piktochart infographics #mystartupstory
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Piktochart is a web application that makes information beautiful using infographics. We had fun making this presentation and hope that you will get a better insight into what Piktochart does!TRANSCRIPT
#MyStartupStory of Piktochart
in a tiny island called Penang in AsiaPiktochart started
Great Food
Exotic Places
Red tape
The story started with 1 frustrated
web developer + P&G employee
They packed their bags and went toChina seeking inspiration
They packed their bags and went toChina seeking inspiration and talent!
For 4 months, (1guy) coded 24-7
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We released a Flash prototype
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But it was ugly..........
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Nobody really cared about it
Life was tough, we were frugal
1st day = 3 paying users
I’ll start my subscrip0on as soon as you’re ready to take payments. This service is exactly what I have been wai0ng for.~~ Stephen B
March 2012 Our first customers came!
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We patted ourselves on the back
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and went back to work..... :(
In June, AppSumo contacted us
tTurned out to be Greatest validation point
2000 paying users in 1 month
We were on to something
We were pitching everywhere (Jul 2012)
We ended up in Silicon Valley
and met legendary companies
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It was time for a dramatic change.
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We ditched Flash and went for HTML 5
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In our first HTML5 launch....
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we got mixed reactions
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Love
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VS.Love Hate
Lesson learned
Can’t please everyone :P
`We kept listening & building.
`Ditched vanity metrics
We kept listening & building.
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9 full time team membersDitched vanity metrics
We kept listening & building.
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9 full time team membersDitched vanity metrics
We kept listening & building.
170,000 users
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Another milestone: We moved to a proper office
Started organizing tech meetups every Tuesday
Why didn't you raise any money?We've been asked
Why didn’t you re locate to SF?We've been asked
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We have not found the right investors... yet
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We have not found the right investors... yet
We love SF but burn rate is 10x lower here
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We have not found the right investors... yet
We love SF but burn rate is 10x lower here
Really, Penang is just awesome
The journey just startedwith 400,000 users
The journey just startedwith 400,000 users
To be continued