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Vivek Kendalwal

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
137 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

We used to work with almost all the leading operators in India, which includes Vodafone, Airtel, and so on and so forth.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

We are building mobile products which are delivered over either SMS, USSD, voice, or mobile web.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

We go as back as 2010-11 right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

uh we built a company for almost about six years uh seven years in fact right uh we had built solutions around ed around edtech uh and then we had done we had basically uh fled the same platform and turned into an ad tech platform as well right uh there we sort of i mean because we worked with almost all the large operators in india we covered close to about at a point that we were covering almost about

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

350 odd million users across all the operators.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

We were helping these operators monetize their subscriber base.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

So all the operators enjoy access to a certain amount of inventory across their user base.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

And this inventory exists in multiple formats.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

This inventory exists on voice calls, on SMS, on USSD.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

We were helping operators, these operators, monetize this inventory using our platform.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

For instance, you made a phone call to a friend.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

You got the call.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

You got a balance alert or SMS.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

And that balance alert was then appended with a small text ad.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

What do you mean a balance alert?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

Sorry, your prepaid balance, your mobile top-up time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

Now, after the phone call ends, you are informed that you have X many minutes left in your talk time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1218 This Browser Notification Company Just Hit 400 Customers, $600k ARR

And by the way, here is an ad for you.