At $900 MRR, Clay app, the effect of Apple Watch and a school in Jaisalmer
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Side-project updates
So some of you know that I am working on a SaaS called Pika.style, an app that helps create beautiful images from boring screenshots quickly. This month, Pika has crossed $900 in MRR, up ~$150 from last month. The start of October made me feel like this month there wouldnât be much growth, but the second half of the month surprised me with some new paid users
Iâve also increased subscription price of Pikaâs Pro tier to $12 from $9. The app has tons of new features and improvements which provide more value, save more time and produce quality images, so increasing price made sense. I talked to some users before making this change and they all were good with it
Also pushed tons of new features, a new template, added a Pika education plan to make Pro plan more accessible to students and teachers. I honestly have so many ideas to work on and not enough time which makes it disappointing sometimes
I was also hoping for Pika to cross $1K mark in October and fell short on that milestone. But hopefully in coming days đ
To make your life like 49% more interesting!
If you like learning, adventures and would like to have an interesting and busy life(and occasional headaches đ ), start a business(read sell your ideas). It doesnât have to be big, but anything that makes you feel more creative and satisfies your soul
You donât have to set aside your studies/work/commitments for that, just give it sometime from your routine and try to sell your skills. Maybe youâre good at painting, so try to sell your paintings online. Maybe youâre a Notion user, try to create and sell a course on using Notion. Maybe youâre learning web design, try to sell HTML CSS themes. Maybe you like reading books, share summarised versions of the books in a small monthly subscription. It can be anything
Why? Itâll not only make your life super-interesting and more involved, but also help you learn tons of stuff that you would never learn otherwise. Youâll wear multiple hats while pursing something like that and when you do new things, you open yourself to new possibilities and grow exponentially. Youâll learn to sell, youâll learn to market, youâll learn to present and what not. Youâll gain skills which you wouldnât gain reading any book or from watching a YouTube video
Give it a try :)
Interesting app that updates you about your network
Last week I signed up for this app called Clay Clay connects to your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. and gives you a feed of updates from your connections in a visually appealing interface
You can use Clay to make deeper connections. Clay lets you make searches like âin Berlinâ, or âactive in last weekâ, or âwrites about programmingâ. This information is useful if you want to connect to specific set of people from your connections. I am still exploring the app, but so far I love the experience
â clay.earth
The effect of wearing Apple Watch
I had switched to analog watch some months back to feel the aesthetic of it. And also I sometimes like to keep the watch close to my ears and hear the tick-tock sound, it somehow makes me a feel a bit more alive
But then after a long time I switched back to my Apple Watch to see whatâs new in WatchOS. I absolutely hate notifications on my watch so I had disabled those. But notifications that make huge impact on me are the reminders to stand up, and to exercise. Since I started wearing Apple Watch, Iâve been averaging 5km to 10 kms of walking every day and it has become a routine now which was pretty much non-existent when I wore the analog. A good example of how well theyâve gamified it with rings and badges
A school in Jaisalmer
I am mind blown too. This is such a great looking architecture in the middle of nowhere. Would love to visit it someday, Jaisalmer is not too far from where I live
A great personal website
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Tiny reminder that you donât need to finish that book that you donât find interesting. Or that series youâve been pushing yourself to watch
Lifeâs too short to do that, do what interests you :)
Thatâs it for October. I hope you had a fun and healthy October
September is more likely the month Iâll start travelling again after being at home for more than 3 months working on Pika and some other stuff. Maybe Iâll go back to being in Goa again for some time, or take a trip to Jaipur. What are you planning for September?
