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Start up, young man!

   DEEPAK RAVINDRAN
“tell me a story”
     -- every child
Thrissur,Kerala.
First venture :




At the age of 14, sourced and sold software CDs to my school friends while other
                  kids were busy saving Super Mario’s girlfriend
            Made money to buy magazines & computer hardware's. – 100 % Success
• Building businesses, since 2002




    2002: freelancing/ outsourcing company




     2004: e-commerce /deal site - #fail
<2008- Present> Founder & CEO , Innoz
Innoz, therefore I am !
• Why – Explore , Simplicity , Opportunist

• How - Failed fast , Numerous Times, Learnt
  Lessons

• Edge – Competing against ourselves; no fear
  of failure.
Abhinav,Hisam,Ashwin and Deepak
How to impress a girl?
Answer engine on SMS
Meet our first investors – Friends and Family




         1 Lakh INR
LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod
Taking risk
Running
Luck
Opportunity


          Developing Countries
       70% Mobile cellular penetration
                     But
        Only 21% internet penetration

120 Million Internet users



              1.2 Billion People




             900 Million Cellphone
SMS


      Internet
16.6666667 percent


convert 1/6 to percent
The birds are so angry
                       because a group of
                       green pigs stole their
                       eggs.
Why is an angry bird
angry?
The best way to predict the
   future is to invent it.
  That’s the answer to the question of life, universe and
                       everything!
Vision

HOW DO YOU ACCESS INFORMATION ANYTIME
             ANYWHERE…
GOALS ARE DREAMS WITH DEADLINES
3 YEARS
                            •   500 million queries over SMS
                            •   India, Africa, Middle east
                            •   100 GB of data
                            •   15 mm unique users
                            •   2.5 million+ daily queries
                            •   Each query is paid for
                            •   $20m topline revenue
                            •   Profitable for 1 yr +

Redefining & Simplifying information access towards for anyone.
               “THE INTERNET ON SMS”
The world of SMS apps




For more information, please visit http://www.55444.in/apps
Can we try to empower a billion
            users?
<seedfund>

      Mahesh sure hopes so! 

 (Every user a paying user, of course )
“Let's make a dent in the
                                      universe." — Steve Jobs




Pic: Innoz Headquarters - Bangalore
Lessons
•Starting up young has enough advantages

•Core strength lies in the team

•Solve a problem

•Mentorship is extremely important

•Entrepreneurs should be good story tellers

•Your clients are your biggest investors

•Partner with the best, partner with big clients

•Entrepreneurship cannot be taught

•End of the day, it’s your dream – your biggest inspiration
Take chances when you're young; Tell
      stories when you're old !
thepiratefund.vc
Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?




                     Pirate: Nikhil Velpanur
                     3x entrepreneur and TED fellow - founded
                     a print magazine (Strange Brew),
                     technology company (letshead.to), built
                     inktalks.com, 140verses

                 Approves.it : Like /Unlike real world objects.
100Rockstars.org




Jery Althaf ;Young India fellow
Member of IEEE for past 5 years involved many technical and managerial
initiatives and had received the President’s certificate for being the technical
lead of the ‘Electrification of a Rural Village’ project and for the revival of IEEE
branch at his college.

100 Rockstars.org Sponsorship: “Low cost electrification using solar energy” at
the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference at Seattle, USA.

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Deepak Ravindran ( Innoz ) - CII Karnataka

  • 1. Start up, young man! DEEPAK RAVINDRAN
  • 2. “tell me a story” -- every child
  • 4. First venture : At the age of 14, sourced and sold software CDs to my school friends while other kids were busy saving Super Mario’s girlfriend Made money to buy magazines & computer hardware's. – 100 % Success
  • 5. • Building businesses, since 2002 2002: freelancing/ outsourcing company 2004: e-commerce /deal site - #fail
  • 6. <2008- Present> Founder & CEO , Innoz
  • 7. Innoz, therefore I am ! • Why – Explore , Simplicity , Opportunist • How - Failed fast , Numerous Times, Learnt Lessons • Edge – Competing against ourselves; no fear of failure.
  • 9. How to impress a girl? Answer engine on SMS
  • 10. Meet our first investors – Friends and Family 1 Lakh INR
  • 11. LBS College of Engineering, Kasaragod
  • 14. Luck
  • 15. Opportunity Developing Countries 70% Mobile cellular penetration But Only 21% internet penetration
  • 16.  120 Million Internet users 1.2 Billion People 900 Million Cellphone
  • 17. SMS Internet
  • 19. The birds are so angry because a group of green pigs stole their eggs. Why is an angry bird angry?
  • 20.
  • 21. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. That’s the answer to the question of life, universe and everything!
  • 22. Vision HOW DO YOU ACCESS INFORMATION ANYTIME ANYWHERE…
  • 23. GOALS ARE DREAMS WITH DEADLINES
  • 24. 3 YEARS • 500 million queries over SMS • India, Africa, Middle east • 100 GB of data • 15 mm unique users • 2.5 million+ daily queries • Each query is paid for • $20m topline revenue • Profitable for 1 yr + Redefining & Simplifying information access towards for anyone. “THE INTERNET ON SMS”
  • 25. The world of SMS apps For more information, please visit http://www.55444.in/apps
  • 26.
  • 27. Can we try to empower a billion users?
  • 28. <seedfund> Mahesh sure hopes so!  (Every user a paying user, of course )
  • 29.
  • 30.
  • 31. “Let's make a dent in the universe." — Steve Jobs Pic: Innoz Headquarters - Bangalore
  • 32. Lessons •Starting up young has enough advantages •Core strength lies in the team •Solve a problem •Mentorship is extremely important •Entrepreneurs should be good story tellers •Your clients are your biggest investors •Partner with the best, partner with big clients •Entrepreneurship cannot be taught •End of the day, it’s your dream – your biggest inspiration
  • 33. Take chances when you're young; Tell stories when you're old !
  • 34.
  • 35. thepiratefund.vc Why join the navy if you can be a pirate? Pirate: Nikhil Velpanur 3x entrepreneur and TED fellow - founded a print magazine (Strange Brew), technology company (letshead.to), built inktalks.com, 140verses Approves.it : Like /Unlike real world objects.
  • 36. 100Rockstars.org Jery Althaf ;Young India fellow Member of IEEE for past 5 years involved many technical and managerial initiatives and had received the President’s certificate for being the technical lead of the ‘Electrification of a Rural Village’ project and for the revival of IEEE branch at his college. 100 Rockstars.org Sponsorship: “Low cost electrification using solar energy” at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference at Seattle, USA.

