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.
What HN saysHN commenters link his posts on why web apps fail to make money and on finding startup ideas, and his guest-blogging marketing approach.
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- 1How to find startup ideas that make money6 people · 320 points · first shared 2011 · 44 comments on HN
- 2Sorry, your “cool” webapp is probably not going to make money3 people · 189 points · first shared 2011 · 84 comments on HN
- 3Compilation of revenue figures for different kinds of startups3 people · 11 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 4The Essential Startup Team3 people · 7 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 5How making money changed my perspective on startup ideas2 people · 85 points · first shared 2010 · 21 comments on HN
- 6Startup: an emotional roller coaster ride2 people · 43 points · first shared 2011 · 18 comments on HN
- 7How 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
- 8Golden Rule for Startups2 people · 28 points · first shared 2008 · 5 comments on HN
- 9What is freedom?2 people · 16 points · first shared 2013 · 3 comments on HN
- 10Please don't let yourself get Stereotyped2 people · 13 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 11The kick of a startup2 people · 12 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 12How to market your startup or new product without spending a penny2 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13Startup evolution – from idea to IPO in 10 really hard steps2 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 14Tell HN: How to do research on a new idea/target industry using Twitter2 people · 5 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 15Blog2 people · first shared 2012
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plinkplonk · 2012-08-28
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-ma…
How to find startup ideas that make money
http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/how-to-find-startup-ideas…
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.
paraschopra · 2012-08-28
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/
gtani · 2010-06-23
Good read, thanks. Here's similar :
http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-adwords-to-ass…
http://blog.stevebarsh.com/barsh_bits/2009/01/5-surprising-ways-to-der…
http://blog.stevebarsh.com/barsh_bits/2009/01/5-surprising-ways-to-der…
http://paraschopra.com/blog/entrepreneurship/how-to-do-research-on-a-n…
babul · 2008-06-18
I can't see a reason to use this.
I actually like your homepage (http://www.paraschopra.com) better and am more likely to visit that on a repeated basis.
r_singh · 2019-08-07
kroger · 2012-08-28
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-ma…
revorad · 2012-02-26
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.
chc · 2011-01-10
From the links at the bottom of the OP, it would appear so: http://paraschopra.com/blog/personal/how-making-money-changed-my-persp…