I Love Building Things.
I’ve always been curious about trying new ideas. Since the beginning of my career, I’ve experimented with several projects—some failed quickly, some became successful businesses, and each one taught me lessons that shaped my career.
Here are some of the most memorable ones.
1. Revolt Press (My First Major Success)
Back in 2013–14, as right-wing politics was gaining momentum across democracies—from the United States to India—a few university friends and I saw an opportunity to build a digital media platform dedicated to readers interested in conservative viewpoints.
We launched RevoltPress.com (global) and RevoltPress.in (India).
This was my very first startup, and to our surprise, it attracted a large audience within a relatively short time. More importantly, it introduced me to web development, digital publishing, and SEO for the first time.
Looking back, I owe a lot to the countless tech creators on YouTube who freely shared their knowledge. Their tutorials played a huge role in shaping my career in technology.
After nearly two successful years, however, the founding team decided to part ways. Like many early-stage startups, the project eventually shut down—not because of a lack of users, but because the founders could no longer move in the same direction.
Although the company ended, my journey into SEO had only just begun.
2. Easo Money (My First Reality Check)
Around 2016, I became fascinated by personal finance blogs.
Many YouTubers were talking about bloggers earning significant passive income by publishing content around making money online and financial independence. It looked exciting, and I wanted to see if I could do the same.
Confident in my growing SEO skills, I launched EasoMoney.com.
I built the website from scratch, optimized it for search engines, and created social media pages to promote every article. Back then, Facebook pages and groups were one of the biggest traffic sources for publishers. Many successful websites depended heavily on them.
I believed social media would become the engine that drove my traffic.
Instead, Facebook permanently suspended my page for what it considered spam. In reality, I was simply sharing 10–20 article links each day—something that was common practice at the time.
Without Facebook traffic, my organic search traffic wasn’t enough to generate meaningful revenue. After about five months, I decided to shut the project down.
That experience taught me one of the most valuable lessons of my career:
Never build a business that depends entirely on someone else’s platform.
A perfect example was WittyFeed. At its peak, it was one of the largest content publishers in India, generating millions in monthly revenue while relying heavily on Facebook traffic. When Facebook changed its policies and removed their pages, the company lost the majority of its audience almost overnight.
Watching that happen reinforced the importance of owning your distribution channels instead of depending on a single platform.
3. East Hour (My First Sustainable Online Business)
After graduating from university, I wanted to build something much bigger.
While researching technology websites, I noticed a gap in English-language tech news covering East and Southeast Asia. Most major publications focused on the US, Europe, or India, while countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia received relatively little English coverage.
That insight led me to launch East Hour.
The website covered smartphones, laptops, consumer technology, gadgets, and regional tech news with a focus on East and Southeast Asia.
Within a few months, the site gained a loyal audience and started generating consistent revenue through Google AdSense and sponsored partnerships.
At its peak, the business produced an average monthly recurring revenue (MRR) of around $2,500.
More importantly, East Hour taught me how to build an editorial operation, grow search traffic consistently, monetize content, and run an online media business beyond just SEO.
4. Telegaon (The Project I’m Most Proud Of)
While working in Dubai, cryptocurrency was entering one of its biggest bull markets.
Although I had been investing in crypto since 2018, I had never seriously considered building a business around it.
One weekend, I decided to experiment.
I launched Telegaon, built the website myself, implemented the technical SEO, and searched for a niche with less competition.
Instead of competing with hundreds of websites publishing crypto news, I focused on a specific segment: cryptocurrency price predictions and forecasts.
The strategy worked.
Within just a week of launching, Google had already started indexing the website and showing impressions. While there were still no clicks, seeing impressions appear so quickly convinced me that I was onto something.
Most new websites take weeks—or even months—to gain meaningful visibility in search results. Telegaon started showing promising signals much earlier, giving me the confidence to invest more time into the project.
Over the following years, Telegaon grew into a globally recognized crypto publication.
Its research and forecasts have been referenced by financial media outlets around the world in more than eight languages, and the website has readers from over 150 countries.
At its peak, the business became an incredibly successful venture. It allowed me to build a team, scale operations, and collaborate with some of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency industry.
More than the revenue, Telegaon proved something important to me:
Finding an underserved niche and executing consistently is often more valuable than competing in crowded markets.
What These Projects Taught Me
Looking back, none of these projects were wasted efforts—even the ones that failed.
Revolt Press introduced me to web development and SEO.
Easo Money taught me the danger of relying on third-party platforms.
East Hour showed me how to build a sustainable digital media business.
Telegaon proved that identifying the right niche can outperform trying to compete with everyone else.
Every project taught me something new, and together they shaped the way I approach product building, SEO, digital publishing, and online businesses today.