INDIA STARTUP SCENE
Review: Redbus.in
By : shabda
Who: redbus.in
What: Bus Booking
Who: Phanindra Sama
When: Since 2006
Funded by: Self, Profitable now.
Revenue: Commissions from each bookings
Big Idea: “Each bus operator is so small that he can’t build his own IT system, so I thought it would be a good ide
a to build a system for them,”
In Media: Dare, Forbes, Yourstory, and more
My take: Redbus needs no review. They started with an unproven idea and through their relentless execution of that idea have made them first choice for bus booking. I use them every time I want to book a ...
more info..Review: Commonfloor.com
By : shabda
Who: Commonfloor.com
What: Private apartment communities, management tools and real estate listing.
Who: Sameer Jain, Lalit Mangal, Vikas Malpani
When: Since 2008
Funded by: Morpheus and more.
Revenues From: Advertisement, Lead generation, Property rental and sale listing. (*)
In Media: Toi, HT, Yourstory and more
My Take: Local social networking is a hard place to be in, the dynamics of social networks are aginst smaller and insular networks. I meet my RWA agent once a month to pay my CAM, so the value proposition of the tools is not immedietly obvious to me. But real-estate is a good place to ...
more info..Startup Review: Flipkart- The book store at your door!
By : praval
Flipkart is a complete online book store which keeps track of most books which are available at the bookstore near you. The concept is derived out of Amazon, which is a globally renowned site for its huge collection of online books and related items. The difference being, Flipkart focuses mainly on best sellers.
With the tagline as The Book Store at your door, Flipkart is a promising startup having a potential of a good domestic reader base. Analyzing the specifics, the website is properly maintained and the aesthetics is worth appreciating. It is also neatly classified and categorized.
The Flipkart ...
more info..Startup Review: ZOOMIN - CLICK, SAVE, SHARE
By : praval
Zoomin, a web service which allows you to store share and print your photographs, has already created a stir among its competitors. Zoomin was launched particularly to aim Indian users, especially NRI’s with an objective of providing excellent services and quality.
HOW ZOOMIN CAN TRANSFORM YOUR PHOTO-ALBUM:
The look, feel, interface and the navigation of the website are pretty impressive indeed. Nice and decent flash work which can be found throughout the website makes it very appealing. Alongside, the entire process of creating your online photo album, uploading pictures on to the album and the ease of sharing it ...
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Review: Slideshare
By : agiliq
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