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How my side project became my full-time Startup!

Gijo Varghese on March 13, 2019

This is the story of how a side project I created for an e-commerce website, that later became a full-time startup. I hope every developer's drea...

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Alexandru Florea • Mar 13 '19

Quite inspiring Gijo!
Looks like a promising and usefull product.

If you have the time please consider doing a follow-up in a couple of months with tips and tricks on how to manage the growth of the project.

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Sure. Will do that

Meet Godhani • Mar 14 '19

Very nice article. I am also in same boat I have a side project. In your opinion what's the metric for validating your product. "Find 10-100 customers who love your product" means paid customers or just trying it out?

Gijo Varghese • Mar 19 '19

Let's discuss in detail. DM me

Carlos García • Mar 13 '19

Amazing story! Congrats!

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Thanks

Shad Mirza • Mar 14 '19

Inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Glad you liked it :)

Nikos Kanakis • Mar 14 '19

Congratulations Gijo🎉

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Thanks :)

Andrea Lafertte • Mar 14 '19

Amazing! I would love to know more about how the develop road was.
Congrats!

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Thanks! This one was written in a hurry. I'll write down a detailed one on my personal blog

Lucas Olivera • Mar 13 '19

Wow, very impressive! I hope to achieve the same one day.

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Thanks. All the best

Matias Romero • Mar 14 '19

Great!! Congratulations!

Gijo Varghese • Mar 14 '19

Thanks

Akash Vaidya • Mar 15 '19

Thank you for inspiring me!

Gijo Varghese • Mar 19 '19

Awesome. Happy to see comments like these :)

Alessandro Diaferia • Mar 18 '19

Incredibly inspiring post. Thanks very much for sharing!

Gijo Varghese • Mar 19 '19

Thanks. Glad you liked it 😊