Harshyt Goel

Engineer · Designer · Operator. Software, hardware, and everything between.

I pull threads to see where they go.

Present2024
Founder at Inkboard Inc.Building hardware and software products that are smart, useful, and joyful
- ~$300K in Inku pre‑orders on Kickstarter
- Running ops, product and engineering as a one‑person, AI‑native company
- Running a parallel consumer app doing > $100K/yr in revenue (and growing)
- Learning a TON (tap to see what I’m learning)
  Bootstrapping a hardware startup is a great idea to learn a lot of stuff
  CAD/3D Printing/Pantone colors
  Firmware development
  Shipping/Fulfillment and Tariff laws (ask me about procuring my display panels...)
  Hiring/Firing fast
  Scaling myself way beyond what I could’ve handled pre-AI by building automated agents for
  Customer Support
  Fulfillment handling
  Special Kickstarter Award deliveries
  Marketing Creatives (partially)
  Accounting (rolled back, not a smart move)
  Bootstrapping a hardware startup is a bad idea for your sanity
20232017
Founding Engineer @ Loom, Inc.
- Built core product and technology (billing systems, integration platforms, experimentation etc.) (pre-AI)
- Started and grew the Loom growth team
- Scaled from thousands → 30M+ users worldwide
- Acquired by Atlassian for $975M
20172015
Worked at Meta for a bit
Started a successful YouTube channel
- I also sing at my friends’ weddings
- and at my own