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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

3 years

Shottr is a great new macOS app to capture screenshots. It has scroll capture, markup, OCR, pixelater/objects removed, customizable shortcuts, annotations, and is very fast. It's like CleanShot X but free. →

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@thelifeofrishi

3 years

This pane transition is one of the best things I've done with #CSS , thanks to @tailwindcss for making it so easy to write such transitions

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

tired of seeing all screenshot apps use the same set of backgrounds, decided to create my own pack exclusively for Pika users ⮑

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@thelifeofrishi

9 months

✨ personal site design update

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@thelifeofrishi

9 months

highest single day sales for Pika today, side-projects keep on giving 🙌

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@thelifeofrishi

2 months

started as an indie-hacker now we here:

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Now you can quickly generate code screenshots from VSCode editor using @AppPika VSCode extension →

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

my SIDE PROJECT just crossed INR 2.5M/ $30K in revenue this was once a dream 😅

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

pov: you’re going to the house of user to fix the bug that he reported that you can’t reproduce on any of your 9 devices

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@thelifeofrishi

3 years

Introducing Pika v2 and Pika Pro 🚀 ✍️ add text on your screenshots 🌅 select a background image or add your own 👻 UI/UX improvements to save more clicks and time 🏃‍♂️ Pika Pro comes with more customization options →

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

🚀 my teeny tiny startup which generates amazing screenshots for you has finally crossed $500 MRR (up ~60% from last month) been constantly improving Pika, a lot is done, a lot is in the works 😎

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@thelifeofrishi

2 months

should've done this way before to prevent meh signups any more domains you know to go on that list?

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

✨ life update → moved to Berlin

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

picture-in-picture mode in @ArcInternet is 🤌

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

9 months

bhosda rakho guyz, bhosda rakho

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@Adobe @figma @jack please add a dislike tweet button

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

refreshed personal site, hoping all the 2 visitors would like it ⮑

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

✨ my smol design tool has finally crossed INR 84K/$1,000 in MRR this week I bootstrapped Pika in February to effortlessly design better screenshots, it's been growing slowly & steadily and finally has 100+ paid users A lot is done, lot more to do 😇

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@thelifeofrishi

9 months

Pika in November → ✨ $2,736 MRR (+$190) 🏧 $3,636 in revenue(+$900) 👥 245 total paid users 💚 churned reduced by 46% from last month decent growth, also setup workspace in Berlin home to be more productive in winter season, next goal → 3k 🚀!

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

10 months

Pika in October → 🫠 $2,570 MRR (+$68) 💵 $2,500 in revenue ⬇️ $550 in churn 🤠 230 total paid users tweeting the updates so hopefully I'll look back and say "thanks to my 29 year old self for not giving up on indie-hacking for however the situations were"

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

once you start with browser and code editor screen split setup on a monitor, there's just no going back the convenience of editing the code and previewing it in the browser at the same time is unmatched

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

1 year

coding aise karo ki 4 log DM karke puche...

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@gunsnrosesgirl3 reminds me of Contra

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

9 months

button that reveals arrow on hover, done in TailwindCSS 🔗 below

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Kizie was my first app that I poured my heart and soul into, a Twitter client that I strongly believed in and wanted to shape it for everyone to use Unfortunately, today I'm shutting Kizie down Thank you everyone who used Kizie and helped me build it :)

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

9 months

small town guy trying to make lives better one day at a time 👨‍💻

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Pika is now 1 year old and has exported more than 1,00,000 images! 😱 Also it crossed 150 paid users and $1,500 MRR this week 😇

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@bashful_michael Same guy

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

1 year

✨ new milestone → $2,000 MRR

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Pika in January 2022 vs now MRR: 0 → $1,200 Revenue: 0 → $9,000+ Paid users: 0 → 126 All from a side-project I built in weekends to explore my extents. Such a roller coaster ride it has been so far, 10/10 would recommend 😅

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

4 years

Betas are up on #WWDC

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

8 months

2023 was an incredible year: 🇩🇪 moved to Berlin 👨‍💻 Pika made $35k in revenue(up 3.3x from last year), at $2.8k MRR(up 1.8x) ✈️ travelled most this year: Rome, Nice, Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Brussels, Prague, Budapest, Vienna 😇 lived, laughed, learned happy new year :)

