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Work · July 31, 2020

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We're a bootstrapped B2B SaaS company that made and shipped “hardware”

We took a goofy idea with some truly horrible designs made in Google Slides and ended up contract manufacturing custom bobblehead trophies that we send to every team that subscribes to Water Cooler Trivia. It was a 9-month labor of love.

We're a bootstrapped B2B SaaS company that made and shipped “hardware” launched on July 31, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,626 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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‍ Here’s the one(ish)-sentence summary: we took a goofy idea with some crummy designs made in Google Slides and ended up contract manufacturing custom bobblehead trophies. We send these trophies to every team that subscribes to Water Cooler Trivia. In January 2019, our team met to talk goals for the upcoming year. We had laid the foundations for a product that brings work teams closer together and builds office culture, and we wanted to keep improving the product and bringing it to more teams. One of our goals: Delight users through new customer-centric innovations. We’re a platform for customizable weekly trivia quizzes. The quizzes and results are sent via email or Slack. Naturally, most…from watercoolertrivia.com

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