Presented at NASSCOM Product Conclave 2013 on Oct 30, 2013 at Taj Vivanta, Goruguntepalya. Quiz Research: Vinayak Hegde & Nambirajan Questions based on Startups, founders and related stuff.

1. Global Startups Quiz
Prelims

2. 1
This well-known Indian
startup started as
mobile search company
- mkhoj - before
pivoting to another
business model. What
is it now known as?

3. 1
A: InMobi

4. 2
Which Indian startup started by
Talvinder Singh is an “online
marketplace to discover and
book local unique experiences in
getaways and things to do."

5. 2
A: Tushky

6. 3
Name the Mumbai-based startup
which helps you make a bucket
list of your wishes. They recently
raised funding $150,000 in seed
funding from India Quotient.

7. 3
A: Wishberg

8. 4
This photo-sharing / socialnetworking company started by
former Trilogy employees was
funded by Seedfund. It was later
acquired by Printo. Name it.

9. 4
A: Lifeblob

10. 5

11. 5
A: Freecharge

12. 6
Which recruiting company was
started by two students while still
in college and has raised money
from Khosla Ventures and
YCombinator?

13. 6
A: Interview Street

14. 7
He founded Games2win,
Contests2win and runs a
popular forums for
Entrepreneurs called The
Rodinhoods. Name him.

15. 7
A: Alok Kejriwal

16. 8
This US/Delhi based startup was
acquired by Linkedin. Name it's
Founders.

17. 8
A: Amit Ranjan, Rashmi
Sinha and Jonathan
Boutelle

18. 9

19. 9
A: Jack Dorsey, Twitter

20. 10
This Cleantech company
manufactures fuels cells and has
an Indian co-founder who was a
former NASA Scientist.

21. 10
A: Bloom Energy

22. 11
This Swedish P2P streaming company
was in the news recently for the wrong
reasons as several musicians such as
Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Patrick
Carney (The Black Keys) criticized it's
business model and practices. Name the
company.

23. 11
A: Spotify

24. 12
Who is the author
of the book and a
startup
phenomenon
called as 'The Lean
Startup'?

25. 12
A: Eric Ries

26. 13
Part of it's name is Chinese word
for "microblog". But it is so
popular in China that the
Chinese word is often used by
the media to refer to this
company. What is the full name
of the company.

27. 13
A: Sina Weibo

28. 14
It is a German online startup
incubator founded in Berlin by the 3
brothers. The company's business
model is to identify the successful
internet ideas, usually from the US,
and replicate them in predominantly
emerging markets. Name the
Incubator and the brothers running it.

29. 14
A: Rocket Internet;
Samwer Bros

30. 15
Started in Kenya, this company has
become the most popular way of
transferred money in parts of
Africa. Name the service and
company.

31. 15
A: mPesa, Safaricom

32. Q
A Pune/US based company that
makes Data protection and Data
Governance products. Name it's
flagship product.

33. A
A: InSync