Victor Pontis

Ah this is sick!

Wooo!!

Luma just hit the 1 year mark this weekend! I posted a Twitter thread about it here: https://twitter.com/VictorPontis/status/1378869709773279233 We started last March when Whitney, a friend of mine, was laid off her job teaching yoga. She wanted to keep teaching on online but found it hard to coordinate Zoom links, calendar invites, reminders, track Venmo, etc, etc. In a week, we built her a...

Li reached out to us after we launched Luma (then ZmURL) last March. Since then she's been incredibly helpful and fun to work with. I couldn't imagine a better person to work alongside of. So if you're starting something new I recommend reaching out to Li!!

When I was in middle school, my mom decided to upgrade from dialup. I hovered over the pimply Internet technician as he hooked up our computer. After setting up the broadband, he humored me by giving me a tour of the internet. He showed me how Yahoo worked. And right before leaving, he installed Napster onto our computer. From that second, I was addicted to the internet. First it was Geocities...

We launched Luma (as ZmURL) in April to help people host events on Zoom. Today, we have a few major announcements: 💰 we raised a $3M seed round 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Luma hosts have hosted over 500k guests 🚀 we are launching Luma Memberships -- **Luma Memberships** From talking to our hosts, we've heard that they want Luma is helping them with far more than one-off events. Through Luma, they are building...

You're teaching in your classroom. You glance at the back row and see an empty desk. Missy has missed her third straight class. You're a SoulCycle instructor. You walk into class to see that almost all of the bikes are full, once again. Ten minutes into your class, you let in a group of a few stragglers. It's easy to take attendance for an in-person class. On Zoom, it's much harder. While you...

We started this with the idea — What if you could put everyone in a Zoom on one map? The internet has made us all closer. I work with someone every day who is across the country. Every night I chat with some of our users in India. But it's easy to forget the global nature and it's hard to understand how your community is spread across the world. So we built Luma Maps to help you understand your...

I see that you guys got use out of our of our copy + css for our Product Hunt banner 😎. How can we convince you to host your product on ZmURL? Looks like a fun event tho! I'm curious to what your tips are on throwing a great Zoom event. What have you found that has / hasn't worked? Do you use breakout rooms / games / etc etc. I bet you could write a really interesting blog post about your...

Dan and I started ZmURL about a month ago while we were both under lockdown and spending a lot of time on Zoom events. Zoom is amazing for video calling. But the rest of the experience... Well let's say, I've joined too many meetings on accident by clicking on the wrong link... We built ZmURL to let you create beautiful event pages for your Zoom events. ZmURL handles registration, email...

Danqing was in Beijing when COVID began growing exponentially in Wuhan. He saw how serious the disease was and the tough toll that it took on China. We talked about how in the US everyone wasn't worried early enough because there was a "low" overall number of cases. But the growth rate is much more important than the total number of cases. We built cream.io to allow you to compare the virus...

In the spring of 2018, I took my first ride on an electric scooter. I quickly saw how they could change cities for the better by providing a fun, cheap, and convenient way of getting around. I had recently left my previous job and I wanted to work in the industry. With a background in software engineering, I interviewed at Bird and Lime and contracted for Skip. I had job offers on the table,...