Tweaky.com announces profitability, breaks vow of sobriety

http://www.tweaky.com/blog/tweaky-breaks-its-vow-of-sobriety-from-zero-to-profitable-in-9-months/

by atroche • 13 years ago

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anigbrowl• 13 years ago

Nine months ago we launched Tweaky.com as the marketplace to anyone improve their website.

This reads suspiciously like it was composed after the drinking started. Congratulations, but you should probably proof it again tomorrow :-)

nedwin2• 13 years ago

It's the bubbles, I'm not a big champagne guy ;)

niggler• 13 years ago

"At the time we took a vow of sobriety, agreeing as a team that we wouldn’t have a drink of alcohol until we reached profitability."

I did the same thing with a more aggressive goal, but then when that day came I realized I didn't actually want to drink. I'm impressed you guys didn't lose that desire.

nedwin2• 13 years ago

We have to a certain extent.

Prior to this I probably went out for drinks 2 or 3 nights a week. One to 4 drinks in a night, sometimes more.

It's definitely a sometimes food for me now.

djt• 13 years ago

Giving up DJing probably helps there too :D

Nice work Ned and team

kmax12• 13 years ago

love this attitude. sure they could have sought fast growth from the beginning, but sometimes proving that you are a legitimate company first speaks a lot to these guys commitment to growing tweaky into something great.

StavrosK• 13 years ago

Nitpick: They didn't break the vow, they satisfied the conditions for its cessation, so it ended. Breaking implies that they drank before becoming profitable.

cheriot• 13 years ago

In the morning you eat breakfast or cessationfast? It goes both ways. I suppose since it's common for breaking vows to be a euphemism for cheating in a marriage, you have the modern colloquial meaning.

Or maybe he was implying that they "smashed" their sobriety. Zing!

daurnimator• 13 years ago

oh wow, didn't know you guys were melbourne, based, I should have said hi while I was around.

Matt_Mickiewicz• 13 years ago

Congrats guys!

yesimahuman• 13 years ago

Congrats guys! It feels amazing when you build something people want, they pay you for it, and you can build a real business from it. Best of luck going forward!

dannowatts• 13 years ago

CONGRATS!!!

now go drink some good craft beer :)

Dramatize• 13 years ago

Nice work Ned :)

Tweaky.com announces profitability, breaks vow of sobriety

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