From napkin sketch to $50M acquisition in 5 years
January 2019
It all started in a coffee shop in San Francisco. Our founder, frustrated with existing project management tools, sketched the first wireframes on a napkin. The vision was clear: create a tool that teams would actually love to use. We spent months validating the idea, interviewing over 200 potential users, and refining our unique value proposition.
June 2019
Working nights and weekends, we built our first prototype in just 3 months. It was rough around the edges, but it validated our core hypothesis. We onboarded 50 beta testers who provided invaluable feedback. This phase taught us the importance of shipping fast and iterating based on real user data.
November 2019
Launch day arrived. We opened our doors to the public with a polished MVP that focused on our core features. The response exceeded our expectations - 1,000 signups in the first week! We secured our seed funding of $500K and assembled a small but mighty team of 5 passionate individuals ready to change the world.
2020 - 2023
The next three years were a whirlwind. We raised a Series A of $5M, expanded to 50 employees, and served over 10,000 companies worldwide. Our revenue grew 300% year-over-year. We launched enterprise features, mobile apps, and integrations with major platforms. The team's dedication and our customer-first approach fueled our exponential growth.
December 2023
Five years after that first napkin sketch, we announced our acquisition by TechGiant Corp for $50 million. It was a bittersweet moment - the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Our product would now reach millions more users, and our team would have the resources to build even bigger dreams. The journey taught us that with persistence, passion, and the right team, anything is possible.