What sparked your startup journey?

General frustration from the regular office work culture

I found the cohesion of my idea among people. Plus developing your own product, seeing the people need your product is a drive) But the challenge for me is a marketing, since I am a programmer)

Staying close with everyone that matters.

With my first startup: The hype. My mentors. Wanting to learn a lot of techs. (That's how I entered DevOps) Now: I want to create something that will help others. Current startup: I lived burnout. It was awful. I want to help people prevent burnout and live better.

It all started with a casual help I did to my CEO @omnath who also happened to be my college mate without expecting anything. I wrote some piece of UI texts for him for free. That was it. Ever since then, the ride has been quite wild and there was no looking back. We built our own community platform that has 100K+ users. That's when we realized there are businesses and creators finding it hard to build and run their own communities. So we started focusing on giving community forum solutions that would ease their journey in running their community in their own branding without writing a single line of code.

Done with the shitty bosses, they were seniors with no leadership skills. That pushed me to pursue something of my own....

I wanted to make my own mistakes.

Hey, I did not find the right solution / tools for problems which I faced during the development process. There were some components but outdated or with limitations which did not allowed to implement some custom features.

It’s my startup, my dream, and ofc my own culture and office rule 😅 Also, I really love the learning curve of start something that’s on my own, only have myself to blame, and the improvement cycle is a relief.

It's really a good question. As far as I remember, I always wanted to be an entrepreneur. But, I chosen to work for companies due to lack of business knowledge, experience and capital. My inspiration came when I read the book "Start with WHY". I prepared my 5-why which was something like this: Below are my 5 reasons as to WHY I wanted to be an entrepreneur all along. It may help you decipher and decide your reasons: First: I was always dealing with technology at the forefront, and in the background, I was keenly following the substantial influence of the media in shaping the world. I could see the advent of technology-driven media convergence. I was certain there would be ample opportunities to explore and become a chief player in the converged media domain. Second: With the easy availability of smartphones, high-speed internet, and seamless connectivity solutions, the new media paradigm was emerging rapidly. While existing players were busy maximizing their profit, and fulfilling their commitments to investors and other stakeholders, I thought of becoming a challenger to capture the emerging opportunity. Third: For over 18 years, I built technologies, launched businesses, and successfully executed mega marketing plans. Those learnings, expertise, and experiences, helped me to fly out of the comforting nest and create more, achieve more, and offer more. I was convinced that there could not be anything other than taking the plunge to capture this opportunity. Fourth: Becoming successful at anything requires an understanding of market realities, knowing well the kind of risk you are going to face, and having a network of people who can connect your opportunity to the market. I was ready with all these three factors favourably tuned up at my side. Fifth: Most of my past endeavours made me garner significant outcomes starting from scratch, and building things up, bit-by-bit. I wanted to challenge the usual – be a disruptor, create mystery, and be part of creating history rather than follow the norm. And, I can tell you that the journey has been so exciting and fulfilling. I hope some of you resonate with my story.