DODOcase: How An iPad Case Generated Almost $1 Mil In Revenue Within 3 Months – with Patrick Buckley
A few months ago, Patrick Buckley’s company didn’t even exist. Now, he says it has already generated almost $1 million in revenue. His product is the DODOcase, a handmade iPad case that the New York Times says, “gives the iPad the look and feel of a luxury, hardcover notebook.”
He and his co-founder came up with the idea because he wanted to enter Shopify‘s Build-A-Business contest. In this interview you’ll hear how he did it.
(By the way, if you read Tim Ferriss’ latest blog post you might think that only $600,000 cases were sold. Seems that Tim, because he’s an advisor to Shopify, is intentionally using only publicly available numbers, which understate the total. Patrick, in his first answer of this interview, reveals that the number is higher.)
Patrick Buckley is the co-founder of DODOcase, an iPad case inspired by artists’ journals. Made by hand in San Francisco, California using traditional book binding techniques, the DODOcase brings a classic look to protecting your iPad.
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