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- Doches> We're not bragging (okay, we're bragging a little) but it turns out that not burning through VC cash on ping-pong tables and "growth at all costs" actually works.Have an internet fist-bump from a fellow successful bootstrapper; this is the way, and you're calling it out!
- jacquesmThat's excellent by any metric. Most larger successful companies have a very hard time consistently breaking the 200K / employee / year turnover level and this is 2.5 times that. On top of that they are indestructible, with that much left on the table a couple of years of solid saving and you can start thinking about much larger projects, and still without outside financing.10 years is long and if we take the revenues as linearly changing over time and the costs growing roughly linear along with it then years two and three must have been quite difficult, expectations need to be met but the money wasn't really there yet. But now there is.
- trm217I've been using Dato for years for private projects (would love a Hobby tier ;) ) and have been impressed with it from the start. Hearing that Dato and the people behind it are thriving makes me very happy! A success that's well deserved! :-D
- antonhagCongrats! Being able to run a nice company bootstrapped seems amazing.Turning 10, you might want to stop ditching WordPress for being 15 on your homepage though ;) Your customers demand blazing-fast digital products, web standards are evolving at the speed of light, yet you rely on 15-years-old solutions like WordPress that force you to deliver heavy, low-quality user experiences. After all, you'll be there in only 5 years!
- cwiggsCurious how you run things and have good work life balance for your employees, with so few people?Especially with the migration to k8s. K8s is much more complex than Heroku, some even say it requires an entire infra engineering team to manage.
- smurdaWow. Huge congrats! This is a real business that is profitable.Our industry focuses so much on venture-backed startups (many of which are unprofitable) that would lose sight of one important goal when starting a business - be profitable!
- sebstefanThe pricing page is messed up on Firefoxhttps://i.horizon.pics/dFFNvWFUZp
- le-markThe website is pretty good. My initial reaction was “A CMS? How can yet another CMS be profitable”. The copy on the homepage explains it pretty well. Congrats on the success.
- danielfalboAnd huge kudos for doing it from Italy!
- d--bIf anyone at datocms is reading this: I find your blog post incredibly off-putting.
- chrisrickardAmazing achievement guys, seriously impressive. Now onwards and upwards!
- isoprophlexThanks for setting a counter-example to the vc money bullshit hustle crowd. Keep it up!