Co-founders of Programiz: Punit Jajodia, Ranjit Bhatta, Aswin Shrestha (from left to right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThen Jajodia and Shrestha were pursuing Computer Science Engineering in NIT Kurukshetra, India and Bhatta was doing his Electronics Engineering at Pulchowk. Jajodia and Shrestha were in Kathmandu for a while for their vacation. The two went back to India and stayed there to study and work.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Bhatta started a tutorial website \u2018Self-tutorial\u2019, which later was named \u2018Programiz\u2019.<\/p>\n
In 2014, Punit and Aswin were back home. The trio ventured into a new startup \u2018Adhuro.com\u2019, a platform with 21 different blogging sites. But the product could not last a year.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Ranjit decided to onboard two of his friends in the Programiz as co-founders in early 2016. Then the journey together began.<\/p>\n
Growth<\/h3>\n From the moment Jajodia and Shrestha joined Bhatta, there were tutorials for two major programming languages, C and Python. Gradually they added more tutorials catching up with market demand. Their website traffic has increased 10 times<\/strong> by now.<\/p>\n\u201cThe users love the simplicity of our content,\u201d<\/strong> Jajodia opines. He is of the view that as the content has been designed for beginners, the terminologies and set of instructions are well explained in a simple language.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nProgramiz Compiler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCompiler is another feature appreciated by the users<\/strong>. The compiler is available for Mobile apps as well. Programiz developed this feature for mobile users too as many students in Nepal and other developing countries are yet to afford a laptop. \u201cWe aim to remove barriers that beginners to programming face while learning to code. So, this is one of the steps towards the bigger goal,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\nThey developed compilers, apps and started a YouTube channel in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201c2020 was all about building and 2021 is all about growing,\u201d <\/strong>says Jajodia. The Programiz team was also successful to grow their website traffic by 50 percent in 2020.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nProgramiz User Growth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMore than 70 percent of users of Programiz use the desktop for learning. \u201cThis made us realize that most of our users learn programming for professional purposes,\u201d shares Jajodia.<\/p>\n
Similarly, with the growing scope of coding, they have incorporated a premium version for learning advanced programming. Currently, users can access \u2018Challenges\u2019 in its premium feature.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nBy 2022, they are working to sync all their products into a single subscription, have a global B2B outreach and have an equal ratio of Ad and subscription models. Currently, 95 percent of the platform\u2019s revenue is from Google<\/strong> Ads<\/strong> and five percent is from subscriptions.<\/p>\nProgramiz Traffic Distribution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJajodia believes that having a global mindset is crucial if anyone wants to shuttle their service or product beyond the border.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our case, continuous content creation in the English language has been one of the best strategies which have given us international exposure,\u201d <\/strong>he says. He shares that recently the viewers have also been demanding to translate the content in their local language.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHe views that various companies in Nepal can white label their product to reach a global market. \u201cMindset and fear of being judged are one of the main hindrances for Nepali companies to scale in the global arena,\u201d he observes. This needs to be conquered, only then we can get exposure, opines Jajodia.<\/p>\n
A robust team<\/h3>\n Jajodia shares that the supporting team of Programiz is filled with pro-active, driven and inspiring individuals. \u201cWe have enthusiastic go-getters and we have members who don\u2019t mind wearing a number of hats or picking up the slack for somebody when needed,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Jajodia claims that Programiz offers the Employee First Culture where the growth of team members is given more priority than the project. He believes in creating an environment where every member works independently furthering his\/her ideas and everybody has full autonomy in the projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe employees have a lot of room for growth and they can work with entrepreneurial spirits. And these are the kind of people a startup needs. So, this is a win-win for the venture as well the employee,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Lessons learned from past crisis<\/h3>\n The lessons which the team learned by shutting down their first project \u2018Adhuro.com\u2019 were actually stepping stones for the success of Programiz. As rightly said \u2018Failure is a lesson learned, and success is a lesson applied\u2019, the team got to implement the valuable lessons they learned from their previous failure.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree of our major mistakes were, hiring too many employees, working on too many domains and investing less on sales and marketing,\u201d shares Jajodia.<\/p>\n
Post-failure, the team took time to hire the right kind of people. Adhuro.com\u2019s vision was to create more jobs and give platforms for freelancers. But we lacked strategic planning for its sustainability, he says. This time, they have been coming up with enough market research and sustainability techniques before taking up any new initiation.<\/p>\n
Marketing strategies are still a missing point in our company as we are yet to be able to promote and communicate our brand. However, now we are working out to build the marketing and sales team, he shares.<\/p>\n
Getting right people is a challenge<\/h3>\n As the company is reaching a newer height, Programiz is working on onboarding more people in their team. But currently, one of their challenges is getting the right people. He shares that hiring people with knowledge and skill is great, yet most importantly Programiz needs someone who can go the extra mile to learn new skills.<\/p>\n
Here, there is a myth that technical content writing is not a profitable and long-term career. They view coding as a career but they don\u2019t understand that besides coding, they can take on other roles including technical acquisition, database, UI\/UX and many other areas, he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnical content creation is one of the most viable careers and the future is bright. We just need to educate the people regarding the huge scope of this role,\u201d<\/strong> he shares.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe way forward<\/h3>\n Programiz is looking forward to partnering with local colleges, big IT companies and corporate houses. \u201cThe corporate houses can use the platform for interviewing coders and other technical roles. Similarly, we will customize this as an edtech platform, so that local colleges and students can benefit,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n
The team envisions becoming the most accessible platform for coding for the freshers. Besides this, they are also working to add advanced content for professionals. \u201cWe are expanding the content for students and for professionals at different stages of career,\u201d says Jajodia.<\/p>\n
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