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

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 GuestSumit KumarParqet (GER)BlueSkyTwitterYouTubeChapters(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 ResourcesFill out the State of Vue.js SurveyAnd also the State of JS Survey 🙌Mastering Nuxt 3*DejaVue #E031 - All About VoidZero (with Evan You)Parqet (GER)The EMyth RevisitedMAKEThe Launch Livestream of Parqet fka. Tresor One (GER/ENG)Minimal Empires (GER)VerhältnismäßigkeitHow to center a divYour HostsAlexander LichterTwitterYouTubeWebsiteMichael ThiessenTwitterYouTubeWebsite---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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