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@durfio @4ecant Same energy

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Iterate by @TheOrgCom is one of the few sites doing magazine layout right, also typography is just 🤌 →

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

woke up to this 😳

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@thelifeofrishi

7 months

Pika's new landing page is live ✨

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

1 year

That month my Vercel bill was $180 Moved assets to S3 after that, this is the bill I got from AWS today 😅

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

12 days still left in current cycle and my apps already consumed almost all of Vercel account's bandwidth This month's bill is going to be hard to look at 😂

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

nice UX @stripe 👍

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

so @stripe has a new updated dashboard, and it's 🤩! previously details for payments, subscribers etc. were clicks away, but now they're right on the main dashboard 👏

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@ladynationalist "bhai spiderman ki kasam maine nhi bulaya usko"

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@thelifeofrishi

7 months

hustle update 1: Pika has crossed $50k (INR 4.26M) in revenue this week update 2: partnered up with @tibo_maker , and now @TaplioHQ has full-fledged integrated screenshot editor powered by Pika :) more exciting stuff incoming 🚀

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

1 year

my SIDE PROJECT just crossed INR 2.5M/ $30K in revenue this was once a dream 😅

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

4 months

🔙🔗 secured 🙂

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

first hour of the first day of February and we have a hockey stick never thought side-projects would be this interesting 😅

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

aaand Pika's API is 🟢 LIVE! 🤖 automate generating visuals for your product ✅ templates for tweet images, url to screenshot more ⚡️ fast, quick and easy to use, get started in 2 mins :)

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

current status: 60%

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

4 months

hustle ki fasal 📍 Antalya, Turkey

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

macOS style browser frames were boring, so I have added two new browser frames in last night, named them Shadowback and Silverback 😁 For those who use Pika, let me know what you think of these so I can tweak them better ⚡️

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@thelifeofrishi

4 months

30 :)

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

...and 7 days after launch, Pika API has its first user 🥳

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

8 months

aaand Pika's API is 🟢 LIVE! 🤖 automate generating visuals for your product ✅ templates for tweet images, url to screenshot more ⚡️ fast, quick and easy to use, get started in 2 mins :)

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

Pika had its best month in April 🙈 💰 $3,300 in revenue, highest in single month 📈 $2,300 in MRR What's crazy is is running on its own and growing itself at this point, without much efforts from my side 😅 #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

5 years

Can’t take my eyes off of you is still one of the best song and it’s from this movie

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

2 years

side-hustle has surpassed 100K INR/1.2K USD in revenue this month for the first time didn’t do much this month except talking to users and preparing for some exciting new stuff, good times ahead 😈

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Indian founders got no chill

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

actual footage of @elonmusk operating twitter

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

macOS lockscreen gets pretty interesting if you set a memoji as your profile picture

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

pov: someone shared your SaaS on Reddit

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@thelifeofrishi

6 months

Introducing Pika Embed → 🦾 add a screenshot editor in your app in seconds ⚒️ full control over adding image, exports 😎 save months of setup, development & maintenance time for startups wanting to integrate a powerful screenshot editor into their apps, simplify your life! 😌

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@thelifeofrishi

11 months

✨ Introducing Pika for macOS(beta) Capture, annotate, beautify and customize your screenshots superfast! get it here →

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rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

9 months

💼 looking for a backend engineer to help me with adding API support in @AppPika - work: image generation through API(configurable params, templates etc.) - duration: 7 to 14 days max - paid gig: ✅ i'll work closely. my DMs are open

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

Despite my busy move to Berlin, Pika surprisingly still grew this month without much effort on my part! Didn't expect the growth 😅 - $2,500 in revenue - $2,100 in MRR - close to 200 paid users 🤌 Also opened new ad slots on Pika, DM to reserve :) ↳

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

Pika had its highest revenue in Feb, closing at $3,500 and $1,900 in MRR Feb was full of experiments: 📢 ads in free tier, contributed $600 to revenue 💰 pricing update from $12 to $15 and back to $12 🔎 SEO optimisations, more conversions from Google #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

