Enchant VS Webroot Business End

Enchant mentions (4)

• Ask HN: PG's 'Do Things That Don't Scale' Manual Examples

  At Enchant (https://enchant.com): - We launched without billing. Early customers used the product for free until we eventually built out billing - We offer data imports from competitors. It's a semi-automated process - sometimes there's existing working code, sometimes it needs tweaking, sometimes it gets written as part of the process. Either way, it's a win if it helps someone make a purchase decision. - We... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Ask HN: Who's using Ruby web development without Ruby on Rails (RoR)?

  We[0] use Ruby without Rails - Sinatra for the most part. I started the codebase over a decade ago now, and at the time Rails felt a little heavy (inline with your comments). That said, Rails does let you get started pretty quickly without needing much of anything else. Rails has more magic. If you prefer less magic, then Sinatra is the way. https://enchant.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How to offer effective free trials

  For our own SaaS[0], we provide a timed trial. But we regularly provide trial extensions because reality of business is that it takes time to get everybody on board and onboarded. Reading this post, I suspect '30 days of use' would result in less 'please extend the trial' emails and would mean less friction during the trial. However, there is a tradeoff: when somebody reaches out for a trial extension, it may be... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?

  In the space we[1] operate, there's no shortage of competitors. Over the years, I've seen that those who can unlock marketing see a lot more success, even with a shittier product. As a developer-turned-founder, a lot of marketing feels sleazy. Was it always this way? So much link-bait, fluffy posts that are really big ads, shallow content just for SEO, upvoting-rings on platforms, etc. There's so few who seem to... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

Webroot Business End mentions (0)