"At the time we took a vow of sobriety, agreeing as a team that we wouldn’t have a drink of alcohol until we reached profitability." I did the same thing with a more aggressive goal, but then when that day came I realized I didn't actually want to drink. I'm impressed you guys didn't lose that desire.

nedwin 14y ago
We have to a certain extent. Prior to this I probably went out for drinks 2 or 3 nights a week. One to 4 drinks in a night, sometimes more. It's definitely a sometimes food for me now.
- djt 14y ago
  Giving up DJing probably helps there too :D Nice work Ned and team

kmax12 14y ago

love this attitude. sure they could have sought fast growth from the beginning, but sometimes proving that you are a legitimate company first speaks a lot to these guys commitment to growing tweaky into something great.

StavrosK 14y ago

Nitpick: They didn't break the vow, they satisfied the conditions for its cessation, so it ended. Breaking implies that they drank before becoming profitable.

cheriot 14y ago
In the morning you eat breakfast or cessationfast? It goes both ways. I suppose since it's common for breaking vows to be a euphemism for cheating in a marriage, you have the modern colloquial meaning. Or maybe he was implying that they "smashed" their sobriety. Zing!

daurnimator 14y ago

oh wow, didn't know you guys were melbourne, based, I should have said hi while I was around.

Matt_Mickiewicz 14y ago

Congrats guys!

yesimahuman 14y ago

Congrats guys! It feels amazing when you build something people want, they pay you for it, and you can build a real business from it. Best of luck going forward!

dannowatts 14y ago

CONGRATS!!! now go drink some good craft beer :)

Dramatize 14y ago

Nice work Ned :)