Two years ago…

March 15, 2010 at 8:45 pm

I released MindNode 1.0 (the free version) exactly two years ago and at that time I never expected MindNode to become my sole income only two years later. The past two years were amazing and I’d like to thank all of you for making it happen. Thank you!

Three small tidbits I’d like to share with you:

  • Volker sent me, all the way from Germany, a chocolate cake modeled after the MindNode (touch) icon.
  • Merlin Mann picked MindNode (touch) and MindNode Pro on last weeks episode of MacBreak Weekly.
  • After more than two years working from home and working at a local Starbucks, I rented a space in a coworking space here in Vienna. This is how it looked like after my trip to IKEA.

11 Responses to “Two years ago…”

  1. Noah A Says:

    Congratulations, it’s a really great product!
    Too bad it’s utility is over so many people’s heads.

  2. Justin Thiele Says:

    Congrats, Markus. I’m glad to hear that you are able to support yourself full time with MindNode. Fantastic product.

    Cheers!

  3. Ian Says:

    Excellent app. I use MindNode Pro to brainstorm almost every project I do. Keep up the amazing work.

  4. differentieel Says:

    congratulation Markus.
    we use MindNode almost every day – we love it!

  5. Harvey Levine Says:

    Congratulations Markus!
    Your continuous improvements to Mindnode Pro have made it a program I can’t live without. I hope you have many more years of fruitful development and I hope your hard work brings you the financial success you deserve.

  6. Bart Says:

    Congrats Markus,

    You deserve this. :-) MindNode is just a great tool for a good price. I use the pro version on a daily bases. It gets never in the way and that’s what great program’s never do :-)

  7. David Powsner Says:

    Markus, I’d like to echo the prior sentiments. For an application concept you seemed to have stumbled upon (sorry, if that’s not entirely correct), Mindnode Pro is great. It’s one of my most used desktop applications. I can’t wait to see it on the iPad!

  8. Mauro Mello Jr. Says:

    Congratulations! MindNode is a great application and has been evolving quite nicely. Here’s to your success!

  9. James Anderson Says:

    Well done Markus. i’m a teacher and mindmapping is becomming more important to the students. It was the Macbreak weekly podcast that finally tipped me into buying the app., your comments helped too. Cheers from Australia.

  10. Olivier Says:

    Congratulations and once again if one day you decide to create a french version and need help… ;)

  11. Shehnaz Jackson Says:

    MindNode Pro looks and works terrific on our new 27inch big iMAC. Cheers from Manchester, UK.