Three years in support, watching analytics fail the people it was built for.
CSAT on the line. Customers angry. Ten analysts servicing fifty teams, all asking the same question phrased five different ways. Nobody could self-serve.
ARR Growth
+12%
Q1 → Q2 → Q3
Learnt from 300+ operators. Built a Custom Success Product. Then killed it.
Full-stack: backend, frontend, infra, integrations, devrel. One engineer, one market. $125K pre-seed from Upekkha on a SAFE.
It was never a CS problem. It was a foundation problem.
Every interview pointed the same way. The gap between "we have data" and "we understand what it means" was wider than any tool could bridge. Better UIs on broken foundations still give confident wrong answers.
Telescope for CS
v2 · now
Telescope
New foundation.
400+ tools. same 5% served.
Data analysis should be for everyone.
Not just for companies who can afford a data team. Not just for people who already know what to measure. For the other 95%.
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Feelings > Features
A feature only works if it makes someone feel something. Nobody remembers specs. Everyone remembers how a tool made them feel.
Experiments > Experience
Testing fast beats following what used to work. Experience becomes a cage if you stop questioning it.
Product is Marketing
Separating them is the most expensive mistake I've made. The product IS the pitch.
Open Source is the Future
Hard mode. But the only way to build trust in a world drowning in hype.