Hacker News: nceruchalu

Five Things I Learned After Launching My SaaS Startup

nceruchalu — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:09:43 +0000

Article URL: http://www.doz.com/tech/startup-lessons-saas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12140441

Points: 2

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New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?"

nceruchalu — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:06:20 +0000

In June we showed Volleyy (https://volleyy.com), a tool for responsive newsletters. Got us to the front page of product hunt, and a sizeable boost in our active user base. We are still working on growing :-)

Beautiful Is Never Enough. (Volleyy.com) a Website Marketing Tune-Up

nceruchalu — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:22:41 +0000

Article URL: http://paulmontreal.com/volleyy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11954627

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: Feedback for a Newsletter"

nceruchalu — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:49:28 +0000

Hi Kylo,

Pretty impressive to teach yourself anything in a week. A newsletter will help reinforce your understanding of react, so I would do it if for nothing else but that reason.

And regarding the worth of "spending the money", I could be of some help with that. I'm a co-founder at https://volleyy.com and email newsletters is what we do. You could email me at noddy@volleyy.com to get you a demo and setup.

Show HN: Volleyy – Responsive newsletters that increase user engagement

nceruchalu — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:50:32 +0000

Article URL: https://volleyy.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11848726

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: Anyone else having issues with Amazon SES today?"

nceruchalu — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 02:42:52 +0000

Also on us-west and not having any issues. And we've sent a decent number of emails today for a newsletter platform, https://volleyy.com

New comment by nceruchalu in "Show HN: Sharing Excerpts from 10 HN Discussions Each Day"

nceruchalu — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:20:02 +0000

Pretty cool. Would you be interested in transforming this into an email newsletter? I figure if people miss these discussions on here they'll appreciate getting summaries in their inboxes.

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: Alternatives to TinyLetter?"

nceruchalu — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 21:13:46 +0000

Yes what you're looking for does exist. Check out https://volleyy.com and see if it meets your needs. [Disclosure: I'm one of the makers of Volleyy]

Our content editor looks a lot like the medium editor, and we are launching on RSS-to-email functionality this week.

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: What are the best email-marketing tools besides mailchimp?"

nceruchalu — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 07:25:57 +0000

Ah that's a fair point. Thanks for the feedback!

Would you mind sharing what issues you seem to find in all the major platforms? And why you feel MailChimp is underfeatured?

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: What are the best email-marketing tools besides mailchimp?"

nceruchalu — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 06:48:54 +0000

Hey interesting question. Currently working on a project in this space that won't be ready for a few more weeks. But Let me pitch it at you and tell me if it could solve your problem?

# Volleyy Pitch

Volleyy is the tool for generating emails your subscribers love to read. We separate email content generation from aesthetics, and let you focus on getting your message across.

We've taken away the run-of-the-mill templates found in existing solutions and let you take the wheel with our (medium.com style) blogging interface.

We deliver your emails with a simple (and consistent) theme, tested for user-friendliness and ease of navigation (Get a sneak peek here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/nnoduka/volleyy.jpeg)

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: Free designs?"

nceruchalu — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 23:53:27 +0000

Tried http://dribbble.com and searching for apps? You can also search for specific categories if that helps.

New comment by nceruchalu in "A Photo/Video/Sharing App in Python"

nceruchalu — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:27:57 +0000

Sorry for the late reply. Yes indeed. You can try out the django book, for step by step guides on getting things done in Django. https://github.com/jacobian-archive/djangobook.com

I only propose Django because that's what I use for creating websites with Python.

New comment by nceruchalu in "Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy"

nceruchalu — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:21:37 +0000

This looks awesome. A live demo page would have been great, but decided to gamble and provide my email anyways!

Some comments on initial signup: - Great approach to validating emails by sending an email after initially providing just that, As opposed to the classic "doing so after filling in all info". This way you get to figure out you messed up your email early in the process! I liked that.

- The confirmation email had a link to `Get started with...`. It would have been great if you also had smaller text saying "Or copy this link and paste in your browser: ...". Maybe it's just me but I get scared of clicking on links in emails without knowing where they are going to (or downloading in malicious cases)

- Would have been great to not have to go through so many screens for signup. Maybe have me provide my team name, name and password in one screen.

- The animations on the task cards and their dragging is pretty great!

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask HN: How can I prepare for PM interview?"

nceruchalu — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:41:43 +0000

Read Microsoft Zen of PM: http://microsoftjobsblog.com/zen-of-pm/

Source: Was a Microsoft PM

New comment by nceruchalu in "A Photo/Video/Sharing App in Python"

nceruchalu — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:40:04 +0000

If python is your strong suit then it is definitely a good language to program this in. Instagram was built on python.

Don't forget many great apps are built on many different languages. I think you should focus on using what you know to get your product out there as quickly as possible.

Good luck and I hope this helps :)

New comment by nceruchalu in "Ask: Can an app survive without push notifications?"

nceruchalu — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:21:08 +0000

Hey I just checked out your app on the App Store and I should tell you it looks really clean! As someone who makes iOS apps I know how valuable feedback on your work can be.

Regarding the lack of push notifications, I believe it works for apps like fitness and news apps. However a new messaging app like yours installed on a user's phone will need to inform said user of occasional updates as that's what we now expect of social networking products. Might not necessarily be push notifications but maybe a daily email summary would work?