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We just hit $20k! (alien.top)

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A couple years back I stumbled across this page and wanted to start building something of my own. Since then I've invested blood sweat, tears and all the capital I had available to build a TimeSheet SaaS company. It's been hard but enjoyable, incredible highs and incredible lows. Now I know it's nothing impressive but this year the company earned $20,000! It's still got a long way to go before I can quit my job and go full time but considering I started drawing out the ideas on a paper scrap book 4 years ago and now people are paying real money and signing up just because they like the system is an incredible feeling. I know there's a bunch of bollocks on here and half of us think every post is a promotion or a yarn but I wanted to say thank you to this community, you really helped me stay optimistic while things were tough and provided a lot of great insights into how to grow and scale. Really appreciate it!

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[–] ToastieBallz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congratulations! Achieved more than most! Don't forget that

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks haha!

[–] MsebeqLmeme@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really incredible. Thanks for the motivation. I really love this community as well!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's a wonderful thing to be a part of!

[–] ZealousidealNorth463@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Love this! Well done!!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

[–] abrian_stemmet@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Care to share a link to your product? Would like to check it out.

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah sure! https://timesheet.global/

[–] T_R_I_P@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing. Not sure if you’re an engineer but UI looks great good visuals and I like how you informed everything about product even added pricing packages all on landing page nicely done

[–] CrispySalamander@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Congrats 👍

[–] Iam_motivated_jay@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Steppin' Stone to Greatness..

Congrats & Keep Going 👍

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Really appreciate your support and hopefully will get to that final stone haha!

[–] jskyerabbit@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Site looks good and you have a lot of video tutorials. Great work!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I still have plenty of work to do to get it to where I think it should be but definitely happy with how far it's come!

[–] patrickmahomeless@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Keep going love to see it!!!

[–] Freelance-generalist@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It is really great that you decided to share your gratitude towards the community :)

As someone new here, I am curious to know what your product is?

DM's open, if you don't want to share it in the comments though!

Edit: Just scrolled through the comments and found the link to your website

[–] bleez-e@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is very impressive!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Baby steps!

[–] Brave-Temperature211@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awesome!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

[–] realestateco@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amazing! What a huge accomplishment

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you haha! It's definitely a proud moment and I'm hoping for more to come!

[–] Northcatch279@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats man, huge milestone. This gave me motivation to grind out some extra work today =]

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That's awesome! Thanks for being part of the community! Keep at it!

[–] Sukooonn@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow. Well done. Really proud of you✨✨✨✨

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much haha!

[–] HelloIAmMaddie@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hitting your first $20k is a fantastic feeling. Definitely be proud xx

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you so much!

[–] itsamoghtiwari@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Hey, Community I would like to share product hunt launch of - Echo, Echo is one of the top 5 product of the day, Help echo become product of the day. https://producthunt.com/posts/echo-78ebfee0-82df-4cac-be61-c6c020f27972?comment=2974849…
Echo is a powerful browser extension that lets you leave voice comments directly into platforms like Google Docs,Slides,Sheets & more.

[–] NetworkEducational81@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Congrats on your success. Couple things I noticed:

For images they are loaded 2 times for some reason( blurry, loaded, then blurry again, then loaded again)
The video above “Stay up to date …” is not playing and freezes the page
Fonts on the logo look a little off(my personal opinion maybe)

You answered above that you did little to no marketing. Did you charge your customers from the beginning or did you have free users initially & then started charging.

I have a resume builder app and it’s free for everyone for now. I want to grow to 1000 customers and then have a paid plan. Wanted to know if you used similar techniques?

Thanks

[–] ResponsibleYear3101@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

[–] sacredspirit35@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That is amazing! Congratulations! Much continued success to you in all of your current/future endeavors. This was absolutely inspiring for me.

[–] Professional_Dust299@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Looks great!

What’s your tech stack?

[–] DailyITNews@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Congrats OP! If you don't mind me asking: what kind of clients are requesting a timesheet saas when most of this stuff is available via Microsoft or other online platform that most people have?

[–] This_Cardiologist242@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks

[–] Straight-Ad6287@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Big congrats on this milestone. The UI looks good 👏

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! We put heaps of time into it!

[–] NeedleworkerTotal270@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

can do many things

[–] Snippetrifilee@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Huge congrats on hitting the $20k milestone with your company! Your journey is genuinely inspiring, and it's amazing to see the dedication and hard work paying off. The entrepreneurial path is filled with highs and lows, and your perseverance is commendable. I totally get the struggle and the joy that comes with building something from the ground up.

It's fantastic that you took the time to share your journey and express gratitude to the community. It's what makes these spaces so valuable. Also, speaking of personal growth, a friend recently shared a ADHD quiz with me, and it played a significant role in my own journey.

[–] Embarrassed_Yam_9114@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats!

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

[–] bradsbranding@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awesome! Did you get clients from Reddit?

[–] HumbleEntertainment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Na, most of them were organic through our website or app store