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Dec 12, 2024 1 hr 1 min

Self-founding and growing a Nuxt-based SaaS (with Sumit Kumar)

from DejaVue Hosted by Alexander Lichter & Michael Thiessen

In this episode of DejaVue, Alex and Michael are joined by Sumit Kumar, the founder of Parqet. Sumit shares his journey from getting into Web Development and Vue.js over to working at Stripe and eventually founding Parqet, a (German) portfolio tracker SaaS. Topics covered in the first part of our conversation include a lot of business insights, such as the transition from being a developer to being a founder, the challenges and benefits of bootstrapping, as well as the importance of marketing. If you are interested in the business side of things, you definitely should not miss out. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Sumit Kumar Parqet (GER) BlueSky Twitter YouTube Chapters (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue (01:28) - How did you get into Web Development and Vue.js? (04:53) - Converging Frameworks (07:39) - Previous Work Experiences and joining Stripe (10:15) - What did you learn from working at Stripe? (14:05) - The Front Page Test (16:39) - How did your start Parqet? (20:12) - The Transition from Developer to Founder (23:02) - Can you focus only on Programming as a Founder? (27:03) - Finding a CEO instead of being one (29:25) - Marketing is Half the Job (30:24) - How did Parqet grow? (39:56) - Why don't you share your MRR anymore? (43:15) - Why did you choose to bootstrap (49:26) - Niche down strategy (51:47) - Dealing with GDPR and localization (01:00:40) - Wrapping up Links and Resources Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey And also the State of JS Survey 🙌 Mastering Nuxt 3* DejaVue #E031 - All About VoidZero (with Evan You) Parqet (GER) The EMyth Revisited MAKE The Launch Livestream of Parqet fka. Tresor One (GER/ENG) Minimal Empires (GER) Verhältnismäßigkeit How to center a div Your Hosts Alexander Lichter Twitter YouTube Website Michael Thiessen Twitter YouTube Website --- Links marked with * are affiliate links. We get a small commission when you register for the service through our link. This helps us to keep the podcast running. We only include affiliate links for services mentioned in the episode or that we use ourselves.

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  1. 0:00 Welcome to DejaVue
  2. 1:28 How did you get into Web Development and Vue.js?
  3. 4:53 Converging Frameworks
  4. 7:39 Previous Work Experiences and joining Stripe
  5. 10:15 What did you learn from working at Stripe?
  6. 14:05 The Front Page Test
  7. 16:39 How did your start Parqet?
  8. 20:12 The Transition from Developer to Founder
  9. 23:02 Can you focus only on Programming as a Founder?
  10. 27:03 Finding a CEO instead of being one
  11. 29:25 Marketing is Half the Job
  12. 30:24 How did Parqet grow?
  13. 39:56 Why don't you share your MRR anymore?
  14. 43:15 Why did you choose to bootstrap
  15. 49:26 Niche down strategy
  16. 51:47 Dealing with GDPR and localization
  17. 1:00:40 Wrapping up

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