Building a Business on #slack — $80k/mo with a Slack-first App
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Building a Business on Slack — $80k/mo with a Slack-first AppSlack is more than just a chat app; it’s an ecosystem to build a solid business on.While Slack prepares for the IPO, its App Ecosystem keeps evolving becoming a place to build a business on. Standuply, a Slack-first App, reached $80k in revenue in February 2019.I’m Alex Kistenev, CEO and co-founder of Standuply and in charge of marketing. This post is about my experience of growing a Slack App to $80k per month.The product competitionIf you search for ‘standup’ in the Slack App Directory, you’ll find Standuply at the 1st place with 30 other competing apps left behind. Here’s how we did that.Laser focusThere are Slack apps made by web development studios. They felt the pain, had resources and eventually built the initial product. But it (...)