4 months

Pika in April, 24 → 👨‍💻 $3,846 MRR 💰 $3,900 in revenue ‼️ $472 in churn apart from minor changes Pika is running on its own 😅 been spending time doing what i love the most, exploring the world 📍 Soller town in Palma, Spain

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

5 months

Pika in March, 24 → 🎢 $3,470 MRR 💰 $3,788 in revenue ‼️ $443 in churns march was overwhelming and emotionally exhausting so I didn't think about Pika at all 😅 i find myself sleeping a lot, i am just happy to be listening to Lucky Ali and be content in my own space

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

disappointed that getting a new phone didn’t solve my life problems but hey now I can cry in cinematic mode 😋

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@thelifeofrishi

10 months

Pika in October → 🫠 $2,570 MRR (+$68) 💵 $2,500 in revenue ⬇️ $550 in churn 🤠 230 total paid users tweeting the updates so hopefully I'll look back and say "thanks to my 29 year old self for not giving up on indie-hacking for however the situations were"

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

1 year

Aaaand revenue milestone ✅! Pika in August: 🤯 crossed $4,000 in revenue for the first time 📈 $2,500 MRR 🚀 shipped new features, improvements, with more on the way! back to hustle mode 💪 #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

9 days

huge milestone for Pika 🙌

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

this @tailwindcss template makes me want to redo my personal site 🫠 →

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

NEW in : 🎨 Template Presets: now you can save presets of your customisations in all templates() 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Pricing update: fixed $25 a month for a team of up to 5 members Missed indie-hacking, good to be back 😋 #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

now you can create testimonial images using Pika ⮑

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@thelifeofrishi

1 month

losing on some customers because Pika isn't a registered company what're my best options? preferably easy to manage, doesn't require hires, still want to run it solo some context: I'm an Indian living in Berlin, on Blue card so can't register here

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@thelifeofrishi

7 months

Pika in January, 24 → 🎢 $2,736 MRR 💰 $3,672 in revenue 🤣 $662 in churns, highest ever in single month 🤝 team size this month → 2 {👋 @SDinesh91 } been travelling in India, was still able to push significant changes on API side, now waiting for SEO to kick in 🤘

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

9 months

Pika in November → ✨ $2,736 MRR (+$190) 🏧 $3,636 in revenue(+$900) 👥 245 total paid users 💚 churned reduced by 46% from last month decent growth, also setup workspace in Berlin home to be more productive in winter season, next goal → 3k 🚀!

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

waited 3 months to see Pika cross ₹200K MRR 😋 not much but it feels crazy good to see Pika cross monthly revenue more than what once was my monthly salary if you want to design crazy good screenshots/mockups, try

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

@RetardedHurt when I had life 😅

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Cinematic mode in 14 is 🤯 @apple 👏

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

today in Budapest ❄️

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

I consider myself lucky to be able to start and grow it to $1,400 MRR and make $10,000+ in revenue in < a year However, I've missed pursuing travelling, photography, and other interests while SaaSing in 2022, looking forward to change that in 2023😅

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@thelifeofrishi

3 years

The amount of traction Pika has generated in just 25 days is crazy 😵‍💫 🌠 6.5K+ screenshots exported 🧨 20K+ page views in 25 days of launch ⭐️ 120+ stars on Github 📰 tons of features in all kinds of publications →

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@thelifeofrishi

9 months

mum knows nothing about Pika or this video except that its' a side-project of mine, yet she doesn't miss a chance to support with her words :D they're made different 😇

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@thelifeofrishi

6 months

a question to SaaS founders 👨‍💻 do you log your SaaS expenses anywhere? if so, where? and do you like that app?

