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jainvivek

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Building Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for Google Sheets

https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/hiretale_ats/387251605270

Time to say goodbye to messy spreadsheets and bloated ATS.

Submissions

Ask HN: How to find businesses running their operations on spreadsheets?

2 points·by jainvivek·4 dni temu·6 comments

Show HN: Candidates Tracking Demo

hiretale.com
2 points·by jainvivek·17 dni temu·0 comments

Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users?

282 points·by jainvivek·2 lata temu·191 comments

Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how do you treat free users of your product?

4 points·by jainvivek·2 lata temu·14 comments

comments

jainvivek
·3 dni temu·discuss
I meant to ask for businesses where all/major operations are being run on spreadsheets.
jainvivek
·3 dni temu·discuss
Spreadsheets can also be automated to perform specific functions.
jainvivek
·3 dni temu·discuss
I should have framed the question better. I meant to ask for businesses where all/major operations are being run on spreadsheets.

"they don't want to change": Do you think they are open to use spreadsheet's extensions or just want to stick to plain spreadsheets?
jainvivek
·4 dni temu·discuss
Fiverr
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Need to keep annoyance balanced to avoid getting flagged/downvoted though.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Target audience?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
I thought conversion from a newsletter community would be much higher than cold outreach, but that does not seem to be the case.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Is there a common theme in their startups, or is it working for all types?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
> Well-regulated breathing is essential to our health in all respects.

Absolutely. Including mental and spiritual health.

Startup idea to unlock phone/PC by a number of deep breaths as password?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
It's good to see these success stories, but is also important to account for survivor bias before blindly following their rule book.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Sure. Please DM me on X https://x.com/vivek_jain07
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
I am considering Reddit ads. What was your ROI from those? Any tips?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Cool stuff!
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Maybe someone else can advise as I don't have recent experience. Back then Google assisted us through a representative for a month. But it was mostly generic as they dont understand our business deep enough.

Best way is learning through practical experience by starting with small budget, and increasing slowly with refinements.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
That's helpful. Appreciate it.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Answer is already there in this thread.
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Target audience? And what was conversion ratio?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
What kind of app?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
What type of audience?
jainvivek
·2 lata temu·discuss
Good that it worked relatively easy for you, but it is more of an exception than norm.

In my industry, there is a clear want for a better product but that isn't sufficient for them to switch due to natural resistance to change. Hence significant marketing is needed through trusted channels to remove that fear-of-unknown from their minds.