DejaVue #E038 - Self-founding and growing a Nuxt-based SaaS (with Sumit Kumar)

▶ Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VsztgrpMNGUFnknik-_YsodhW7Iohj4sM7qAsPmjZvY/edit ▶ And also the State of JS Survey https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-js/2024?source=dejavue_e038 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 of 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) - https://parqet.com/ * BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/sky.ofsumit.com * Twitter - https://x.com/TweetsOfSumit * YouTube - @VideosOfSumit & @Parqet --- Your Hosts * Michael Thiessen * Twitter - https://twitter.com/MichaelThiessen * YouTube - @michaelnthiessen * Web - https://michaelnthiessen.com/ * Alexander Lichter * YouTube - @TheAlexLichter * Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheAlexLichter * Web - https://www.lichter.io/ -- Chaptermarks: 00:00:00 Welcome to DejaVue 00:01:28 How did you get into Web Development and Vue.js? 00:04:53 Converging Frameworks 00:07:39 Previous Work Experiences and joining Stripe 00:10:15 What did you learn from working at Stripe? 00:14:05 The Front Page Test 00:16:39 How did your start Parqet? 00:20:12 The Transition from Developer to Founder 00:23:02 Can you focus only on Programming as a Founder? 00:27:03 Finding a CEO instead of being one 00:29:25 Marketing is Half the Job 00:30:24 How did Parqet grow? 00:39:56 Why don't you share your MRR anymore? 00:43:15 Why did you choose to bootstrap 00:49:26 Niche down strategy 00:51:47 Dealing with GDPR and localization 01:00:40 Wrapping up -- Links and Resources ▶ Mastering Nuxt 3 https://masteringnuxt.com/?friend=dejavue* ▶ DejaVue #E031 - All About VoidZero (with Evan You) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33ex2A04b7g ▶ Parqet (GER) https://parqet.com ▶ The EMyth Revisited https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280 ▶ MAKE https://readmake.com/ ▶ The Launch Livestream of Parqet fka. Tresor One (GER/ENG) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SX6DUztgI ▶ Minimal Empires (GER) https://minimalempires.de/ ▶ Verhältnismäßigkeit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verh%C3%A4ltnism%C3%A4%C3%9Fig ▶ How to center a div https://stackoverflow.com/a/23384995/3975480 -- Follow DejaVue on ▶ The Web: https://dejavue.fm/ ▶ BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/dejavue.fm ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dejavuefm ▶ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dejavue/id1737631788 ▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DejaVueFm ▶ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5VQ15QHkC7HSmwTYR7vCPF ▶ Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/show/1000792252 ▶ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/798ccbb2-4a8f-4d83-bff7-00cbc8730f56 ▶ Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/49qr8d1k -- 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.