Tell HN: Made my first sale as a first time founder

Posted by _aravindc on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:04AM
from the self-post dept.

Hey folks I’m really happy today, I made my first sale of the product I have been building at veludocs.com . I had quit my job a year and half ago, and have been dabbling with several ideas and locked in with this product. I have been a long time lurker at this forum. I come from a family background that has “salary man” attitude, and risk taking is unheard of. I do not know if this would take off, but the feeling that a stranger chose to pay for what I built for is out of the world.

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Re:Tell HN: Made my first sale as a first time founder by austin-cheney on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:25AM (#50438798)

Congratulations!!!!

How did you meet this customer? I am building a startup product myself and trying to figure things out while building a product.

I hope you have many more sales to come.

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Re:Tell HN: Made my first sale as a first time founder by _aravindc on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:30AM (#50438838)

Thank you ! Got my first customer from cold LinkedIn reach outs. What are you building ?

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Re:Tell HN: Made my first sale as a first time founder by austin-cheney on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:42AM (#50438923)

I have built a dashboard for managing web servers and docker containers. The web server is built from the ground up with a focus on performance. I am building out a proxy engine right now but keep finding edge case defects.

The eventual goal will be to enter the data integration market to compete with things like MuleSoft and compete on lower costs and no need for dedicated developers.

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