𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒: 𝐀 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫

As 2024 ends, I’ve been reflecting on the year. It’s been a year of many firsts - some exciting, some tough, and all of them unforgettable. 💡 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐩 : At the start of the year, I was running an agency. Life was comfortable, but I wanted more. I had an idea for Vizio - a tool to help content teams/Video Editors/Creators . It was just a scribble in my notebook back then. For the first time, I decided to take the leap and turn that scribble into something real. ⚙️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 : We built the first version of Vizio with many features we thought people needed. But it was too complex - users struggled and didn’t even try. We trimmed it down to solve one clear problem, and it clicked. 🤝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 : This year, my technical cofounder left, and everything came to a standstill. As a non-technical founder, I felt lost. After weeks of searching, I found someone great on YC’s cofounder-matching platform, and we started rebuilding together. 🎉 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 : I’ll never forget the day our first customer used Vizio. It was a small step, but it felt like a giant leap. Since then, we’ve grown to 100+ happy customers. Each one makes me believe in this dream even more. 📚 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 : This year, I almost failed a semester in college. I wasn’t upset about it. I was proud - because while my grades were slipping, I was creating something that people were actually using and finding valuable. 😞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬 : There was a month when everything felt stuck. We were showing up daily, giving it our all, but no new customers came in. Those days tested us. But they also taught us patience and persistence. 💪 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 : Through all the ups and downs, what makes me proudest is my team. We’ve faced rejection, failures, and tough decisions together. Yet, we’re still here, excited and ready to build something amazing. As we step into 2025, I’m more excited than ever to keep building Vizio - to help content teams simplify content production. To anyone reading this, what “firsts” did 2024 bring for you?