Hey there 👋🏼

I'm Sharath, and welcome to my online home!I'm a founder, community builder, angel investor, content creator and Product Hunt's Maker Grant Receipient.Previously, I was the Head of Community + Brand at Threado, Threado is an AI-powered support co-pilot. Prior to that I led and nurtured communities at world-class startups like Product Hunt, Draftbit(YC 18), and On Deck.As a founder I sold my first SaaS startup and now tinkering with some more ideas.In my free time, I advise early-stage founders, host a podcast and tweet a lot :)Dive into my world and discover what I'm up to so far 🚀

Quick links to my podcasts 👇🏼

The Undefeated Underdogs Podcast - Unpacking underdog stories of founders, creators, VCs | Product Hunt

Proof of Work 🚀

Since 2018, I got the opportunity to build what I love and ship them to the community using no-code tools. It's been a fantastic journey so far and I have learned more than imagined, met people via Twitter, and more importantly, had a chance to make a small impact on this big world.Check out some of my best products 👇🏼

Shoutout (Acq for 6 figures)

A platform that helps creators, startups to take leverage of the social proof they get on Twitter.

  • Shipped a no-code landing page in 24hrs using Carrd, and an MVP in 2 weeks using Bubble. Validated the idea from the community and gathered the attention of more than 50+ early adopters.

  • Launched a fully-coded platform to the public with 3500+ users on the waitlist with my co-founder.

  • #3 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

  • Won the prestigious Maker Grant Award from Product Hunt.

  • High-growth startups like On Deck, Knowable, Maven, and influencers like Jack Butcher, Julian Shapiro, Lenny Rachitsky, and many more creators/startups use Shoutout to amplify their social proof.

  • Grew it to $30K ARR with over 150+ paying customers and made a 6 figure exit with a UK-based product studio.

The Angel Philosopher

A platform where you can easily discover and engage with quite possibly the largest collection of original content created by or featuring Naval Ravikant.

Really Good Questions

A hand-curated showcase of curious questions from Twitter’s most influential people.

  • #5 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

  • Served over 6k curious minds through the newsletter.

  • No-code tools used: Carrd, Twitter, Typeform, Mailchimp

Request for Product

A crowdsourced directory of product ideas that gets automatically updated whenever people tweet with #requestforproduct hashtag.

  • Won runners-up spot at ProductHunt's Makers Festival.

  • No-code tools used: Table2site, Airtable, Typeform, Crisp Chat, Zapier

Productivize

A weekly newsletter featuring 3 product champions you should follow, 3 product resources you should digest, 3 interesting products you should try.

  • Serving 475 product-minded founders, designers, and VCs every week.

  • No-code tools used: Substack, Carrd

Some more projects 🚀

Beyond Coffee Book

Written by James Beshara, Beyond Coffee is a simple guide to more energy, more focus, and less stress, naturally and safely.Made a landing page in less than a day which primarily has been used for marketing purposes.

  • No-code tools used: Carrd, Mailchimp

Below the Line Podcast

Hosted by James Beshara, Below the Line is a podcast that dives deep into the real journeys, the unspoken perspectives, and the psychological side of creating, founding, and leading.Made a full length website which serves as a home for the podcast and showcases the highlights, popular episodes and more.

  • No-code tools used: Carrd, Podcard, Mailchimp

Tools for Makers

A hand-curated database of tools that will help you build and ship ideas faster!

WFH Manual

An end-to-end guide and a super huge collection of some of the best tips/hacks, resources, and best practices shared by pro #WFH workers around the Internet 💻

  • No-code tools used: Carrd, Embedly, Twitter

OneDial

A simple app that removes the friction of entering the dial-in details on your phone's keypad.

  • No-code tools used: Glide Apps, Google Sheets

Resources 📝

I tend to share most of my learnings, lessons in public through weekly Twitter AMAs and occasional threads, here are some highlights 👇🏼

Playbooks 📚

AMAs 🎤

Threads 🧵

Social Proof 📣

Community love ❤️