Michael Herrmann
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Michael Herrmann
Hi, my name is Michael. Originally from Vienna, Austria, I moved to the UK to study and obtained my MSc from the University of Oxford. Back in Vienna, I now develop and sell software services, mostly online. To get in touch with me simply send an email to michael at this domain.

Here are my most recent projects:

  • fman (since 2016): A file manager for Windows, Mac and Linux. When it launched it March 2017, it made the top 10 on Product Hunt. The first 100 licenses were sold out within 48 hours.
  • Trinamics (since 2015): There's a new social trading platform in Austria called wikifolio. Together with two friends, we use it to trade stocks. The platform mirrors our trading strategies through exchange-traded certificates. Anybody can buy these certificates via their broker and thus partake in our performance. As of June 2017, we have three wikifolios ranging in performance from +21% to +38% (after fees), in about 18 months. Our best-performing wikifolio is TR Hummingbird.
  • Terminerinnerung (since 2014): A service which sends SMS reminders to the clients of professional service businesses (mostly doctors). The businesses pay a flat monthly fee for up to X reminders each month. Once the system is set up for a business, it requires hardly any work on my part. This is ideal for passive income. I was interviewed on IndieHackers about this business.
  • LiVisitor (2014): A Chrome extension which automatically visits other people's LinkedIn profiles. This makes you show up in their "who's viewed your profile" list and entices them to visit you back. It was mainly used by online marketers before I shut it down, due to concerns that I was in violation of LinkedIn's Terms of Service.
  • BugFree Software (since 2012): A Polish IT company developing GUI test- and automation tools - Automa (for Windows) and Helium (for web sites)
  • LogFileViewer (since 2012): An Android app for viewing .log files. These files are produced by almost any running app or program and allow the developers to analyse crashes and failures. The app is free with in-app purchases, which earns me a little over 10€ each month. Pays for my Spotify account but is otherwise more valuable as an educational project.

Previously to becoming self-employed, I worked at willhaben.at, Austria's largest portal for classified ads. If you're ever looking for a job, I highly recommend applying to them. They're a great company to work for.

If you still want to know more about me (which I doubt) you can find a formal CV here. It also contains an overview of my academic background.
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