Shashwat Asthana

Shashwat Asthana

Founder Sarsha Tech | Laravel + SaaS

About

👋 Hey, I’m Shashwat, a Laravel developer and founder of SmartTask — a simple SaaS tool to manage tasks, clients, and invoices in one place. I’m passionate about building clean, useful tools that help freelancers and small teams stay organized. 🚀 Currently working under Sarsha Technology, building SaaS products and agency solutions. 💬 Always open to feedback, ideas, and collaborations! Email : Asthana.shashwat@gmail.com

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ProblemHuntp/problemhuntBoris Gostroverhov•

2mo ago

How I spent ten years on 18 projects to understand the fundamental rule of startups

My journey in startups began 10 years ago, and I've launched 18 startups, most of which failed. Briefly on why they failed:
1. Contract Online my first startup in 2015, which was supposed to be an online service for remote signing of contracts for any transactions between individuals. A kind of analogue of a secure transaction. For this startup, I even managed to attract a business angel who invested $16,500.

Reason for failure: I had two lawyers on my team who discovered in the process that the legal framework at the time could not provide reliable grounds for protecting our users in remote transactions. The contracts would not have been considered legally signed.
2. Natural Products In 2015-2018, I became very passionate about healthy eating, but in the process, I discovered that products in all chain stores are full of chemicals, and stores with truly natural products are inaccessible to the majority. Hence, the idea emerged to create my own online platform where you could order natural products directly from farmers at affordable prices.

Reason for failure: For several years, I tried to launch this project, even trained as a baker of natural bread and tried to create my own farm, but in the process, I found that few people are willing to pay for truly natural products, even if these products were only 20-30% more expensive than market prices, and not 2-3 times more, as in premium stores. Hence, the market was so small that all my attempts were doomed.

Product Huntp/producthuntfmerian•

2mo ago

Hiring? Looking for work? [Startup Roles November 2025]

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Shashwat Asthana•

3mo ago

🚀 I just launched SmartTask — a simple tool to manage client work, tasks & invoices

Hey everyone After months of building, I ve finally launched SmartTask, my first SaaS app! SmartTask helps freelancers and small teams manage their work, clients, and payments from one clean dashboard: Create tasks & set due dates Invite clients to view progress Generate invoices & get paid via Razorpay Keep all projects organized inside workspaces I built it to replace the mess of WhatsApp chats and Excel sheets we all deal with. Would love your honest feedback https://smart-taskapp.com
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