anmolparashar

I have been working on Hostup, with which I recently got accepted into Antler's residency program.

It's currently an upsell management and fulfillment platform built for hosts and property managers who list on Airbnb, Booking.com, and other travel websites. My goal is to make staying at Airbnbs as great as staying at a hotel (without the downsides) by building experiences for guests.

This currently includes the ability for the hosts to offer things like meal plans, at-home massages, etc. In the future, it will help them offer a faster check-in process, make personal recommendations, add interactive guides, and maybe even neighbourhood treasure hunts that involve other travelers.

[1] https://hostup.ae [2] https://antler.co

Location: Remote (Dubai, UAE)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Maybe. Very willing to travel though. Technologies: SQL, Python, Linear, PostHog, Optimizely, Figma, OpenAI Platform

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anmolparashar/

Email: anmol[at]17a.in

I'm a CS Grad turned Product Manager with over seven years of experience building B2B and B2BC products used by millions worldwide. Since I have had the opportunity to join product teams early, I have led impact over product management, design, and growth. This intersection of disciplines is something I have enjoyed in my previous roles, and it's something I believe the team can benefit from as well, especially at this stage.

Having worked remotely throughout my professional life, I'm used to effectively collaborating with team members situated in different time zones and continents and like operating in these timezones: CET, GMT, EST

Some highlights:

- 2x Founding (& First) PM

- 2x Founder

- 2x Angel Investor

Looking for Product Manager and/or roles where I'd be customer-facing and get to work on product and ops.

I have been working full-time on making staying at Airbnbs cool again with Hostup (https://www.hostup.ae)

We are doing this by providing 5-star amenities like massages, access to local experiences, events, and even essentials. Currently on the MVP stage, and only piloting in Dubai.

I have been working on Castup, a podcast editing startup since Jan 2019 and it's been an amazing journey so far. We crossed the $500/month profit mark after the first six weeks and now the team has expanded quite a bit.

[1] https://useCastup.com

I did, and it boosted my confidence 10x at my day job as a PM.

I still work full-time at another startup (again, I like making money) but now I have a good safety net to fall back on (if required) and I know my opinions can lead to successful outcomes.

I did (& it’s been brining in good money for the past 2+ years)

I built the Castup[1] website using Webflow, use Outgrow for onboarding, Stripe for payments, Slack for communication. It’s a productized service startup in the podcasting space but I have enough knowledge of no-code tools to build a SaaS as well.

[1] https://useCastup.com

Hey,

My startup[1] works with a good amount of podcasts on a daily basis and here’s what we have seen work for them:

- SEO is still king (publish transcripts as blog posts, write detailed episode descriptions, tag each episode properly)

- Cross promotion works wonders (appear on other podcasts, plug yours)

- Reel them in with Clips (share multiple clips of each episode on all your socials, have a separate clips channel on YT if possible, ask your guests to promote with Clips or audiograms)

This advice can be applied to all podcasts and we have really seen podcasts benefit from them. Let me know if you (or anyone in the thread) has some specific questions about any of these points. You can reach out to me on Twitter (in profile) if you want to discuss everything a little deeper!

[1] useCastup.com

Can verify (India)

Podcasting blew up this year and since I run a podcast editing startup[1], our MRR grew better than it was growing the year before.

[1] https://useCastup.com

Just my 2¢: For better results, change the channel name to something relevant to what you are doing and start adding relevant (to the video) information in the video descriptions.

We can provide those on request (reach out via the chat widget)

https://www.useCastup.com – Podcast Editing as a Productized Service.

We build and work with software that cuts the editing time by 70% which allows us to offer our sevices at (somewhat) cheap rates while keeping the quality super high.

Started with a team of freelancers, now we have both freelancers and people working full-time.

Edit: I lead product for SF based startup as my full-time job.

I think your misunderstood my initial comment. It was regarding the fact that service based companies are expected to not reach scales that VCs look for, so my question was more so regarding how they plan to approach that problem when the time comes.

Thanks for your answer. Maybe, I have too much of a Bootstrapper mindset but when I see a service based company (like my own), I assume VCs won't be interested because it cannot scale to $1B or whatever number investors look for.

Again, great idea and I hope you guys succeed and prove me (and people who think like me about venture capital) wrong.

