Congrats Paras! 10 years is no small feat. Thanks for sharing, and hope to see this again in another decade!
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#12Cool. I have seen VWO before while looking for a tool, more than once. This history is one more proof that big things can start small.
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#13Congrats paras. I've been a big fan of your original work but I was rather disappointed to see your recent work like https://pushcrew.com which is everything that is wrong with the internet today.
So many Indian sites are using your technology to make web browsing a nightmare for visitors and spam unsuspecting readers with web notifications.
I hate such popups and modals created by pushcrew like the fact it forces users to optin to these notifications on articles. It was not what the web notification api was designed for.
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#14Congrats! Would love to hear more about how you acquired your earliest customers and what growth channels have worked best for you.
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#15Congrats
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#16Congratulations and thank you for sharing your story. For someone starting to get into the entrepreneur world your story is inspiring. Wish you all the best for future.
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#17Congrats paras. I've been a big fan of your original work but I was rather disappointed to see your recent work like https://pushcrew.com which is everything that is wrong with the internet today. So many Indian sites are using your technology to make web browsing a nightmare for visitors and spam unsuspecting readers with web notifications. I hate such popups and modals created by pushcrew like the fact it forces us…
Username inspired from Nawazuddin Siddiqui? I am also a fan of Paras. The way he started a profitable bootstrap startup is mind blowing. Been learning from his journey a lot.
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#18I think it's awesome that HackerNews exists. Sadly, every other platform on the internet seems to criticize and discourage new products (except product hunt).
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#19Hey Paras,
This is very encouraging and exciting. Congratulations.
Would you please share with us your user acquisition journey and also how you determined pricing and the various pricing tiers.
Any other stories in your journey would be appreciated e.g Growing your team, sales and marketing
* Edit - Added more areas I would need your input from
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#20Congratulations! It's a big milestone and growing a company to 250+ people is no small feat. That you did this without major institutional funding is awesome!
And thanks for writing up your story. I bet there's another 22-year old kid lurking in here somewhere and getting inspired to start something.