Deepak Ravindran - Innoz

Start up, young man! DEEPAK RAVINDRAN

“tell me a story” -- every child

Born and brought up in a middle class family in 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 hardwares. – 100 % Success

• Building businesses, since 2002 2002: freelancing/ outsourcing company 2004: e-commerce /deal site - #failBusiness opportunities are like buses, theres always another one coming.-Richard Branson

<2008- Present> Founder & CEO , Innoz

<2005> Computer ScienceLBS College of Engineering {Kasaragod, Kerala}

<2008> innoz: a rare breed of young minds addicted to innovation"My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other’snegative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater thanthe sum of the parts. Great things in business are not done by one person, they are doneby a team of people." `Steve Jobs

How to impress a girl?Answer engine on SMS

Taking risk

Running

120 Million Internet users 1.2 Billion People 900 Million Cellphone

SMS Internet

16.6666667 percentconvert 1/6 to percent

The birds are so angry because a group of green pigs stole their eggs.Why is an angry birdangry?

3 YEARS • 500 million queries over SMS. • 100 Gb’s of data. • Empowered over 15 MM distinct users.GIVING INTERNET TO NON INTERNET USERS

10 reasons why college is the best time to launch a start upIt is not easy to mix student life and business but it is definitely not impossible.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. That’s the answer to the question of life, universe and everything!

"We dont like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." - Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962

We were late too..(SMS is dying)15 MM Users | 20 MM $ Revenue

Q: What it takes to be an entrepreneur? the famous question

E forAn entrepreneur is someone who invented the phrase: ‘I can.’

Why you should be an entrepreneur Because, It’s the best life it is

FameFortuneFervor

REMEMBERWith great power comes great responsibility

Most difficult lesson you havelearned as an entrepreneur? It takes a tremendous amount of patience.

"10,000-Hour Rule"the key to success in any field is, to alarge extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours. Practice makes perfect

The best writing is rewriting. fail fast. fail often.

• You can fail so very often.#FAIL But you are not a failure until you give up. • Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: Youve solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. • I fail everyday!

explore.dream.discover

“Lets make a dent in the universe." — Steve JobsPic: Innoz Headquarters - Bangalore

The team you build is the company you build. ` Vinod Khosla

YAWNNN! TOOMUCH OF GYAN!Last slide coming soon!

Listen to your intuitionif I ever have to give you a career advice

If it’s not a hit, switch. and keep switching

Inspiration is perishable. get inspired, every moment

Lessons Learned•Starting up young have enough advantages – chasing dreams with no other commitments and peoplecare more.•Finding a great team is really crucial, Team should be complimentary in skills, same in attitude.Also gelling the team together is a challenge but the core strength lies in the team.•Chase a market which is bigger and brighter. Keep the technology minimum so that people can easilyunderstand. Solve a problem.•Mentorship is extremely important even more than funding for young startups. Lack of experience canonly be matched with advises and inspiration from the veterans.•Practice story telling. Entrepreneurs should be a good story teller. Because when there is a story to themedia and people, they will follow you.•Take external sources of funds only when necessary. Your clients are your biggest investors.•Partner with the best, partner with big clients- the advantage of partnering with big clients is that wecan learn more from them in terms of corporate culture and bring them inside.•Entrepreneurship cannot be taught. The best way is to experiment. No one stops you in doing it. Be it asuccess or a failure, the learning curve is worth more than anything.•End of the day, it’s your dream – your biggest inspiration.

Always remember: EDUCATION ISWHAT YOU LEARN OUTSIDE COLLEGE --DEEPAK RAVINDRAN

THINK DIFFERENT ! RESUME

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