3 Remote Work Tool Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Create A Remote Work Tool

Here are some real life success stories of starting a remote work tool:

1. Distro ($1.68M/year)

Chad Ingram, the founder and CEO of Distro, came up with the idea for his business after facing challenges with hiring and retaining software developers in his previous ventures. Seeing the need for a better alternative in the competitive labor market, Chad created Distro as a marketplace for companies to find, hire, and pay remote development teams. Within 8 months of launching, Distro has already surpassed $2 million in annual recurring revenue and is focused on scaling its marketing and product implementation.

How much they make: $1.68M/year
How much did it cost to start: $250K
Current team size: 5

Distro: From MVP To $2M ARR In 8 Months

Distro, a marketplace for companies to find and hire software developers, has reached $2 million in ARR in just 8 months, and is profitable, giving founders hope to grow through capital efficiency focussing on product and sales by aggressively targeting a $3.5 million ARR by December 2022 alongside building a scalable marketing system and product implementation.

About

Chad started Distro over 2 years ago

Revenue

Chad grew the business to $140K/month

Costs

It cost Chad $250000 to start the business

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2. Illinois.gov

The State of Illinois Home Page is a portal with links to other websites. These include links to web sites operated by Illinois agencies and officials, other government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses.

Where they're located: Ararat Province, Armenia
Website traffic: 13M/month

3. Mural

Digital workspaces for visual collaboration, inspiration and innovation anytime, anywhere, on any device

Where they're located: General Levalle, Córdoba, Argentina
Website traffic: 3.29M/month