Documenting my attempt to get hired by YC, on twitter
A website for investors to find startups looking for funding
An online ghost prank disguised as a face beauty scoring app you can fool your friends with
When a boomer starts irritating you, go to this website and press the button to irritate them back
When a Karen starts Karening around you, Karenify them by going to this website and pressing the button
A chrome extension that highlights new posts on hacker news' front page since your last visit
Created a simple device that would sit on the tables in a restaurant and emit subtle, pulsating red light when pressed to get the attention of waiters. Piloted prototype in a restaurant, got a PO for 12 tables but a week later everything shut down because of Covid-19
Worked with a Tibetan Restaurant in Bangalore and introduced a fun new experience called "cloud on table" with dry ice and hot water for customers on Valentine's. Saw a 33% revenue jump in 3 days
Was building a paid online challenge where people would upload a video of themselves doing something nice for someone else and the best videos would win huge prizes. Closed down because of legal and payment provider's issues
Built a paid, weekly newsletter featuring amazing heroic stories of everyday people. Couldn't get any paid signups, gave up and shut it down
Created a website where people could upload a 30 second video message for future humans and the videos would be made live again in 2050. Raised $13k, couldn't get traction, shut it down
Built a website where 24 talented humans would be featured for 24 hours, every day. Failed to get any traction, shut it down
Built a website where people would buy a 100x100 pixel tile for $10, upload anything onto it and it would live online for 100 years. Got 3 people to pay, saw no further traction, returned their money and shut the website down.
Posted a fun "Hire me" essay on different startup groups on facebook and got (approx) $5000 worth of work
Operated a night canteen from my dorm, made a few hundred dollars in profit initially but lost them eventually as demand died
Started a delivery service from the city to our college for online orders as amazon/flipkart didn't deliver to our college for being outside the city. Stopped after 30 days as all ecommerce websites started delivering.
I wanted to teach in a village school but learnt the bigger problem was good infrastructure. Recruited 30 other students in college, collected $1000 and built a toilet, water tank and filtration method. Wanted to do more but donated the remaining money to an NGO who put in $3000 more to repaint the school, fix structural problems, install blackboards everywhere and give students chairs and tables to study on
Won a state organized hackathon by making a personal safety bracelet for women
Won a gold medal in Cyber olympiad and a silver medal in math olympiad organized in Mumbai
Knocked on 230 doors and collected a few hundred dollars in Mumbai to donate to Help Age India, became the highest donor in school