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Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by bingojess »

whycombagator wrote: post #35
ghoomketu wrote: post #13

Congrats 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…

I am using nextdns with several block lists, both pushcrew and vwo are blocked for me.

Not surprising given the product... Almost all analytical tracking/telemertry will be blocked, Google Analytics etc.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by weinzierl »

phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

I feel the same. For me it was 10 years on May 2nd and if it wasn't for HN, I wouldn't be the person I am today. Not only did I learn ton of things here, being part of the community here shifted my outlook on some things significantly and in a good way.

"A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points"

-- Alan Kay

Guess where I learned about that quote;-)

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by ignoramous »

paraschopra wrote: post #105
skinnymuch wrote: post #99

Hope I’m not too late for some one to see my post. This is a huge inspiration and an amazing story. I’m genuinely curious - not being a smart ass. Isn’t 250 employees a lot for the number listed ($20M+)? $2M of rev a month divided by 250+ people is only 7-8K a month. I guess if the majority are overseas that can work?

Yes, we're comfortably profitable as we're based out of India. Having a big team is the reason our customer support [1] is best in industry. We have a large team of dedicated and passionate people ready to guide customers for all their problems. [1] https://vwo.com/why-us/customer-success/

Nice. Love a business that makes customer support a top priority.

How has the covid situation impacted it? What few changes made significant difference in how you coped with it?

Also what is the customer service software do you use?

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by jungong »

sosuke wrote: post #66
phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

I'm with you; 13 years(ish) now and I'm still trying to make something.

This thread is something that I really want to hear it right now. Thanks for the positivity!

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by paraschopra »

ignoramous wrote: post #123
paraschopra wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, we're comfortably profitable as we're based out of India. Having a big team is the reason our customer support [1] is best in industry. We have a large team of dedicated and passionate people ready to guide customers for all their problems. [1] https://vwo.com/why-us/customer-success/

Nice. Love a business that makes customer support a top priority. How has the covid situation impacted it? What few changes made significant difference in how you coped with it? Also what is the customer service software do you use?

Yes, covid has impacted us like most SaaS businesses. We released a free product VWO Deploy for helping our customers update their websites with notices and updates quickly without IT: vwo.com/deploy

We use Zendesk.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by gandutraveler »

phreeza wrote: post #33

Somewhat meta, but great to see that most of the accounts on the original thread are still active. I haven't got a successful startup to show for it, but I have been on HN for more than 10 years, and feel like it has played a significant role in forming my worldview. I hope we'll still be here in another 10 (or 30) years, nitpicking each other's ideas!

When I first read the comment I was like 'Look at these guys showing off 10+ years' only to realize I actually started lurking on hn back in 2012 so I'm already at 8 years. Time flies by but it feels like I just discovered HN community yesterday. Im still a noob and reading hn gives me a reality check that there is so much more to learn in life. Thanks HN.

Re: Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old

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Post by sharmi »

longtermdd wrote: post #129

VWO and Optimizely are still incredibly expensive for basic A/B testing. I feel like this could disrupted pretty easily with a $29/mo offer. If you know any service like this, feel free to reach out to me. I'd love to connect you with many startups.

Your profile has no email id. Is there another way to reach you?
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