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@thelifeofrishi

6 months

launching Pika Embed on PH today! some upvotes would be nice 😛 ↳

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Introducing Pika for Teams! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 add and manage upto 15 members ✨ $12 per member per month 🎨 perfect for design teams, agencies and startups to quickly create stunning images for marketing, apps, websites and more ⮑

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Introducing Pika v4 with new and shiny features ✨: 📱 templates for mobile screenshots 👨‍💻 template for code snippets to image 🎛️ more watermark, custom text options 😍 iPhone 14 Pro frame for mobile screens try these out →

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

My first open-source project has reached 250 stars on @Github 🤓

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

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@thelifeofrishi

4 months

where goa met vintage italy

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@thelifeofrishi

8 months

✨ New in Pika: - beautify screenshots using Pika API - slug pages for API Templates(👋 google traffic) - home now has landing page with link to editor 🚀 Coming soon: - API SDKs for Node, Python, Ruby and PHP - Integrations for Zapier and more

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

8 months

...and 7 days after launch, Pika API has its first user 🥳

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Some updates 📚 Introducing Pika for education 🎨 Template improvements 📁 Export file name customisations ✨ Improved background and canvas size options #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

3 years

@jon_prosser Tim Apple: good morning, we're launching new...

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@thelifeofrishi

6 months

last night was spent revamping Pika's payment success page UI

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

I can write a whole thread about the journey, but long story short: My side-project @KizieApp helped me connect with @macieklaskus , join @hivedotone team and also with moving to this new city in a new country So build side-projects, share about it! It can change your life :)

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

just got its first lifetime paid subscriber, such amazing people 🤩 #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

✨ June was pretty great for , I was hoping to cross $250 MRR mark, which it finally did. It was also the month when Pika saw most new paid users, highest traffic and most churns in one month 😅 #buildinpublic

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@thelifeofrishi

3 months

Pika in May, 24 → 👨‍💻 $3,825 MRR 😀 $3,559 in revenue ‼️ $440 in churn turned 30, did nomading almost all of May in Barcelona and Belgium, content month! honestly been losing motivation to push and grow Pika even though have ideas! too busy or lazy i guess to take action 😅

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

4 months

Pika in April, 24 → 👨‍💻 $3,846 MRR 💰 $3,900 in revenue ‼️ $472 in churn apart from minor changes Pika is running on its own 😅 been spending time doing what i love the most, exploring the world 📍 Soller town in Palma, Spain

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@thelifeofrishi

3 months

never imagined I would get to see Northern lights in Barcelona 😮

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

is now at $410 MRR Was aiming to cross $500, but churns are my best friends 😅

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@thelifeofrishi

2 months

lil pressure running down the bones 😅

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Prediction: this easily becomes a $1M biz within 3 years. This guy @thelifeofrishi is building his own little micro saas empire: Right now he's got three products: 1. Simple screenshot editor 2. Screenshot generator API 3.

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2 years

best part of having a side-project is you can try out new tech/design trends in your project here's my latest exploration into grid based features UI in @AppPika ! liked it. shipped it. 🚀 ⮑

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@thelifeofrishi

1 year

side profile because the view 🤌

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1 year

only side profiles because i like my tattoo

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6 months

site design → just discovered this site and couldn't stop myself navigating through the pages simple, classic and thoughtful! @PeteRamsey 🙌

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@thelifeofrishi

6 months

Pika in Feb, 24 → 🎢 $3,480 MRR, finally crossed 3K mark 😮‍💨 👀 $4,030 in revenue 😝 $580 in churn new: - Pika Embed, got 1 client and talking to more 😋 - new API templates, improvements - SEO upgrades, focus on marketing look what @askcalebleigh has to say about Pika API :)

rishi 🌔

@thelifeofrishi

7 months

Pika in January, 24 → 🎢 $2,736 MRR 💰 $3,672 in revenue 🤣 $662 in churns, highest ever in single month 🤝 team size this month → 2 {👋 @SDinesh91 } been travelling in India, was still able to push significant changes on API side, now waiting for SEO to kick in 🤘

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4 months

was stalking this girl my parents want me to talk to and found out a post by her on LinkedIn her post had an image made in @AppPika cold DM kar dun kya guyz 🤧

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@thelifeofrishi

2 years

Career update ✨ Excited to share I’ve joined @hivedotone team to build a new way to explore Twitter

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@thelifeofrishi

2 months

anarkali utho, new landing page just dropped /

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