Notas do Editor

  1. I am a Malayalee (People living in Kerala,India). I have lived in Thrissur,Kerala all my life. I have grown up here, studied there. As a kid, I always loved to hear stories.
  2. I was fortunate to hear about entrepreneurs and success stories right from home town. The power of these slide is to explain the importance of ‘listen’ &amp; ‘inspire’.
  3. Why did you become an entrepreneur?I’ve always been one. My fascination with computers and internet began on a Pentium III &amp; 56 kbps modem. The internet opened me a whole new world, i was hooked.I’ve always enjoyed wide-open pursuits where I can create and be unconstrained.
  4. From the confidence of my first venture i moved to bigger and bigger ideas, realized that chasing bigger dreams give you more bigger space to think. I Never felt bad in failing , and never stopped experimenting stuff either.
  5. Never thought that I would become the person I am right now, but I never stopped in doing what I love. And I keep on doing it. My Greatest achievement is building a company that has integrity and a culture I’m proud of.
  6. I am an Indian, we have been restriction and w,
  7. THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WALKING THROUGH OUR COLLEGE CAMPUS AND I ASKED MY FRIEND, ‘DUDE; HOW TO IMPRESS HER? AND MY FRIEND SAID, WELL I DON’T KNOW, YOU DO A GOOGLE. I SAID, I DON’T HAVE A GOOGLE NOW, SO WHAT I WILL DO? AND HERE THE EUREKA MOMENT CAME IN. ‘WELL GUYS, HOW ABOUT AN ANSWER ENGINE ON MOBILE THAT WILL GIVE YOU ANSWER ABOUT ANY TOPIC UNDER THE SUN.’ !
  8. AND IT ALL STARTED FROM HERE, IN A TINY SMALL OFFICE SPACE THAT WE SET UP INSIDE OUR COMPUTER LAB AT COLLEGE.
  9. Asked in GYAN where can I do business in telco. Gurgaon ! - Went behind all the telco’s – no body was interested because we were really small. Knocking on every door. Frustrated.
  10. One tired evening, at a coffee shop met the head of Airtel, who invited to the office the next day.
  11. There are around 700 million mobile phones in india while there is less than 100 million PC + Mobile internet customers. So there is a huge gap for people who don&apos;t have the access to Internet.
  12. In 2008,while doing computer science engineering, me and my group of friends popped up with this idea of giving instant information through SMS by fetching it from online. We dropped out of college the next day to start the company to fully focus this idea.
  13. This is what we run at the office. Real-time - This is what 10 seconds of activity will looks like. And this is where we spend most of our time doing to make sure that we can keep up with this kind of traffic load.
  14. This is what we run at the office. Real-time - This is what 10 seconds of activity will looks like. And this is where we spend most of our time doing to make sure that we can keep up with this kind of traffic load.
  15. Our approach to this has been straightforward – we have to continue with our business as usual, and work as if we’re going to solve this problem.
  16. &quot;Don&apos;t worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Smart people can do just about anything that doesn&apos;t violate too many of Newton&apos;s Laws!&quot;
  17. AND NOW OVER THE COURSE OF 3 YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER ROUGHLY ABOUT 250 MILLION QUERIES, DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY 50 GIGABYTES OF INFORMATION THROUGH SMS TO EMPOWER OVER 10MM DISTICNT USERS IN INDIA. So you are now listening to the story of the so far largest offline search engine which ever made on mobile. AND WHAT THIS DATA REPRESENT US IS THE IMPACT OF USING MOBILE AS A LEARNING TOOL TO EMPOWER PEOPLE.MOST PEOPLE IN INDIA DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BUT… THEY ALL HAVE PHONES. THIS IS WHERE SMSGYAN REALLY WORKS.
  18. &quot;Don&apos;t worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Smart people can do just about anything that doesn&apos;t violate too many of Newton&apos;s Laws!&quot;
  19. &quot;Don&apos;t worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Smart people can do just about anything that doesn&apos;t violate too many of Newton&apos;s Laws!&quot;