Before and alongside product management, I've built things people pay for. Starting up taught me what it really takes to find users, charge them and keep them.
WhatsApp news analysis that people paid for.
My first startup: a WhatsApp-based service that broke down daily news and current affairs in plain language. It grew to 4,000+ members, 500 of them paying, and reached ₹30,000 ARR.
For: Readers and exam aspirants who wanted current affairs made simple
Previous-year questions for every major exam.
20,000+ PYQs with answers and solutions across UPSC, JEE, NEET, SSC, Defence and Boards, organised by subject and year. Free to practise, with a ₹149/year PYQ Pass.
For: UPSC, JEE, NEET and SSC aspirants
Gautam Kumar founded ReaderSpace, a WhatsApp news-analysis service with 4,000+ members, 500 paying subscribers and ₹30,000 ARR, and built YESPYQ, a previous-year-questions platform with a paid PYQ Pass.
ReaderSpace was Gautam Kumar's first startup (2019–21): a WhatsApp-based news-analysis service that explained daily current affairs in plain language.