Dennis Crane
Mar 17th, 2009
Mar 17th, 2009
10 historical facts about the Dr.Explain software
This is just a few facts from the history of our product, Dr.Explain. I feel a bit nostalgic for that time of big dreams and hopes. Now it’s just a business.
I think these facts could inspire the new rising startups.
- Initial design specification for the first version of the Dr.Explain was made in two hours and fit in just two pages: several screen prototypes and a paragraph of text explaining the conception.
- The pilot name of the Dr.Explain project was ‘Catch&Doc’, like ‘Cats-n-Dogs’ :-).
- Development of the first version took 7 months in part-time mode (nights and weekends).
- Most of code was taken from CodeProject.com. In the next years it was overwritten almost completely :-).
- Development of the first version delayed my Ph.D. work defending for about a year.
- The first version of the Dr.Explain was released July 23, 2005.
- The price of the first version was $50 (US).
- The first order arrived on 7′th day after official release.
- Most of first users came from Clarion developers community.
- I left my day job to start the company after 4 months since initial release of Dr.Explain.
Could you disclose something interesting from your product’s history?
Hello!…. thanks for sharing all this valuable information with the world. When I read this post I immediately saw myself.
Right now I’m in the beta version of my first product, still some adjust need to be done on the product to the final release.
Just a couple of days ago I was fired,and I don’t know what to think, should I worry? or should I be happy because It is the time to release it and get the real results and the freedom we’ve always searched.
Well… yours words are very important for people like me… once you were in this point too, and I just try to follow what Isv like you have done: real results.
Thanks! and I already bookmarked your blog.
Good luck!