We are looking for a tool that would serve Freelancers for easy collaboration with clients (note: hence the name Freelo). Frustration and unfulfilled expectations when trying existing tools leads us to create our own application. We miss tasks with clear communication, work reports and client invoicing. After a year of development, the first version of Freelo is created.
We create Freelo on weekends, evenings and
We are collecting units of paying users during the first year and with the generous pricing, our sales are not exactly growing. We are grateful for any feedback users give us and try to accommodate any meaningful requests for new features.
We do everything on our own and the turnover from the first year is not even worth mentioning. The gradually growing interest shows us the way to go and we are turning the rudder 180 degrees - Freelo must be a tool for teams.
For more than half a year we have been working on how to set a new adequate price. It is clear that without such a change Freelo cannot work in the long term.
We're adding new features, plans and raise a price. We are pleasantly surprised because most users are willing to accept the new price.
We're launching a podcast called Z Podpalubi, building a community of SaaSkari, and investing all of our revenue into marketing and development.
We attend conferences, train and look for meaningful collaborations. We realize that we need to meet our users.
The turning point comes and Freelo gradually turns to black numbers. We're looking for a customer service person to join us.
We are changing our home-office for an office in Pardubice, which we call Podpalubí.
We are taking our new Support member Kate to the #FreeloHackathon in Croatia and we are focusing on developing key functions.
In following months we are expanding the team again to cover substitution.
We are strengthening the PHP backend development and starting to work on a new section Files in projects.
We're constantly improving the app and getting important features to users faster.
Four new sailors are hired for customer support, marketing, PHP backend and frontend. It doesn't stop there, we're looking for more awesome people, join us too.
We are preparing to expand abroad. We are translating the website and app into ten more languages. We are preparing a marketing plan to help us succeed outside the Czech Republic.
Thanks to Karel Freelo runs like a dream. When he is not kicking-off new features, he likes sports, hits the road with his family or thinks of which kind of salad to make for dinner.
Honza takes care of Freelo's good usability. From graphics, over UX to encoding. He enjoys the whole process of creating an application or website. Besides Freelo, he likes cooking, cycling and travelling.
Karel likes numbers. He works a lot with the database and analyses everything. When he closes Excel, he likes to travel to warm-weather destinations. During summer, you would probably meet him at the Canaries in Las Palmas.