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Maybe. But if you don't do it now, it'll just become harder and you'll regret not doing it all your life. I did something similar, but I did it much before 30. Haven't regretted it…

Spot on. Thanks. We do have a pending patent application for the same.

We would ideally love to have all users connect through data, but more than 80% of the 900 million mobile users in India simply don't have a mobile data connection. Hence, if we ar…

Oh, there were some genuine technical limitations in implementing it over carrier networks. I'll check the exact details with the team and get back to you. (Most of them are sleepi…

We do have a lot of ideas in mind, but in a space like this, you can start looking at monetization only after you've hit a certain critical mass in terms of user base. Ultimately, …

Well, to enter and grow so fast in such a competitive space, you've to differentiate yourself from your competition. Our differentiators are: 1. A beautiful UX/design 2. The abilit…

Not really. We don't believe ads are the best way to monetize. And anyways, why create a beautiful UX and then plaster ads on it? We'll start looking at that once we hit a certain …

+1. For now.

It's funny how everyone who reads this article tends to view himself as intelligent. Maybe that's just the type of crowd at HN, or maybe it's Dunning-Kruger at play. Even if I shar…

There hardly seems to be much upside left. Most of the potential for appreciation has already been milked by late stage VCs (DST), Goldman's preferred clients, and investors on Sha…

No offense, but Reddit going dark will affect only us. No one else will even notice. If something like Wikipedia goes dark, that would be something. Everyone will be forced to take…

I spend around 10% on rent, 10% on food, 5% on booze, 10% on gadgets, 5% on other expenses and another 10% on very high risk investments. I have no debt and I'm single, so I save a…

The way YC is growing, PG could very well become a billionaire in the coming years.

Congrats, Gabriel.