Startup Diary

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.

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.

Elections. WTF??? Violence. Shock. Revolution. Depression. Hope.

More customers. Terms Sheet is signed. Better North Star metric.

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.

$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.

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.

Panic mode. +Pavel +Alexey. Productivity soars. No VC. Remote. New pricing scheme. New getting started.

Public announcements moved to February. -Nikita. -VC. -Snow. -Speed. Cortisol pit. Crossing Valley of death. Optimism.

Public announcements moved to January. +Lena. Tons of feedback. First money! Hype is over. We consider rising a ~$4M round.

Fibery 1.0 is silently launched. Silence is hard to keep. HackerNews front page. Twitter madness. 3000 registered accounts.

Nikita is back! New web site. Pricing simplified. Left menu redesigned. Getting started experienced. Polishing is eternal.

Domain evolution is done. Notifications are done. Actions Buttons are done. Fall is free. Creators! Polishing is terrified.

Notifications are somewhat done. Rename is graceful. Action Buttons are born. Canvas View is growing. Javascript. HN banned us.

Table View is done, Notifications are in progress, Automation Rules are postponed. Everybody is a unicorn. Serious shit! Summertime.

Public API and Formulas are completed. Release is closer. Team got crazier.

Several people burned out, new features are delivered, public release will be sooner (we hope) (despite ill fortune).

We’ve fixed 60 bugs, completed some features, added one teammate and frustratedly discussed many potential options for Fibery future.

We’ve provided access to Fibery to 100 accounts and collected some feedback.

We’ve released private beta in February. Now we are fixing bugs, setting up accounts, collecting feedback and think about future.

Private beta goals, selecting a market proposition, apps re-design.

Decreased burn rate, formulas, filters, timeline improvements.

Good development speed, new app creation flow, wiki.

Alpha version feedback, new web site, custom app creation, apps import and export.

This is the second post about our startup backstage. Slow month with not so many news.

Startup backstage is an interesting thing to observe. I’ll write regular posts about Fibery progress and results.