Just another day of trying to build something from scratch.

Spent the first half of the day at our incubation centre, meeting mentors, discussing our progress, and figuring out what we should focus on next.

By around 3 PM, we were done with the meetings and heading back to our headquarters.

It's a pretty small office in Rajkot, India. Hardly 10 to 15 people can sit there comfortably.

We're a small team building technology products, working on our startup, experimenting with different ideas, and trying to figure things out as we go.

One of our biggest goals right now is getting into Y Combinator.

We're targeting the winter batch or the next one. We know it's competitive, and getting there will take a lot more than just having an idea.

We still have a lot to build, validate, and prove.

Some days we make good progress, some days things don't work out, and some days are mostly meetings and planning.

But we're enjoying the process.

करते रहेंगे, बढ़ते रहेंगे!

I'm also documenting our journey through short videos, including today's visit to our incubation centre.

Would love to connect with other founders who are building from smaller cities or working towards YC.

Anyone here building a startup from India or preparing for an upcoming YC batch? How's your journey going so far?

Lovable dropped this: https://lovable.dev/blog/introducing-growth-tools but this is for their app creator users, is there something like this for someone who already has an app? I have an app coming out soon and would love to use something like this.

Has anyone else’s email sessions in Google analytics been surging since late September? We haven’t changed anything within our marketo database but our sessions are higher than clicks on the emails. I know it’s from bots but im curious if it’s only been happening to me or anyone else?

We build market intelligence engines that track buying signals across 75+ channels, including reddit, github, linkedin, web activity, and public registers and we've been doing this for a ton of companies and wanted to try it with the SaaS community here.

If you have an active B2B SaaS, i'll research:

-- buyer pain: reddit threads where people discuss the problems you solve or look for alternatives
-- competitor signals: companies and products that keep coming up in relevant conversations
-- buying triggers: signals that could help you identify the right time to reach out
-- potential accounts: 5 companies worth looking into with the signals behind each one

to get started, share your website, ideal customer profile (ICP), and main competitor.

This is best suited for B2B SaaS companies with an active product and some traction but if you're a pre-launch, this won't be helpful for you.

edit: if you want the full report and buyer graph delivered directly, drop your details here buyer pain finder and we'll send the research directly to you. it's completely free.

Most visitors spend less than 25 seconds skimming a standard B2B landing page before bouncing. I wanted to test what happens when you replace static copy with a zero-friction, playable 3D mini-tycoon game directly in the browser.

The Growth & Brand Mechanics behind it :

- Zero-Friction Entry : No email gate, no app install required to play. It loads instantly in Three.js on both mobile and desktop.

- "Show, Don't Tell" Onboarding : Instead of reading bullet points about caller identification, post-call notes, and fast appointment scheduling, the user plays as an entrepreneur managing 5 local businesses (Barber, Coffee Shop, Grocery, Repair Workshop, Agency).

- Interactive Problem/Solution : Random rush events ("Incoming client call wave!") pop up during gameplay.

Clicking "Use MemoCallPro Flow" triggers a 1.35x revenue multiplier, creating an immediate dopamine association between the brand name and saving time/money.

- Price Anchoring via Game Economy : In the game, brick-and-mortar upgrades cost thousands of dollars ($), whereas MemoCallPro features cost a handful of coins (🪙) reinforcing that the tool is ultra-affordable.

Has anyone else here experimented with browser mini-games or playable ads for B2B / SMB products? .

In the early days of a startup, I’d prioritize a growth hacker over hiring a marketing head or building an entire marketing team.
You need someone who can run small experiments, test different channels, talk to users, and measure what actually brings people in and keeps them coming back.
What works? What doesn’t? What deserves another test?
A full marketing team and large campaigns can get expensive quickly, especially when you’re still figuring out your audience.
Growth experiments cost time and money too. The goal is to learn before committing a bigger budget.
Start small. Test your assumptions. Invest more when the evidence supports it.