DEV Community: Nav Pahwa

Get your Startup Discovered Now.

Nav Pahwa — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:20:35 +0000

Heyo! I am Nav, Founder & CEO of StartupConvo. Last time I made a startup post, I had recently released a web app for schools. Unfortunately because of high cost of maintenance and low visitors, I had to shut down the business.

This time I'm back with another startup. StartupConvo is a Startup Discovery Platform, The platform comes built in with a Startup Leaderboard and an unbiased algorithm giving a fair chance to every single startup ever registered on this platform.

Here is the Development Story:

The idea of StartupConvo initially started when I was about to shut down SchoolConvers, I was struggling with ideas, I finally settled on this one. Previously, I have used many Startup Discovery Platform, some of them had rigged algorithms, they would only promote Startups who had paid them. Some of them had a really horrible UI and some of them were just never updated or maintained. I decided to change this forever and came up with an idea of an iOS app that takes Startup Discovery to Next Level with a Leaderboard. This makes the startup race a lot more fun and it's just a really nice feature to have to be honest.

After 6-8 Weeks of Developing the Project Single Handedly and Six Rejections, this morning I finally released my startup on the iOS App Store. 4 Days before my school commences. Instead of spending my holidays relaxing from a stressful year, I burnt out myself even more by programming a Native iOS App. No Regrets.

Thanks for taking your time to read my development story. Thanks for all the support you guys gave me with my last startup.

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My Intentions Behind SchoolConvers

Nav Pahwa — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:14:30 +0000

Good Day, A Few Days Ago I wrote a Blog Post on this same platform discussing the technologies I used in my Side Project SchoolConvers. In this Blog Post I would discuss my intentions and the reason I created SchoolConvers.

The idea

21 May 2020, One Day Before My Birthday. I am Trying to Prepare for my test next week and I am super frustrated, I check every corner of the internet for simple answers, but, I found none. I would write e-mails to my friends(who don't even check their mail) but, no response. The next minute instead of studying I was writing done ideas for SchoolConvers. At that point I didn't even know what an IP Address is. I brainstormed so many ideas and then the next day I started getting my idea to life. I knew it was going to be hard to develop and market the app, because I am 14, and I am on a super tight budget.

Times I scrapped the idea

After a Month of Starting the Project, I had scrapped the idea three times. First and Second Version of SchoolConvers was written in Python and Ruby. The problem I had with these languages were that they are slow. I want my app to run lightning fast in places like Rural India or Rural China where you don't get the same internet speed like in Melbourne or Sydney or New York City. After scrapping the project two times, I re-coded the whole project in Javascript and then scrapped it again because of Type-Safety issues. At the end I settled for Typescript and the project is still in Typescript.

Final product

After months of research, learning and implementation, I completed the project on 28 November 2020 and deployed on 30 November 2020, exactly on the deadline. Then I released the project on ProductHunt, Capterra, GetApp, and 10 Words. The App Didn't Perform so well on any of these platforms, I forgot to mention I also tried to get funding on IndieGogo and GoFundMe, None of them worked. I was disappointed: I was not gaining any users, any upvotes and any type of funding. Then I released a Blog Post and gained 9 Users in 6 Hours. I was Happy but, then the spirit died out and now I am back to where I was before.

With SchoolConvers I expected all the users to have privacy, secure and encrypted communication and that they can expect more features every month from SchoolConvers. I spent nearly 70% of the time coding the security features of the application and laid out a nice privacy policy as well. Other than that I want Schools to actually use safe and secure software, interact more often outside of school and make the students feel that there is someone out there to help them.

SchoolConvers is still evolving and new features are added every second or third day and the platform is constantly moving to a more community approach with every single update and it is free. My aim has always been to promote safe internet for students, create internet communities, discuss questions and share your knowledge and this is the idea SchoolConvers is headed towards and is trying to achieve. You can Check out SchoolConvers right here: SchoolConvers.com

ProductHunt

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/schoolconvers

I just published my first full-time commercial project!

Nav Pahwa — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 08:21:26 +0000

SchoolConvers

SchoolConvers is an Online Startup that allows private and secure communication between students and teachers. SchoolConvers offers a sick leave mechanism, a forum, and a to-do list.

What Who are You?

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself: I am Nav, the creator of SchoolConvers. I am Fourteen-Years-Old and I have been Coding Since the Age of Eight. The Idea of SchoolConvers Popped Up in My Mind After Getting Frustrated at my own teachers who were too late in replying to my questions a day before the test, of course, it is not their fault because most of the time they receive the same questions from two different students and it's quite frustrating to answer to both of them.

I thought why couldn't the students answer the students' questions? So I created SchoolConvers. It's Safe, Secure, and Reliable.

Find SchoolConvers

SchoolConvers: https://SchoolConvers.com

ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/schoolconvers

Instagram: https://Instagram.com/SchoolConvers

Twitter: https://Twitter.com/SchoolConvers

GitHub: https://GitHub.com/SchoolConvers