When the going gets tough...rake the leaves...

So, over here at Green Lite we're getting pretty desperate. While I think our Smart phone app is really awesome and can make the money we need, we are running out of time. So, when I got home for Thanksgiving break I threw an add up on Craig's List to do some leaf removal. My dad already has a leaf blower and this cool thing called a Billy-Goat, basically a leaf vacuum. It wasn't hard either to get much business either, seeing how much leaves are lying around. So as unfortunate as it is that the App is struggling, its nice to have a little revenue.

I will say i'm fairly disappointed with how the revenue stream for our app has turned out. I really think it is a good product and its viable, I think we were really unprepared with the time constraints for R&D and getting the product to market. I think if we did some partly parallel development we would be in better shape.

Heads moving faster than our feet

So,

Chris and I were really excited about this week. We did a lot of work with data collection the week before and had big plans for the prototype to be ready for the market this week. Unfortunately, its taking our programmers a little longer to get our data loaded and clean up the app. That being said Chris and I are going to be finalizing the advertising contracts this weekend and should be able to get the app to market by next week.

Get your Party Hats Ready!

We're on the final stretch!  We've compiled enough restuarants and specials for Harrisonburg and we plan to (hopefully) have our app on the market by the end of this weekend.  As we explained before, the app will be free to all android phones once it's available.  Once we get the app on the market, our next step is to go around harrisonburg to any business that may be interested in advertising on our app.


Here's how we plan to make money. We will have several "Options" for businesses to advertise on our app.  For a business that wants more ad coverage on the app, they can pay more for a higher probability of their ad showing up on the app.  For those that want to pay less, they can get an option for less coverage probability.

Once we get the app up and running on the market, we hope to finally start making some revenue in the next week or two by the latest.  So be sure to check back soon!

p.s. we're still trying to think of ideas for a name!  if you have any ideas, post in the comments.