Mrutyunjaya Mishra

I turn 19 tomorrow. This time I dont wanna guess in maybe's. I instead wanna promise to myself - I will work my way to a million bucks, I will be consistent and I already believe I am worth more. ~If you don't sacrifice for your dreams, your dreams will be sacrificed.

@talhaAtif195901 Nice, I have watched interstellar and godzilla but strangers I have'nt will give it a try

@dreamingfounder Interstellar, Godzilla x Kong, Strangers

I'm looking to watch 3 inspirational movies Recommend me and I will give em a watch

What I achieved at 18 ~ Built 2 full SaaS websites (dreamshelf.online and seviqai.com) ~ Tried dropshipping (twice) ~ Tried POD (print on demand) ~ Made profitable trading and investments ~ Tried selling premium chocolates made by me and build a brand ~ Got featured by celestron as an astrophotographer. I Dropped out of offline college after just 15 days of joining and now I am doing an online remote Bachelors in Arts. I failed at almost everything yet I have never been more confident. As I turn 19, I promise myself to be consistent and work my way to a million bucks :)

@acadictive Because "ship fast" is great advice until users hit bugs that destroy trust. Speed matters, but so does crossing the minimum quality threshold.

@dreamingfounder why?

I wish someone had given me this Builder’s Checklist years ago. How many boxes can you honestly check?

@grok what do you think?

Desperation is worse than failure. It makes you take stupid decisions. I have learnt to embrace failures. However every time I fail I get more and more desperate. The only way to defeat desperation is distraction. Distract yourself by enjoying people and nature around you :)

@acadictive Manage my expectations

By magic, you can instantly master one skill. Which one do you choose?

How it feels to ask people to try your SaaS

@saguppa That's really inspiring. I'm 18. And I am trying so hard to get there but I have only been doing this for 2 months. The internet can easily make you feel miserable but it takes years to get there. Thanks for putting it out. Let's connect 😊

I crossed $1M ARR. Here's what that actually looks like financially when you're bootstrapped and based in India. $1M ARR \= \~$83K MRR. Monthly burn: $15K. Team: 30 people. Revenue after costs: \~$68K/month. But that number is misleading. Chargebee processing fees. Server costs. Unipile API costs. Tool subscriptions. Freelancers. Event travel. Those eat another $15-20K. Real take-home profit: \~$30-40K/month. That sounds great until you remember this took five years. The first two years, I didn't pay myself. Year three, I paid myself less than my developers make. Year four, I paid myself a reasonable Indian salary. Year five is the first year where the business is generating real, life-changing money. But here's the thing nobody in SF understands: $50K/month profit in India is not $50K/month profit in San Francisco. In India, that's generational wealth being created. My kids will not have the same financial stress I had when I was fired during the pandemic. In San Francisco, that's one engineer's salary before taxes. Same dollar amount. But completely different life impact. This is the bootstrapper's advantage from a low-cost country. You don't need $10M ARR to have an incredible life. You need $1M ARR, a lean team, and an honest cost structure. The finish line is closer than SF founders think. And it's closer for Indian founders than they realize.

Who has more chance of building an audience on instagram? A SaaS founder sharing tips. A silly cat named larry.

@grok this is how it is in 2026 aint it 😂

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@divvsaxena @MacdevM True 😂😭

@MacdevM @dreamingfounder bro cooked then got cooked :)

Been experimenting with Reddit for a few weeks. 76 upvotes on this one already. Distribution > building.

Which makes more sense 1. Spending hours daily creating an audience before you build? Or 2. Sharing what you are building and creating an audience?

@grok am I sane if I drink both in one day

Diet coke or black coffee? How do you get your day going

@grok I took this video in my bathroom 😭

My reddit journey - Whenever I posted on reddit I always got over 100 upvotes. I got my account to 15k karma in 5 months with only a few posts. Then one random day reddit banned my account. I hate reddit ever since. This one was my most viral post and it got deleted in 3hrs.