evermike

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by evermike 8y ago
100% agree. I have friends (other founders) here in Belarus and abroad. Many of them did same mistakes. Sharing experience is very important.
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by evermike 8y ago
I can not agree. Salary of an engineer here is $3000-4000 per month (after tax calculation). Still less than in USA, but I can not call it a trifle. As for our revenue, I told the truth. If you do not believe it, well, I will not persuade y
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by evermike 8y ago
I'm serious. Check this - https://app.kwfinder.com/dashboard?source_id=0&keyword=proje...
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by evermike 8y ago
Many thanks. I am very pleased there are people on HN who heard about us (we are still such a small company). This means that we are doing something important. Will keep doing our best.
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by evermike 8y ago
You do not see the point in the article? Products never start with $1M revenue. It is a certain bar. And to be honest it is hard. In the article we share our experience, what decisions we made, what worked for us etc. I think that for many
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by evermike 8y ago
Generally speaking, the are no VC is Belarus. However, we do have some great success stories (e.g. AIMatter (was acquired by Google), MSQRD (was acquired by Facebook)). Most promising startups incorporate in US from day one and raise money
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by evermike 8y ago
Thanks! I did not study 100% of our competitors, but the most known like Toggl, Harvest or Hubstaff did not get investments. Perhaps only some small amount on seed round. I continue to believe that VC money needed for explosive growth. We b
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by evermike 8y ago
Hey guys, My name is Mike. I'm co-founder and product at Everhour. I'd be happy to answer your questions if any. Feel free to ask here or on Medium.
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Growing Our SaaS to $1M+ ARR: 7 People, 3 Years, No VC Money(medium.com)
411 points by evermike 8y ago|146 comments