Project Scheduling Tool

Project Scheduling Tool Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 10th, 2024

Struggling with project deadlines and coordination? Enter the project scheduling tool—an essential business idea for anyone aiming to streamline project management.

This tool helps teams plan, schedule, and track tasks seamlessly. Unlike generic to-do lists, this tool provides real-time updates and collaborative features tailored to long-term projects. Imagine the impact of having a bird’s-eye view of timelines, workloads, and deadlines—all in one place.

Developing a project scheduling tool involves understanding project management principles and interfacing with software development. From integrating various team roles to automating task updates, the opportunities for optimization are endless.

For those drawn to problem-solving and operational efficiency, creating a project scheduling tool can be a fulfilling venture. With remote work and cross-functional teams becoming the norm, businesses are keen to adopt more innovative, comprehensive solutions for project management.

In this list, you'll find real-world project scheduling tool success stories and very profitable examples of starting a project scheduling tool that makes money.

1. Chili Piper ($40M/year)

Alina Vandenberghe and her co-founder Nicolas began Chili Piper in 2016, inspired by their extensive backgrounds in product development and sales processes. They identified a common pain point for sales teams: the inefficiency and frustration involved in scheduling meetings and managing sales leads. Through attending numerous industry events and engaging directly with potential customers, they validated that there was a significant need for a solution that could streamline this process.

Their initial approach was very hands-on; at these events, Nicolas would secure interest and demos on the spot, then Alina would handle onboarding and support, allowing them to gather critical real-time feedback. This feedback loop helped them continuously refine their solution, ensuring it met the actual needs of their users. One major challenge they faced was conceptualizing their brand and logo, which Alina sketched over a hundred times before they landed on the right design, overcoming this through persistence and external design help.

Key lessons from their process include the importance of deeply understanding their customers’ problems and remaining adaptable based on direct user insights. They learned early on that personal engagement and a customer-centric approach were crucial components in developing an effective, valued product.

How much money it makes: $40M/year
How many people on the team: 300

How Alina Vandenberghe Grew Chili Piper to $40M Revenue

Aspiring founders will learn how Chili Piper's founders bootstrapped their way to $3 million ARR without paying salaries, raised over $54 million in funding, and secured rapid growth through strategic partnerships, personalized customer service, and effective influencer marketing campaigns.

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2. Ora ($252K/year)

Nikolay Mihaylov, along with his co-founders Vasil Enchev and Nikolay Yanev, came up with the idea for Ora PM while working at Codemotion in 2015. As they were managing their work with existing project management systems like Trello and Slack, they realized the need for a more sophisticated system with time tracking. Unable to find a suitable solution in the market, they decided to create their own project management system, which eventually evolved into Ora.

How much money it makes: $252K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50K
How many people on the team: 5

How Developing An Internal Solution Led To Building A $21K/Month Project Management System

Ora PM is a project management system that generates an average monthly revenue of $21k, and is designed for use by individuals as well as companies with big projects.

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3. GanttProject ($36K/year)

Dmitry Barashev came across GanttProject while searching for open-source Gantt chart drawing software to use on Linux. He made a contribution by implementing a command-line export feature and eventually took over leadership and administration. With no paid advertising, GanttProject has grown steadily and generates $3000-5000 in monthly revenue, with loyal customers and a low churn rate. The team is now working on GanttProject Cloud, a low-cost commercial product offering collaboration features and online project storage.

How much money it makes: $36K/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 0

I Grew My Open-Source Software Side Project To $3K/Month [$0 Spent On Ads]

GanttProject, a popular free open-source project scheduling application, generated $3000-5000 monthly through the pay-what-you-want model, despite not spending a single dollar on paid traffic, and has now grown to over 2-3k monthly active users.

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