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Puru Thakkar (Corner)

@thakkar_puru

21 || Building

|| Sharing product building observations & learnings || Coding since age 11 || Psychology, history, and science enthusiast

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- Download Corner:bit.ly/corner-puruJoined October 2014

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Working hard on something and then seeing it fail is scary. I get it now more than ever. But, please TRY because I believe grief lessens, sadness goes, but regrets stay. If you fail, you fail; but don't be the person who didn’t even dare to try.

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Founders convincing VCs

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Founders convincing VCs

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Non-coders: "ChatGPT will remove the need for coders!" Also them, after copying the code from ChatGPT:

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"What do you do when you're upset?" "I buy a domain."

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Project idea: Chrome extension that turns any website into a brutalist design

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I absolutely freaking love the Kung Fu Panda movies and there's nothing that can be better than them 😤❤️

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"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy." - Nightbirde

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Startup founders after one VC rejects them

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Tag your favourite startups below and show them some love! ❤️

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Me after buying a .org domain name:

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Them: "How old are you?" Me: "We were taught Adobe Flash and Tux Paint in computer class"

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If you ever feel that you're not good at designing, remember that the first website I ever made had a PURE YELLOW background.

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The only thing VCs want to know is how will your startup 100X their money.

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How much would you pay for a one-hour dinner with your role model?

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I don't know what the future looks like for us but I'm just proud of the product we've built and the entire team of

for bearing the stress with me :)

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In all fairness, our future is still uncertain. Times are pretty tough. Markets suck. My hair is becoming fucking white with all the stress...

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We are back to 2500+ weekly users within 15 days of launching the pivoted app!

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That was until we launched our pivoted app... Just a few days after launching the update I got a notification from Play Store... "New 5-star review on Corner ⭐️" and then another... and then another!

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It was super scary and we were facing an uncertain future as we pivoted with just a few months of runway...

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We decided to pivot to

a few months back and it was the scariest thing ever! We went from 8,000+ weekly users to just 700 after the pivot... 🧵

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How was your weekend? 🤓

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After listening to the experiences of my female friends, I've concluded that men are either plain stupid or have no boundaries.

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Startups run on hopes & caffeine

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⚠️ BREAKING NEWS ⚠️ Startups are hard

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We just earned our first dollar at

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Am I the only one who loves working with CSS?

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Designed a "brutal" dating profile for myself 🥰

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Have you tried dating apps? How was it?

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Honest app update description be like

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What is the best compliment you've got?

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We have shipped 170 versions of

since inception... That's approximately one app update every 5.6 days! 🤯

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My 2022 in Emoji Jan: 🤑 Feb: 😍 Mar: 😏 Apr: 🤷🏻‍♂️ May: 🫠 Jun: 🥳 Jul: 😎 Aug: 🙂 Sep: 😥 Oct: 🤡 Nov: 💀 Dec: 💀 How was yours? 👇🏼

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Steve Jobs or Elon Musk?

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2021: I know so much. 🥺 2022: I know nothing. 😔 2023: I will learn everything! 🤩

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This is either very stupid or completely genius. I can't tell which

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Which book changed your life? I'll go first- "Hooked" by Nir Eyal

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