This 26-year-old Indian boy never went to college but created a tech startup that later got acquired by WordPress founder 😱
Meet Kishan Bagaria, a self-taught tech enthusiast & founder of texts. com, which was acquired by the owner of WordPress & Tumblr Matt Mullenweg at a whopping price of $50 million.
Texts. com is a one-step solution in the world of messaging. It integrates popular messaging apps like, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, & Telegram in a single dashboard.
It also allows users to see the message without letting the recipients know.
Kishan did his basic schooling in Dibrugarh, Assam.
After basic schooling, Kishan was raised by the internet & learned everything from the net.
He has been developing small Windows apps since 12 years old.
Kishan started working on the idea of texts. com in 2020. When he shared a prototype with his friends. They were very excited & started using it.
Soon the app becomes popular with Word-of-mouth marketing. A lot of industry experts approach him after that.
Mat was very impressed by the idea of texts. com. Even, Matt Mullenweg called kishan a "Generational tech genius".
They started a discussion over the purchase of texts. com in 2023 & It took 3 months to finalize the deal.
Now, he has moved to the USA for the further expansion of texts. com.
Even after selling the startup he is working with texts. com as the head of messaging & will continue to play a crucial role in the project.
From his journey we can learn that:
- A college degree is optional to learn the skills, In today's world we can learn everything using the internet.
- The main thing that works for a startup is solving a real-life problem no matter how small it is.
- The best way for small entrepreneurs to grow startups is through word-of-mouth marketing.
- Sometimes you have to shift your locations for a great team & expansion.
- The best way to master anything is by continuously working in that field.
When the acquisition news broke, many media outlets wrote that Odisha's self-taught tech enthusiast got overnight success.
But in reality, it was the result of his 3 years of hard work and 3 months of negotiations.
So don't fall into the trap of overnight success.
Guys, Do you know about the man who was known as Bill Gates of India & often referred to as a Bad-Boy entrepreneur?
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