Case Study 2: Rislix
From Zero to $2,500 in 6 Weeks, While Building a Demo-Ready Cybersecurity Platform in 2 Months
Where they started
Rislix was starting from zero on both fronts:
- No product. The cybersecurity auditing tool they wanted to sell didn't exist yet.
- No pipeline. Their Upwork profile was brand new, with no reviews, no job history and no track record.
Most companies in that position pick one problem and starve on the other. Rislix needed both solved at the same time: a product to sell, and paying clients to fund it while it got built.
What we did
- 1. Built their SaaS product.We designed and developed a cybersecurity auditing tool from the ground up. In 2 months it went from idea to a demo-ready platform, and it's now being shown to Rislix's prospective clients.
- 2. Built their client pipeline from nothing.We took over their Upwork acquisition: finding the right jobs, writing proposals and applying daily. A brand-new profile with zero reviews is the hardest place to win work on Upwork, and we started there.
The results
$2,500 in contracts in 6 weeks from a profile with zero history, while the product got built in parallel.
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Upwork contracts won | $0 | $2,500 in 6 weeks |
| Upwork history | None | Active profile with paid jobs |
| Product | Idea only | Demo-ready platform in 2 months |
| Client demos | 0 | Live demos with prospective clients |
What Rislix says
“We came in with an idea and an empty Upwork profile. In 6 weeks they'd won us $2,500 in contracts, and in 2 months we had a working auditing platform we could demo to real clients. Having the product built and the pipeline running at the same time is exactly what we needed.”
What's Next
The platform is moving toward launch. This case study will be updated with live user and revenue numbers once it goes live.
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