All Articles About Founders Updates

Free for charity founders - Founders Update #48

We're launching our 1 for 1 program to support charity founders! Each paid subscription lets us deliver one free subscription for someone doing good in the world.

Simon

July 22, 2022

Introducing nominated supporters!

We’ve upped the accountability factor with our new feature...

Joel

April 21, 2022

Our web app has landed!

GoalsWon is now available on desktop and mobile browsers!

Joel

March 6, 2022

A big year begins! - Founders Update #47

Apart from navigating in and out of lockdowns, we managed to get quite a lot done in 2021...

Joel

January 3, 2022

Finally! - Founders Update #46

After over a month of submitting, being rejected, trying again we're finally live on iOS!

Joel

October 12, 2021

Hello Android - Founders Update #45

After a bunch of last minute bug fixes, we pushed our new v2 app to the public Google Play appstore.

Joel

September 27, 2021

The Great Migration - Founders Update #44

After many months in development, the great app migration started this past week!

Joel

September 19, 2021

Nearly there - Founders Update #43

There’s a cliche in software development that the last 10% takes 90% of the time...

Joel

September 5, 2021

Internal testing begins - Founders Update #42

Quick update - we've started using the new GoalsWon version internally which is a really nice little milestone after months of work on it.

Joel

August 10, 2021

2 steps forward, 1 step back - Founders Update #41

No, we haven’t been on vacation, sipping pina coladas in the Bahamas

Joel

July 15, 2021

Do we need a goal inbox? - Founders Update #40

My wife Grace has been using GoalsWon and gave Joel and I some feedback recently...

Joel

June 14, 2021

Rebuild is Rolling - Founders Update #39

The good news is we're rolling ahead with the big rebuild for our accountability coaching app and so far it's going pretty well.

Simon

June 8, 2021

Best Side Project Yet - Founders Update #38

Well the good news for this week is that our little marketing side project DontWaste.Today went a little bit viral...

Simon

May 22, 2021

Don't Waste Today - Founders Update #37

It's ready for your download! Grab the free download at dontwaste.today Joel and Leo finished coding our micro-app that helps track how much you procrastinate and why. I've been using it the last week and found it fun and helpful...

Simon

May 9, 2021

We Need To Learn Marketing - Founders Update #36

I'll admit... when it comes to marketing, we're still green...

Simon

May 3, 2021

Finishing Up Our Side Quest - Founders Update #35

We started "Don't Waste Today" (procrastination checker app) to help level up our dev skills before the rebuild. Has it achieved that goal?

Simon

April 25, 2021

Are They Using It? - Founders Update #34

Joel and I loved the new repeating goals feature. But we wondered what about our clients?

Simon

April 18, 2021

Back To School - Founders Update #33

Before the big rebuild, Joel suggested a small learning project first...

Simon

April 11, 2021

A Big Leap Forward - Founders Update #32

Finally, our most requested feature has arrived!

Simon

April 5, 2021

Delayed Gratification? - Founders Update #31

We'd hoped to have completed the two big features left before the rebuild. But we didn't hit get those done, in fact as of our Sunday call yesterday we hadn't even started them...

Simon

March 28, 2021

A Big Decision - Founders Update #30

It's the 'r' word no product person wants to hear...

Simon

March 21, 2021

Tomorrow Arrived Early - Founders Update #29

Finally, our most requested feature is here...

Simon

March 14, 2021

I made 2 marketing microapps - one failed, one didn't

My first two marketing microapps ended up with radically different outcomes…

Joel

March 7, 2021

We Can Listen - Founders Update #28

We had an interesting call with our scientific advisor Amy...

Simon

March 7, 2021

Less Is More? - Founders Update #27

A tale of two very different marketing microapps...

Simon

February 27, 2021

It Was Awkward To Ask - Founders Update #26

Trying to figure out a way around a chicken and egg situation...

Simon

February 21, 2021

How Do We Get Folks To Update? - Founders Update #25

If a bug is fixed in a forest but no one updates, did it happen?

Simon

February 14, 2021

Bug Hunting and First Revenues - Founders Update #24

Bugs, features, marketing... deciding where to focus. Oh and a big milestone!

Simon

February 7, 2021

How The Beta Is Going So Far - Founders Update #23

Breaking down the numbers after a month of app beta...

Simon

January 31, 2021

We Built A Thing - Founders Update #22

Creating our first marketing microapp...

Simon

January 24, 2021

This is Starting to Work - Founders Update #21

Something changed in the last week...

Simon

January 17, 2021

Learning From a Failed Launch - Founders Update #20

Setbacks are often the best teachers...

Simon

January 10, 2021

We're Building GoalsWon In Public

Each week we post about how it's really going (not only the positive bits)

Joel

August 1, 2020

Pre Launch Nerves - Founders Update #19

I wish we could say we're feeling 100% confident heading into our launch for GoalsWon, but that aint the case. First the self-doubt...

Simon

January 3, 2021

Our Top 3 Problems™ - Founders Update #18

Dirty laundry time...

Simon

December 27, 2020

Countdown To Launch - Founders Update #17

Only 12 days til launch for our GoalsWon coaching service... scary stuff! 😱

Simon

December 20, 2020

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Founders Update #16

Feels like forever but was only Wednesday when the first beta users rolled in. Here's what we've learned so far...

Simon

December 13, 2020

Beta Beginning - Founders Update #15

Big milestone, the coach interface is up and running! It's also working together with the client, so yesterday we archived the slack channels we'd been using til now and switched to GoalsWon fully for our daily coaching of each other...

Simon

December 6, 2020

Can You Help Test Our App? - Founders Update #14a

We're looking to have 10 new folks help test so we can learn from actual use (a week or more) and also start to help more folks with goals...

Simon

November 29, 2020

Launch Spec Locked In - Founders Update #14

Good week! 🚆 Lots of progress on multiple fronts. Our app prototype is moving forward...

Simon

November 22, 2020

Double Trouble! - Founders Update #13

Solo project no more... Big news ✨ Friend and fellow personal growth hacker Joel is joining this project as a co-founder!

Simon

November 15, 2020

Self Tracking Software - Founder Update #12

Development is moving forward. Rough but more features were added, including the first version of the journey screen. It's been interesting to use it (most days) myself...

Simon

November 8, 2020

Prototype Proceeds - Founder Update #11

We have a prototype!

Simon

November 1, 2020

Back to Building - Founder Update #10

And we're back in business! 🔥 Our developer Raj finished his other stuff and has switched fully to GoalsWon app development...

Simon

October 25, 2020

First Failure - Founder Update #9

This week I had to let a client go for the first time...

Simon

October 18, 2020

Coaching Observations - Founder Update #8

I've been enjoying the coaching - surprisingly motivating to hear the wins, plus giving advice has helped me also rethink how to hit my own goals eg- bouncing back after breaking a clean-eating streak etc. Some other things...

Simon

October 11, 2020