Team Member #6, +6.5% Revenue and Help for Ukraine: Open Startup Report March 2022
Welcome Lukas Sigel, the strongest growth since July 2021 and relief for Ukraine: welcome to our Open Startup Report for March 2022. March at Friendly in the Numbers…
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Friendly Turns Two, +0.4% Revenue and Some Lead Scoring Advice: Open Startup Report February 2022
We celebrated our two-year anniversary, our revenue increased for the sixth month in a row, and we published a guide to lead scoring: welcome to our Open Startup…
Stand with Ukraine
We donate 500 Fr. ($542) for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. At Friendly, we too are shocked by Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. We would like to contribute to…
Friendly Celebrates Its Second Anniversary!
Almost exactly two years ago I registered our first domain Friendly.is. This date marks the founding of Friendly for me. Less than a month later, we launched Friendly…
+1% Revenue, Reinforcement in Analytics and a Personal Review: Open Startup Report January 2022
Our revenue increased for the fifth month in a row, we strengthened in analytics, and our founder shared a personal year in review: welcome to our Open Startup…
One of My Biggest Mistakes at Friendly – And Why Our First Retreat Was So Special
In the first weeks after founding Friendly, I made a big mistake. Due to a careless oversight, I deleted numerous important files on what was then our only…
+1% Revenue, Friendly Is Second Most Active Mautic Partner and a Report at Gründerszene Magazine: Open Startup Report July 2021
Our revenue increased by +1% to $11,314, we are the second most active Mautic partner after the owner of Mautic herself and Gründerszene magazine reported on Friendly: welcome…
Friendly Is Profitable & Over 1 Million Emails Sent: Open Startup Report June 2021
We are profitable for the first time, our customers sent over one million emails and we released the first open source software of our own: welcome to our…
+3% Revenue and Almost Profitable: Open Startup Report May 2021
Our revenue increased +3% to $11,365, our loss dropped almost to zero and we took a look at the best tools for web analytics: welcome to our Open…
Friendly Crossed $10k MRR! Here Are My 10 Most Important Learnings.
Friendly recently crossed $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue (MRR)! It took us 1 year, 1 month and 25 days to get there. Here are my 10 most important learnings…
We Crossed $10k MRR and New Features for Friendly Automate: Open Startup Report April 2021
Our revenue increased by +24% to $10,997, we expanded the functionality of Friendly Automate and we are happy to announce a new partnership: welcome to our Open Startup…
Friendly Becomes a Partner of Mautic – As One of Only 6 Companies Worldwide
Friendly Automate is based on Mautic, the most popular open-source marketing automation software. Yesterday, Mautic launched an official partner program. As one of only five six companies worldwide,…
+15% Revenue and Almost 800,000 Emails Sent: Open Startup Report March 2021
Our revenue increased by +15% to $8,840, we set a new email sending record and our Joey was a regular guest on podcasts: welcome to our Open Startup…
+8% Revenue, an Upgrade for Friendly Analytics and an Email Sending Record: Open Startup Report February 2021
Our revenue grew +8% to $7,678, Friendly Analytics received a major upgrade and we sent more emails than ever before: welcome to our Open Startup report for February…
The Canton of Zürich Becomes a Customer of Friendly
The canton of Zürich uses Friendly Analytics as a privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative for its integration support services for refugees. We are pleased and honored that this is…
12 Months, 12 Highlights: Friendly Celebrates Its First Anniversary
We are celebrating our first anniversary. Almost exactly one year ago, I founded Friendly. I would never have dreamed where we are just 12 months later. Nearly 60…
+10% Revenue and a New Email Editor for Friendly Automate: Open Startup Report January 2021
Our revenue increased to $7,142, our customers sent almost half a million emails and the new email editor for Friendly Automate is finally ready: welcome to our Open…
+12% Revenue and an Upgrade to Friendly Automate: Open Startup Report December 2020
We’re happy about another double-digit revenue increase to 6’018 Fr., Friendly Automate can do more now and we explain the basics of marketing automation: welcome to our Open…
We’re an LLC Now
When I launched Friendly just under a year ago, I wanted to get started as quickly and easily as possible, in line with the lean startup philosophy. That’s…
Stefan in the CRM Podcast: Learn How to Get More Out of Your Customer Relationships (German only)
In the CRM Podcast with Nico Zorn (in German only) you will learn how to improve your customer relationships. In the current episode I talk with Nico about…