Cool idea, though I'm interested in how you're thinking about scaling this? I co-founded Castup[1], a podcast editing startup and while we deliver quite a few episodes a month, I can't ever see it scale enough to require venture capital.

We are profitable and have been since our second week of operation.

[1] https://useCastup.com

> Visual Mind summary report for http://usecastup.com - 72% of users are expected to like your site. Your site is visually awesome. You can further improve it by using better images and considering little denser layout.

Well, although I'm happy with the comment, that "72%" seems made up entirely.

I run a startup[1] in the space that provide hands off podcast production experience to podcasters and I recommend that you (or anyone who wants to start a podcast) read this blog post at least once: https://www.podcastinsights.com/start-a-podcast/

[1] https://www.useCastup.com

With my own side project[1], a lot of people still find us via Product Hunt (even 1+ year later), I personally try to engage with people on Reddit, Twitter and IndieHackers. I don't necessarily promote our website but answer their questions and they follow the username.

The site's also listed in a few directory tools for Podcasting (I had nothing do with it)

[1] https://useCastup.com

I'm a founder of a startup[1] that works in the podcasting space and my personal favorites are TigerBelly, Exchange Invest Weekly, JRE, The Indie Hackers podcast!

[1] useCastup.com

As someone working as a remote Product Manager, I think the current situation is quite possibly one of the worst ways "remote work" could have gone mainstream. I have been working remote for three years now and even I'm not enjoying it as much as I normally do.

Location: India (Nationality) - UK - East Coast US

Remote: Yes (Preferred)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Product Management, Product Design, UX Design, Growth and Content

Résumé/CV: Available on request

Email: anmol@17a.in

Looking for: Product Manager role, but I like helping with UX and Product Design too

I'm a CS Grad turned Product Guy, currently working with a NYC based startup as their first and only product hire, managing their product and a team of 50+ distributed individuals spread across three continents. Before that I worked with a US based design studio as a Product Designer. I love building products (ex founder) and really want to work with a startup that's just starting to gain traction with their product.

useCastup.com — Professional Podcast Editing services, starting at 40¢ per published minute.

I have been running this for a while, along with my full-time job.

Now that's a problem I hadn't come across, mainly because most of the Podcasts that we work with don't post to YouTube, but this is definitely something we can take a look at. Thank you!

I love the website Transistor comes with, and I think if every podcast gets a site like that, that'd be great for the Podcaster's community and should help with discoverability.

Tweeting a HN thread that I want people to be a part of is not embarrassing to me. Maybe we just have different definitions of the word?

Checking someone's post history, and Twitter just so you could have something to comment on an "ad" about is kinda sad though. But, have a good day!

Now that I read it, it does come off as a promo, but I'm actually trying to do is get some product/service ideas (other than the one we are offering) like other similar HN threads

Wouldn't good targeting solve this problem, for Podcasters at least? When you record a podcast, you know what type of audience you are talking to, and based on that, you can target them via social channels.

Mind if I ask what are you using now?

I'm currently using PayPal to accept international payments.

I wanted to try Razorpay, but they require a lot of legal effort (user friction.) Stripe still hasn't been to launch in India, which I think is very disappointing for a company their size.

Edit: RazorPay also just straight up ignores "call me" requests/emails from Prospective clients

We're all DNs, most are located in Asia, while a couple in Europe

Hackers,

We've all seen the rise (& rise) of Podcasts, with startups trying to get in on the action too - either by advertising on Podcasts, or launching their own.

Why only editing? Creating (good) content is hard. We believe there are a lot of Podcasts out there that try to publish good content, but struggle with this aspect of Podcast production. They either spend way too much time and effort editing each episode, or end up publishing un-edited versions.

We think Castup can help Podcasters attract more advertisers, reach a bigger audience, and (actually) save some money too, but our goal is to help creators well-published content.

Our Pricing starts at 40¢ per minute, and we think our plans would make a great fit for all kind of Podcasts.

Let me know if you have any questions? I'd love to answer them! - Anmol

I built this site [1] that lets people find and list internet businesses that are available for sale. I didn't write a single line of code, used Carrd and Airtable to build the whole thing. Let me know if this is the type of answer you were looking for?

[1] https://soochi.co

Edit: If anyone does have a business they'd like to list, just include HN at the beginning of your story to get $10 off!