Launched to Crickets in 2013. On Track for $1M ARR for 2022. AMA!
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Highlights
- It’s an … interesting … market to be in. The natural cycle of the winter season means my revenue is just a few months of huge spikes
- It’s a good market though, small enough that it doesn’t really get big VC plays often (and they tend to chase unreasonable expectations that never pan out so they fold). The ski resorts are kinda like Disney World now a days, wanting to own the whole experience and getting very expensive, but they’re very behind tech-wise and fortunately skiers like to go to more than one resort so Slopes as a “works everywhere” app has a strong advantage.
- It’s never taken any outside investment, and the only investment I made in it was my time. It’s been profitable since day 1. I try to stay focused on the long game and sustainability, and avoid a lot of “growth hacks” (like I could have focused the social stuff on more traditional methods of followers and activity feeds and digital addiction) in favor of creating opinionated software that is good for the users. It’s a tough balance to walk in the consumer market.
Launched to Crickets in 2013. On Track for $1M ARR for 2022. AMA!
Metadata
Highlights
- It’s an … interesting … market to be in. The natural cycle of the winter season means my revenue is just a few months of huge spikes
- It’s a good market though, small enough that it doesn’t really get big VC plays often (and they tend to chase unreasonable expectations that never pan out so they fold). The ski resorts are kinda like Disney World now a days, wanting to own the whole experience and getting very expensive, but they’re very behind tech-wise and fortunately skiers like to go to more than one resort so Slopes as a “works everywhere” app has a strong advantage.
- It’s never taken any outside investment, and the only investment I made in it was my time. It’s been profitable since day 1. I try to stay focused on the long game and sustainability, and avoid a lot of “growth hacks” (like I could have focused the social stuff on more traditional methods of followers and activity feeds and digital addiction) in favor of creating opinionated software that is good for the users. It’s a tough balance to walk in the consumer market.