Darshan Ghetiya

technical cofounder, techiebutler. built the streaming and ops stack for a major junior hockey league. 700 taggers, 40k games a year.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

1,167 workspaces. 5 pay monthly. 1 paid yearly.
open source https://t.co/g96nktscFZ alternative. never posted about it. here is 6 months, honestly.

> march. github, mit license, hosted free tier. 10gb, 5 members, every feature on. marketing budget: 0.
> april. 330 signups. we told nobody. it got found.
> may. added a donate button because people asked for one.
> august. 3 months later. 1 donation. 5 dollars. nobody pays through a donate button. not even the people who asked.
> august. added paid storage. 5 dollars for 100gb. 50 a year if you commit. premium features ship with any paid plan. you pay for what costs us money, not for features.
> this week. first 6 paid. 20 dollars mrr. plus one annual at 50.
> today. 8 to 10 signups a day. 50 active on a normal day. 0.4 percent convert.

either the free tier is too generous or the product is not worth 5 dollars yet.
you have done this before. which is it.

[lakshay dang @lakshayydang]

Taking hiring to the next level. 👀

#GTM #Hiring

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

try it: https://t.co/vPL9GWxwGL
open source, self host free: https://t.co/W5Cb45yGm9

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@techhalla code is a great fit for type animation. the real test is the client note asking to move one word two frames later.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@DeepakNesss Really helpful

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@QwolfAi the making is fast now. the three rounds of feedback after it is still the slow part.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@awchicks45 shipping a crash fix for two old host versions is the unglamorous work nobody claps for. respect.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@abdcfg9543 that form is why half the editors i know still pass files around on drives. wanting the tool without the account is not a weird ask.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@jonathan_wilke haha start https://t.co/N5BQV2RxIV separately

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@levelsio not raising, but this thread will be the best market research on the timeline today.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@shl the hard part is not finding someone. it is finding someone who still makes things after the money lands.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@marclou 100k a month solo and the flex is the meetups. that is the right order.

[Darshan Ghetiya @DG0723]

@akshayadinesh19 the number gets the attention, the sequencing is the real lesson. what would you cut if you started again?