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Sad that this app didn't achieve the scale of subscriptions it deserved. A good reminder that awesome tech isn't usually enough. Do you regret not taking capita

Sad that this app didn't achieve the scale of subscriptions it deserved. A good reminder that awesome tech isn't usually enough. Do you regret not taking capital to fund marketing and support full time? Or put another way, any other ideas of where you could have spent someone else's money to give you a boost into higher subscription numbers?

jlongster 4y ago
Yes I totally regret it. There are ethical VCs that would be willing to invest a small amount and I should have done that. Bootstrapping isn't all it's cracked up to be; there are a lot better and smarter ways to kickstart a project.
- renewiltord 4y ago
  You can still raise if you want to and have a growth user growth story. Though completely understandable if you feel burned out on the product. If you want to stick to it, I would lean the open-sourcedness of it into a connector data-source import advantage. Your product looks slick, man. It's probably small consolation, but you've got a talent for good product design.
- adrianmsmith 4y ago
  Could you still pursue that route? Presumably it's never too late, especially as you've got a product already, and have demonstrated traction.
  - jlongster 4y ago
    I've thought about it! I'm a little burned out though on the business stuff. I'd like for this just to be a cool product now.
- tomatowurst 4y ago
  but if you can't generate enough revenues to justify valuations you wouldn't go anywhere either. i guess it is better to find that out after raising millions and paying yourself a fat salary
  - sirtimbly 4y ago
    It's in an established and competitive market. There's money flowing into companies doing this same thing. An investor throwing (some) capital at marketing and growth for this totally functional (and beautiful) product could have made sense.
- cyral 4y ago
  This open source finance product recently raised 8.5M: https://openbb.co/ https://openbb.co/ I believe it from some organization that focuses on OSS

jlongster 4y ago

Yes I totally regret it. There are ethical VCs that would be willing to invest a small amount and I should have done that. Bootstrapping isn't all it's cracked up to be; there are a lot better and smarter ways to kickstart a project.

renewiltord 4y ago
You can still raise if you want to and have a growth user growth story. Though completely understandable if you feel burned out on the product. If you want to stick to it, I would lean the open-sourcedness of it into a connector data-source import advantage. Your product looks slick, man. It's probably small consolation, but you've got a talent for good product design.
adrianmsmith 4y ago
Could you still pursue that route? Presumably it's never too late, especially as you've got a product already, and have demonstrated traction.
- jlongster 4y ago
  I've thought about it! I'm a little burned out though on the business stuff. I'd like for this just to be a cool product now.
tomatowurst 4y ago
but if you can't generate enough revenues to justify valuations you wouldn't go anywhere either. i guess it is better to find that out after raising millions and paying yourself a fat salary
- sirtimbly 4y ago
  It's in an established and competitive market. There's money flowing into companies doing this same thing. An investor throwing (some) capital at marketing and growth for this totally functional (and beautiful) product could have made sense.
cyral 4y ago
This open source finance product recently raised 8.5M: https://openbb.co/ https://openbb.co/ I believe it from some organization that focuses on OSS