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#MyStartupStory of Piktochart

in a tiny island called Penang in AsiaPiktochart started

Great Food

Exotic Places

Red tape

The story started with 1 frustrated

web developer + P&G employee

They packed their bags and went toChina seeking inspiration

They packed their bags and went toChina seeking inspiration and talent!

For 4 months, (1guy) coded 24-7

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We released a Flash prototype

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But it was ugly..........

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Nobody really cared about it

Life was tough, we were frugal

1st day = 3 paying users

I’ll  start  my  subscrip0on  as  soon  as  you’re  ready  to  take  payments.  This  service  is  exactly  what  I  have  been  wai0ng  for.~~  Stephen  B

March 2012 Our first customers came!

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We patted ourselves on the back

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and went back to work..... :(

In June, AppSumo contacted us

tTurned out to be Greatest validation point

2000 paying users in 1 month

We were on to something

We were pitching everywhere (Jul 2012)

We ended up in Silicon Valley

and met legendary companies

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It was time for a dramatic change.

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We ditched Flash and went for HTML 5

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In our first HTML5 launch....

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we got mixed reactions

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Love

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VS.Love Hate

Lesson learned

Can’t please everyone :P

`We kept listening & building.

`Ditched vanity metrics

We kept listening & building.

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9 full time team membersDitched vanity metrics

We kept listening & building.

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9 full time team membersDitched vanity metrics

We kept listening & building.

170,000 users

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Another milestone: We moved to a proper office

Started organizing tech meetups every Tuesday

Why didn't you raise any money?We've been asked

Why didn’t you re locate to SF?We've been asked

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We have not found the right investors... yet

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We have not found the right investors... yet

We love SF but burn rate is 10x lower here

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We have not found the right investors... yet

We love SF but burn rate is 10x lower here

Really, Penang is just awesome

The journey just startedwith 400,000 users

The journey just startedwith 400,000 users

To be continued