Micha Mazaheri founded Paw, an API client that grew into collaboration software for development teams, and co-founded the Tesla-rental platform Beast. He now describes his work as building an AI real-estate agent at One Place.[1][3]
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Mazaheri’s account of Paw begins with a Mac application for sending API requests, viewing responses and organizing calls. With a team, he added synchronization around API projects and descriptions. That changed the business from a one-time purchase for individuals into a subscription product for organizations. He describes the difficulty of making that transition before larger customers arrived.[2]
Ideas
His retrospective connects product decisions with the experience of running a small company. He built an application he wanted to use, charged from the beginning and learned hiring and management as the product grew. After selling Paw and working with its acquirer, he returned to the idea of bootstrapping another business.[2]
Tools, writing & talks
Writing, research & talks
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Paw: bootstrapping to acquisitionmittsh.ioA first-person account of developing an API client, introducing team subscriptions and selling the business.
Start with the transition from individual licenses to Paw for Teams. It is accessible without programming knowledge and explains the product and organizational choices behind a small software business.
Author and Paw founder[2]
Tools
- Nebula
github.comCreates an encrypted overlay network that connects hosts directly, built for performance and security.
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