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    Paras Chopra

    paraschopra.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008

    Paras Chopra, founder of Wingify (VWO), writes about finding startup ideas, making money from web apps, and building startup teams.

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    StartupsBusiness & Strategy
    What HN says

    HN commenters link his posts on why web apps fail to make money and on finding startup ideas, and his guest-blogging marketing approach.

    Stats for nerds
    24HN people shared it
    88linked in comments
    1.7Kstory points
    Aug 2019last shared
    2008people per year2019

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The real use of money is to buy freedom
      1 person · 357 points · first shared 2013 · 294 comments on HN
    2. 2
      How to find startup ideas that make money
      6 people · 320 points · first shared 2011 · 44 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Sorry, your “cool” webapp is probably not going to make money
      3 people · 189 points · first shared 2011 · 84 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Validate your startup idea by asking 3 simple questions
      1 person · 97 points · first shared 2012 · 46 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Why time is not running out
      1 person · 89 points · first shared 2012 · 52 comments on HN
    6. 6
      How making money changed my perspective on startup ideas
      2 people · 85 points · first shared 2010 · 21 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Do a startup or travel around the world?
      1 person · 67 points · first shared 2010 · 62 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Startup: an emotional roller coaster ride
      2 people · 43 points · first shared 2011 · 18 comments on HN
    9. 9
      How I built a web app in six days for only Rs. 350 ($8.75)
      2 people · 41 points · first shared 2008 · 22 comments on HN
    10. 10
      Compilation of revenue figures for different kinds of startups
      1 person · 40 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • paraschopraAug 2012

      Main methodology was guest blogging. I contributed exhaustive articles in publications such as Smashing Magazine, CopyBlogger, etc. The articles were purely educational in nature, taught people what A/B testing was and VWO was introduced as one of the of the new tools to do A/B testing easily.

      The second big focus was on passion for feedback from early customers and incorporating that into the product. Really, our product is driven mostly by customer feedback and that is why our customers love talking about it.

      I plan to write comprehensively about it. But I do keep posting my experiences on my blog http://paraschopra.com/blog/

    • plinkplonkAug 2012

      Paras's (founder of Wingify) blog posts on

      Sorry your cool web app is probably not going to make money

      http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/webapp-is-not-going-to-make-money.htm

      How to find startup ideas that make money

      http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/how-to-find-startup-ideas-that-make-money.htm

      might be appropriate given his stunning success (congrats Paras)

      The other great thing about Wingify is that they aimed from the beginning at a global product vs a 'localized' knock off of an existing American product.

    • gtaniJun 2010

      Good read, thanks. Here's similar :

      http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-adwords-to-assess-demand-for-your.html

      http://blog.stevebarsh.com/barsh_bits/2009/01/5-surprising-ways-to-derisk-your-new-idea-using-google-adwords-part-1-of-2.html

      http://blog.stevebarsh.com/barsh_bits/2009/01/5-surprising-ways-to-derisk-your-new-idea-using-google-adwords-part-2-of-2.html

      http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/how-to-do-research-on-a-new-ideatarget-industry-using-twitter.htm

    • revoradFeb 2012

      You must talk to Paras Chopra of Visual Website Optimizer. He once built a platform for indie musicians (http://kroomsa.com) and he's based in Delhi too. From what I remember, it didn't really work out for him. He's written about it on his blog - http://paraschopra.com/blog. I'm sure he will have some valuable experiences to share.

    • krogerAug 2012

      The link for "Sorry your cool web app is probably not going to make money" is:
      http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/webapp-is-not-going-to-make-money.htm

    • chcJan 2011

      From the links at the bottom of the OP, it would appear so: http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/how-making-money-changed-my-perspective-on-startup-ideas.htm

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