8 Workplace Management Software Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 19th, 2023
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Here are some real life success stories of starting a workplace management software:

1. Workology ($12.2M/year)

Jessica Miller-Merrell came up with the idea for Workology after using free online dating websites to source candidates for job openings while working as an HR leader. She saw the potential for digital sourcing and recruiting through platforms like LinkedIn, MySpace, and Facebook, and started a job search blog to share tips and build a candidate pipeline. Workology has since become a leading HR and recruiting resource, with a website reaching half a million HR and Recruiting leaders each month, a podcast, and a training and development platform called LEARN by Workology.

How much they make: $12.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $12K
Current team size: 4

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This case study follows the journey of Jessica Miller-Merrell, a top 50 social media influencer according to Forbes, who founded Workology, a workplace HR resource that reaches half a million HR and recruiting leaders each month with 8,000+ published articles and resources, generating $12M in annual revenue, offering on-demand courses for HR certification and career development, providing Ace the HR Exam, Upskill HR, and HRCI recertification courses, and developing a proprietary learning system with LEARN by Workology, which has trained nearly 15,000 HR leaders.

About
Jessica started Workology over 18 years ago
Revenue
Jessica grew the business to $1.02M/month
Costs
It cost Jessica $12000 to start the business
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2. Agendrix ($4.6M/year)

How much they make: $4.6M/year
Current team size: 36

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Agendrix is a workforce management software for retailers, restaurants, and nursing homes offering team communication, scheduling, and time tracking, that started as an agency bringing in $500K in its first year, and has since grown steadily, receiving its second round of funding of $4.2M in August 2021.

About
André started Agendrix over 9 years ago
Revenue
André grew the business to $383K/month
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4. Asana

Work anytime, anywhere with Asana. Keep remote and distributed teams, and your entire organization, focused on their goals, projects, and tasks with Asana.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 50.1M/month

5. Workday, Inc.

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Website traffic: 3.83M/month

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So... can you actually make money with a workplace management software?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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7. Infinity

Organize tasks, spreadsheets, calendar and files all in one place.

Website traffic: 530K/month