Near Year End 2011
Another Year goes by and I think we should all take a moment to mention what we have shipped in 2010 (shipped meaning delivered, out the door, achievements and completed projects). This post is inspired by Seth Godin .Here is my 2011 list followed by what my 2010 list was:
Years End 2011
- Our startup is now profitable!
- Maintained growth trajectory. We now have millions of users.
- We secured deals with major content providers for new stories
- We secured a relationship with a major distributor for our content in 2011 and beyond!
- We grew our team to about 15 people.
- Some other things I cannot talk about but they are huge achievements ;)
All in all its been a record year in 2011! So 2012 is set to be amazing! I feel like we are only getting started.
Years End 2010
So for me the “Ship list” includes:
- Securing funding for our startup.
- Releasing 14 Versions of Read Me Stories to the app store, each version with significant functionality. A release cycle averaging every 2-3 weeks.
- Shipping an iPad version of Read Me Stories that was released on the 24th December (just in time!) that has rocketed its way up the app store ranks, most importantly in the US market.
- Building and delivering a customer support strategy that allows us to talk to our customers the Zappo’s way (we chose email as far more intimate than social media).
- Having Read Me Stories generate many hundreds of thousands of users in a matter of months of its Release.
What’s on your list?
