Rauf Asadov

Rauf Asadov

Building Compliance as a service startup
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Indie developer, love building things

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Maker History

  • Lumoar
    Lumoar
    Helps startups get SOC 2 ready with no headaches
    May 2025
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    Joined Product HuntApril 19th, 2025

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Rauf Asadov

22d ago

Early traction, but blocked by payments and funding. What would you do?

Hey PH fam I launched Lumoar (B2B SaaS startup) three weeks ago and we have already seen over 100 users sign up and lots of positive feedback. It s clear there is a demand and I feel there s potential in this. But now I have hit a wall. Because of my country, international payment platforms like Stripe or PayPal don t provide API access so I can t monetize or implement a paid plan right now. I ve talked to some investors, but they expect initial capital or revenue before they d consider funding. Bootstrapping got me this far, but moving forward without monetization or investment is getting really difficult. If you ve dealt with something like this (or just have thoughts), I d love to hear: What would you do in this situation? Any creative approaches, funding workarounds, or even alternative payment methods I should look into? Appreciate any advice

Atonop/atono
Troy McAlpin

3mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

Atonop/atono
Troy McAlpin

3mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

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