Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are three years old today and I’d like to walk you through some of the interesting things we did in 2009 (will keep it short and simple).
To tell you honestly, Pluggd.in was started as a ‘just another thing I wanted to do’ in life (others being photography, consulting and bullet-ing) and while I moon-lighted the first 2 years, there was a time to decide -
“What next?’ Do I really want this to be ‘just another thing’ or “Take Pluggd.in to next level’?”
Pluggd.in - Traffic Overview
In 2009, I moved full-time to run Pluggd.in, started looking for co-authors and found an awesome lot (and we are in a constant lookout for awesome people).
The Entrepreneurial Journey
“So, what do you do?”
– that’s the toughest question I have been asked by whole lot of people (right from family to outsiders like a school principal, who wasn’t convinced that ‘somebody running a website can pay school fee for his kid’). It’s difficult to explain what I really do, as blogging is still considered ‘part time/hobby’ activity (more on my entrepreneurial journey later).
So What Next?
Going forward, we want to focus more on entrepreneurship/strategy related articles and cover a wider spectrum of content. On a personal note, I am planning to publish a book as well.
Pluggd.in won’t be a blog anymore, though we will remain a blog-styled website (in terms of articles/content/analysis). In 2010, we are setting up a few new businesses and plan to expand in related areas, keeping our core DNA intact, i.e. add value to the entrepreneurial community.
- If you have suggestions/feedback for us, do share (in the comment section or just shoot me an email: ashish at pluggd dot in).
- If you see a common focus and have suggestions on how we can do business together, just drop me an email (ashish at pluggd dot in).
And if you enjoy Pluggd.in, do fan us on facebook and follow us on twitter.
Cheers! Good luck
congrats on the budday ! great going ashish. wish u all the best !
Thanks for your efforts. Wish you all the best
“to outsiders like a school principal, who wasn’t convinced that ‘somebody running a website can pay school fee for his kid’”
Tell’em you are a ‘media’ company focused on startup space
. On another note is it the right school for your kid ?
Cheers!!
-Tarun
Brilliant Ashish, loads of luck and good wishes!
Congratulations Ashish and Pluggd.in Team.
Yes its really tough part to explain our elders, especially if one is such kind of business. Toooo many questions, strange faces as if we are doing a big blunder in life, Gyan downloads. Nevertheless they would realize soon.
My best to you all, keep up the wornderful work, cheers.
happy to hear that you followed your bliss!!!!
“may the insanity and hard work never die!”..cheers!!
congrats. Best of luck for future.
congrats
Great going!
Congratulations
All the very best on your future plans
Happy Birthday, pluggd.IN
Wishing the best.
Sangeeta
Congratulations! Good luck for the new beginnings!
Great going have followed your site since 2007 and you seemed to be hitting the viral sweet spot now. BTW saw an article about you in mint in aug to be able to leave the yahoo job and follow your passion it was great to see you doing that wish you a lot of luck with your book
Hey Ashish,
Great job ! Congratulations and hope to read more from pluggd.in
-Amal
Very happy birthday! The growth has been commendable and your full-time involvement is well-justified as the graph shows. My best wishes for pluggd.in to grow multiple-times from here on and to become the one-stop resource for entrepreneurs
Good luck…And yeah, I would be very interested in accompanying your journey of authoring a book..please involve me in the preparation and book-publishing land-survey phase…
Ashish,
I discovered ur blog during month 1 of its inception and since then enjoyed reading almost every day.
Good job..keep it up
Doing a great job. Keep going and All the best to you.
Congratulations Ashish !
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Keep up the good work!
Congratulation Ashish! You’ve been doing a great job.
Congrats Ashish. Keep rocking.
Wishing the very best for you ahead.
Congrats
Keep Good work going
-Pravin
It has been said several times already here. Pluggd.in’ is going to be the techcrunch of India. Well atleast in 5 years time. I wish you don’t spoil that part of it. Congrats on your third year.
Congratulations and you are doing great Ashish… Here is the
number which tells why you are doing great…
Your website worth was 150K some 4-months back and currently it is
238549.4 USD. And it was a steady growth as i was checking now and then…
GOOD LUCK and KEEP ROCKING.
Kasi
Thanks everybody for the wishes.
I hope to live up to all your expectations!
Cheers,
Ashish
Hey Ashish,
Congratulations !!!
For inspiration, Are you able make living by running pluggd.in ?
‘somebody running a website can pay school fee for his kid’
Cheers,
Vicky
Yes. and like any other early stage venture, we are bootstrapping.
Belated birthday wishes and good luck with you various efforts.
Congratulations on the accomplishments so far. Personally, I like the direction that you guys are choosing to take pluggd.in and I think it will serve the startup community well.
-Ganga