And We are 2 Years Old.. [Happy Birthday!]

January 31, 2009
By sinha

Jan 31st – and we are two years old !

Woof!!

I started pluggd.in as an attempt to be of some help to tech startups..and it’s amazing that what started as a fun activity is now going full steam.

Some stats of general interest (as of writing this post):

  • 1,858 Posts
  • 11,976 Comments
  • ~2,000 registered users @ ecosystem [register, if you haven't]

First of all, thanks to all of you for providing all the support and sharing your insights/perception – we have been blessed with an active community and it shows up in the quality of discussions I have witnessed @ pluGGd.in.

Road Ahead

Few months back, we launched Ecosystem.pluGGd.in – which hosts Indian startup directory, Indian VC directory, Tech Events in India, very active startup job board and startup forum – we are revamping the entire site and adding few useful features as well.

Fun Time

As always, I look forward to feedback from you all. Help us improve by telling us what else would you like to see @ pluggd.in?

Of course, it’s time for me to do an introspection (did you notice the lesser number of posts in the last few days?) on how to add value and not get into the rat race of visits/pageviews etc..

Again, thanks to all ye people (it would have been a lonely journey otherwise!)

PS: Interestingly, many of our fav products (Wordpress, Orkut) celebrate their birthdays in the month of Jan too! We hope to live up to the standards!

If you are a parent, you would know the meaning of the word ‘Terrible Two’ – its a time when kids go unruly and show aggression! Expect some of those tantrums in the coming days :)

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               About the author - Ashish Sinha is a Startup Mentor/Product Strategy Coach, and the founder/chief editor of pluGGd.in. He has launched/managed couple of products (consumer as well as enterprise) in US and India, and now consults with startups/small businesses on their product/media strategy. He can be reached at: ashish (at) pluGGd.in [+91 98452 06443]

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26 Responses to “ And We are 2 Years Old.. [Happy Birthday!] ”

  1. Sameer on January 31, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Congratulations. Party time!

  2. Mahesh on January 31, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Hurray…Felicitation Ashish.

    “attempt to be of some help” : its of MORE help to startups and wannabe entrepreneur. this blog is the only blog that made dent in indian blog spree for startups and entrepreneur with analysis from real experience apart from syndication and writing from other blogs.

    all in all you rock and pluggd.in will continue to scintillate.

    Long live pluggd.in

  3. akshat on January 31, 2009 at 11:19 am

    congrats my friend – heres to more years of unruliness (new word coined)

  4. Kiruba Shankar on January 31, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    Congrats, Ashish. Keep up the great work.

  5. Sumeet on January 31, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Congrats. Keep it up!

  6. Pradeep on January 31, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Congratulations Ashish!
    I loved this new avtaar of pluggd.in.

    Keep it up and GOD bless you and your sincere team.
    Thanks
    Pradeep

  7. Brajeshwar on January 31, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Congratulations! and best wishes.

  8. Aashish Solanki on January 31, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Congrats!!

    Incidentally have almost seen pluggd.in grow for the past 2 years. You have done a fantastic job! I’am sure we can look forward to some more kick-ass stuff.
    Privileged to have done the logo for pluggd.in :)

    Happy years ahead!

  9. raxit on January 31, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Dude pluggd, happy birthday :)

  10. Nandini on January 31, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    [Applause]
    Ashish, Good Going!
    [Applause]
    A great effort and looking forward to more “tantrums”, “experiments” and fun!
    [balloon bursts] [champagne opens]
    [encore]

  11. Mahesh T on January 31, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Congrats Ashish

    Thanks for all the efforts that went into making of pluggd.in as it stands today. All the best for what you plan to do next. Inclination towards fewer nr of posts is a great move.

    -Mahesh
    Celebrating Life…

  12. Tamal on January 31, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Ashish dude, Congratulations on the 2nd birthday. Looking forward to more on pluggd.in. Reminds me of the discussions we had 2 yrs back on this :)

  13. Ashish K Tiwari on January 31, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    My best wishes to the entire Pluggd.in team :-)

    Ashish K Tiwari

  14. Deepak Samaga on January 31, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Congratulations! Hope you continue to see success in this venture.

  15. Arun on January 31, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Hey Ashish,

    Hearty Congratulations. Well done….Hope Pluggd.in reaches much bigger heights!!

  16. Prashant on January 31, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    congrats Ashish, best wishes.

  17. Marvin on January 31, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    congrats dude, n best wishes.

    cheers,

  18. Deepankar on January 31, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    Congratulations and many more years to come !!!

  19. nik on February 1, 2009 at 12:30 am

    congrats buddy!

  20. blootics on February 1, 2009 at 1:45 am

    congrats

  21. Abhaya Agarwal on February 1, 2009 at 2:42 am

    Hey Ashish,

    Congratulations and keep up the good work!

    Abhaya

  22. Rick on February 1, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Congratulations!. Keep it up. One suggestion, though. It would be good if you put the name of the author in a more conspicuous and consistent way. Some times, reading the article it is a bit unclear as to who wrote the article. I noticed some articles do not have name of the author written. It is general assumption that Ashish wrote the article. But, it would be good if you could name the author in a certain location on the page and keep the format consistent.

  23. Kartik on February 1, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Well done, Ashish! All the best for many more years of pluggd.in.

  24. Pavan on February 2, 2009 at 5:01 am

    Very hearty congratulations ashish!!!! Pluggd.in has truly achieved “Indian Techcrunch” clout in startup community.

  25. Phani on February 2, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Congratulations Ashish!

  26. Piyush on February 2, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    That’s a milestone achieved Ashish.

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