What may seem like a simple product (just get a bunch of services together, right?) might have been one of the most difficult products I've launched. I'm not a salesman, nor a particular fan of sending emails 24/7. That's what this all boiled down too however. Cold-emailing. Asking for introductions. Scheduling meetups. Sending follow up emails. Etc. While you really just want to work on building a cool product.
That said, I'm really happy with results. Proud to have so many great companies involved and hoping the additional revenue will enable me to grow BetaList further.
Looking forward hearing what you think!
Fun fact: Although BetaList is pretty well known in the startup scene it's smaller than you might think. Bootstrapped and based in Europe. I'm the only full-timer on it at the moment.
Can you provide a proper invoice? What is linked in the response email is something like a receipt, but it's not an invoice. It does not have an invoice number nor does it have information about the seller (company name & address).
Sorry about that. I sent you an updated invoice with all the information you should need. We'll make sure to add that info by default for other people.
Amazon runs a program called 'AWS Activate' which gives you access to a lot of startup resources including promotional AWS credit. The program is generally only available to startups affiliated with certain accelerators, incubators, or seed funds. We came to an agreement enabling us to include that same deal in the BetaList Bundle.
Only if you're already part of that program you're not eligible for the offer (as stated on our site and Amazon's) and there are a few other 'standard' criteria like not using your AWS account on behalf of any other governmental entity, etc. I don't expect these to apply to anyone buying the bundle however.
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[ 0.23 ms ] story [ 26.9 ms ] threadWhat may seem like a simple product (just get a bunch of services together, right?) might have been one of the most difficult products I've launched. I'm not a salesman, nor a particular fan of sending emails 24/7. That's what this all boiled down too however. Cold-emailing. Asking for introductions. Scheduling meetups. Sending follow up emails. Etc. While you really just want to work on building a cool product.
That said, I'm really happy with results. Proud to have so many great companies involved and hoping the additional revenue will enable me to grow BetaList further.
Looking forward hearing what you think!
Fun fact: Although BetaList is pretty well known in the startup scene it's smaller than you might think. Bootstrapped and based in Europe. I'm the only full-timer on it at the moment.
Only if you're already part of that program you're not eligible for the offer (as stated on our site and Amazon's) and there are a few other 'standard' criteria like not using your AWS account on behalf of any other governmental entity, etc. I don't expect these to apply to anyone buying the bundle however.