#42. Connecting the dots in April 2022
Ukrainian war affected our performance. $30K MRR 🐌. 69 reviews in G2 ❤️. Marketing for customer-built products is hard 🥉. 12 customer stories 👻. 2 hours downtime 🥲. New navigation ⛵️. My Space 🔒.
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Startup Diary
Monthly posts by Fibery founder. Transparency, honesty, SEO.
#41. Solidarity with Ukraine in Feb 2022
Russia should stop this war.
#40. Concentrating in January 2022
Fibery startup news: Activation metric works. The activation trend is not. Max joined the team. Ilya is mixing things. MRR is growing. The outreach channel failed (again). 770 bugs. Feed View. Experimental navigation you will enjoy.
Fibery.io 2021 year in review
Independence. Emigration & remote work. $3.1M Seed round. Booming market. 58 posts in our blog. $290K ARR. 100 new features. 32 new releases. Fibery for Product Teams release. Some product/market fit. 4 new people.
#39. Getting Started re-design in November 2021
New getting started concept. New pricing. In search of Activation Metric. Animalz cooperation failed. Promising leads. Live onboarding experiment results. Three new releases.
#38. Experimenting in October 2021
Activation stats. Experiment with Fibery structure. Experiment with a 90-days trial. Experiment with live onboarding. Experiment with an outreach agency. Partners program. New features.
#37. Keep fighting in September 2021
TLDR: Meditations on complexity. Fibery Partners program. New templates. Automations rules webinar. Huge WIP.
#36. 20k MRR in August 2021
Special Startup Diary edition. 20k MRR & 15 new customers! +Chris. +Sales agency. 4 case studies. Airtable integration & notify people action.
#35. Raised $3.1M in July 2021
TLDR: We closed $3.1M seed round. Building a second brain for teams. Fibery mission. Building in Public. Automation rules. Documents and Rich Text history.
#34. Thinking about the Next Big Thing in Fibery in June 2021
Thinking about the next big thing. Fibery for startups webinar. Fibery vs. ClickUp. Minsk office is closed. Share Documents and Entities. Group permissions
#33. On Fire in May 2021
Emigration from Belarus. 90-days trial. Lemonade! -Anna, +Ilya. Web site changes. Full-text search. Cumulative reports. SAML SSO.
#32. Productive April 2021
4 new releases. 11 new customers. Automated actions. Undelete things. Crazy Thursday aka 'Der CollabdocDenburg'. Fibery for User Research.
#31. Slow Acceleration in March 2021
Better traction and $10K MRR. 13 new customers. Fibery 2.0 foundation. Regular posts in our blog. First webinar. Super Polina. More explanatory videos.
#30. Baby Steps in February 2021
Many demos for product teams. Product Teams A/B Test. Complexity. Other niches experiments paused. New roadmap. Hierarchical Lists View released.
#29. Freedom in January 2021
Independence and freedom. Fibery for Product Teams release. Some marketing activities started. Kate joined our marketing team. Fantastic reviews from our customers.
#28. Hibernating November 2020
Fibery 2.0 release moved to January 2021. Not so many new features, but expect a new burst soon. Anna joined our company as the Head of Marketing. Winter (or Summer) came.
#27. Reaching Level X in October 2020
TLDR: First integrations are released. Product teams validation is in progress. Hope to have Fibery 2.0 launch in December. We are still looking for Head of Marketing
#26. Probing Product Workspace in September 2020
Got $700K tranche. Cooperation with the new design agency. Start of a direct sales experiment. Product workspace is coming. Integrations are coming. We are looking for Head of Marketing.
#25. Lost August 2020
Fibery startup progress in August 2020: Elections in Belarus. WTF??? Violence. Shock. Revolution. Depression. Hope.
#24. Breaking through July 2020
Fibery startup progress in July 2020. More customers. Terms Sheet with VC is finally signed. Better North Star metric!
#23. Fighting Stability and Performance in June 2020
Vizydrop team will join Fibery in August. Terms Sheet with the VC fund is negotiated and confirmed. Stability problems resolved. Performance improved. New blog delivered. Fibery sticks better.
#22. Accumulating $1M+ seed round in May 2020
$1M confirmed from angels for the seed round. Deeper negotiation with a VC fund. Tons of content. Largest customer. Roadmap for the next 3 months is nailed. Chaos.
#21. Public Launch in April 2020
Public launch April 1st. Product of the Day on PH. Some offers from VC. Super-productive month. Better activity, but stagnating MRR. Cool Whiteboard View. Remote.
#20. Staying Alive in March 2020
Panic mode. +Pavel +Alexey. Productivity soars. No VC. Remote. New pricing scheme. New getting started.
#19. First Customers in February 2020
First true customers. 100 active accounts. +Polina. Up to speed. −Telemetry. Still no public launch. Independence!
#18. Enduring January 2020
Public announcements moved to February. -Nikita. -VC. -Snow. -Speed. Cortisol pit. Crossing Valley of death. Optimism.
#17. Fragmented December 2019
Public announcements moved to January. +Lena. Tons of feedback. First money! Hype is over. We consider rising a ~$4M round.
#16. Crazy November 2019
Fibery 1.0 is silently launched. Silence is hard to keep. HackerNews front page. Twitter madness. 3000 registered accounts.
#15. Multi-tasking October 2019
Nikita is back! New web site. Pricing simplified. Left menu redesigned. Getting started experienced. Polishing is eternal.
#14. Anxious September 2019
Domain evolution is done. Notifications are done. Actions Buttons are done. Fall is free. Creators! Polishing is terrified.
#13. Hot August 2019
Notifications are somewhat done. Rename is graceful. Action Buttons are born. Canvas View is growing. Javascript. HN banned us.
#12. Controlled Panic in July 2019
Table View is done, Notifications are in progress, Automation Rules are postponed. Everybody is a unicorn. Serious shit! Summertime.
#11. Stealth June 2019
Fibery startup progress in June 2019: Public API and Formulas are completed. Release is closer. Team got crazier.
#10. Burn in May 2019
Several people burned out, new features are delivered, public release will be sooner (we hope) (despite ill fortune).
#9. Choosing the Right Road in April 2019
We’ve fixed 60 bugs, completed some features, added one teammate and frustratedly discussed many potential options for Fibery future.
#8. Fixing Private Beta in March 2019
Fibery startup progress in March 2019: We’ve provided access to Fibery to 100 accounts and collected some feedback.
#7. Pushing Private Beta in February 2019
We’ve released private beta in February. Now we are fixing bugs, setting up accounts, collecting feedback and think about future.
#6. Planning Private Beta in January 2019
Fibery startup progress in January 2019: Private beta goals, selecting a market positioning (hard), apps re-design.
#5. Engine Warm Up in December 2018
Company: decreased burn rate. Product changes: formulas, filters, timeline improvements, create entities in batches.
#4. Winter is Coming in November 2018
Fibery startup results in November 2018. Good development speed, new app creation flow, wiki, customizable entity view.
#3. Smelling a Private Beta in October 2018
Fibery startup progress in October 2018: Alpha version feedback, new web site, custom app creation, apps import and export.
#2. Slow September 2018
Fibery startup progress in September 2018. Slow month with not so many news. First positive feedback. Company name selection.
#1. Crawling in August 2018
Startup backstage is an interesting thing to observe. I’ll write regular posts about Fibery progress and results.
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