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Building Global Social Products in India Mayank Dhingra (@mayankdhingra) Social Media Club Delhi, 16th Jan 2010 http://mayank.name
Social Products(Global) http://mayank.name
Social Products(Local) http://mayank.name
Types of Social Products (from India)  http://mayank.name
Types of Social Products (from India)  Majority Products  from India http://mayank.name
Kwippy.com                     is an easy and fun way to share you  Gtalk, Yahoo and Facebook status messages with  your friends and have interesting conversations  over them. Kwippy offers a great platform for  conversations by bringing out the best of  forums, blogs and microblogs. http://mayank.name
Kwippy.com Add Kwippy bot to your IM and start Kwipping.  http://mayank.name
Kwippy - Timeline 	      Started working towards the end of 2007 		Beta Launch for close friends around Christmas,              followed by allowing people to request invites 		Got traction in Indian and International Media 		User Base crossed 20,000 mark 		VC funding/acquisition talks didn’t quite materialize 		Uncertain times and an untimely break. http://mayank.name
Kwippy : Features Lets you save Gtalk,Yahoo and Facebook statuses. Has no character limit for updates/kwips.  You can follow RSS feeds via your IM i.e. you can get blog updates and even twitter mentions on your IM User friendly permalinks with time stamp for ex: kwippy.com/mayank/kwips/2010/01/16/141500 Invite to conversation for Virality. http://mayank.name
Kwippy : Press Kwippy was mentioned in Telegraph(UK), Economic Times(India), received nicely and Tata Nen Startup Awards and was voted as one of Top 25 Hottest Startups from India by Dataquest Magazine. Kwippy “almost” got Techcrunched  http://mayank.name
Kwippy : Community Though small in size, the Kwippy community is one of the most involved and passionate there can be. Kwippy is one of the few sites(both Indian and International) that had a dedicated “Community Manager” based out of US. “10 minute guide to Kwippy” and http://kwippyluvrs.com (a fan site) were all community efforts. Kwippy is the only site we know which invited its users to contribute/share their experiences on the official Kwippy blog. http://mayank.name
Kwippy: Contemporary Products Microblogging http://www.snockles.com/ http://www.dilkholkebol.com/ http://www.bakbak.in http://www.yougup.com Lifestreaming http://lifeinlines.com http://Lifeblob.com http://mayank.name
Building a Social Product: Ingredients Concept: Innovation or Improvisation?	 Appeal: Global or Local? Capable Team Business Model Design/Usability Virality Scalability/Reliability http://mayank.name
Building a Social Product: Challenges  Building something that people like. 	(Concept, Skilled Team and Resources) 2)  Ensuring that increasingly more people like what          you have built.  	  (Inbuilt Virality, Marketing, PR, Community) 3)  Adding value while sustaining growth.  	  (Iterating regularly and Scaling) 4)  Aligning business interests 	  (Business Development, Sales, Tie-ups) http://mayank.name
Building a Social Product: Learning's “What the eyes see, the ears hear, the mind believes”–Gabriel, Swordfish (Visual Differentiation) Positioning Matters (Marketing is about perception) Features: Less is more (80:20 Rule) Bad Design, Usability and Reliability can kill It’s a Business, treat it like one. http://mayank.name
Links Getting Real by 37signals http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php Can India “Jugaad” its way to more angel funding? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/29/india-angel-investors/ http://mayank.name
      Thanks !!! Mayank Dhingrahttp://mayank.name dhingra.mayank@gmail.com    Connect with me:

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Building Social Products in India

  • 1. Building Global Social Products in India Mayank Dhingra (@mayankdhingra) Social Media Club Delhi, 16th Jan 2010 http://mayank.name
  • 4. Types of Social Products (from India) http://mayank.name
  • 5. Types of Social Products (from India) Majority Products from India http://mayank.name
  • 6. Kwippy.com is an easy and fun way to share you Gtalk, Yahoo and Facebook status messages with your friends and have interesting conversations over them. Kwippy offers a great platform for conversations by bringing out the best of forums, blogs and microblogs. http://mayank.name
  • 7. Kwippy.com Add Kwippy bot to your IM and start Kwipping. http://mayank.name
  • 8. Kwippy - Timeline Started working towards the end of 2007 Beta Launch for close friends around Christmas, followed by allowing people to request invites Got traction in Indian and International Media User Base crossed 20,000 mark VC funding/acquisition talks didn’t quite materialize Uncertain times and an untimely break. http://mayank.name
  • 9. Kwippy : Features Lets you save Gtalk,Yahoo and Facebook statuses. Has no character limit for updates/kwips. You can follow RSS feeds via your IM i.e. you can get blog updates and even twitter mentions on your IM User friendly permalinks with time stamp for ex: kwippy.com/mayank/kwips/2010/01/16/141500 Invite to conversation for Virality. http://mayank.name
  • 10. Kwippy : Press Kwippy was mentioned in Telegraph(UK), Economic Times(India), received nicely and Tata Nen Startup Awards and was voted as one of Top 25 Hottest Startups from India by Dataquest Magazine. Kwippy “almost” got Techcrunched  http://mayank.name
  • 11. Kwippy : Community Though small in size, the Kwippy community is one of the most involved and passionate there can be. Kwippy is one of the few sites(both Indian and International) that had a dedicated “Community Manager” based out of US. “10 minute guide to Kwippy” and http://kwippyluvrs.com (a fan site) were all community efforts. Kwippy is the only site we know which invited its users to contribute/share their experiences on the official Kwippy blog. http://mayank.name
  • 12. Kwippy: Contemporary Products Microblogging http://www.snockles.com/ http://www.dilkholkebol.com/ http://www.bakbak.in http://www.yougup.com Lifestreaming http://lifeinlines.com http://Lifeblob.com http://mayank.name
  • 13. Building a Social Product: Ingredients Concept: Innovation or Improvisation? Appeal: Global or Local? Capable Team Business Model Design/Usability Virality Scalability/Reliability http://mayank.name
  • 14. Building a Social Product: Challenges Building something that people like. (Concept, Skilled Team and Resources) 2) Ensuring that increasingly more people like what you have built. (Inbuilt Virality, Marketing, PR, Community) 3) Adding value while sustaining growth. (Iterating regularly and Scaling) 4) Aligning business interests (Business Development, Sales, Tie-ups) http://mayank.name
  • 15. Building a Social Product: Learning's “What the eyes see, the ears hear, the mind believes”–Gabriel, Swordfish (Visual Differentiation) Positioning Matters (Marketing is about perception) Features: Less is more (80:20 Rule) Bad Design, Usability and Reliability can kill It’s a Business, treat it like one. http://mayank.name
  • 16. Links Getting Real by 37signals http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php Can India “Jugaad” its way to more angel funding? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/29/india-angel-investors/ http://mayank.name
  • 17. Thanks !!! Mayank Dhingrahttp://mayank.name dhingra.mayank@gmail.com Connect with me: