Just curious are Indian startups only so called service aggregators?
I have come across few startups in recent times, so let me shortlist few of them :)-
- One which provides an online market place for buying new goods/utilities/clothes/books from different vendors,
- One which provides a mobile app / online portal to let common man to buy or sell stuffs from another common man.
- One which provides a website + mobile app to let users chose, select and shortlist homes in various cities/localities.
- One which provides a mobile app for getting your food delivered from your chosen restaurant.
- One which provides a mobile app for parent + child + school connectivity
- One which provides user an online option to search for help (plumbing/electrician etc).
- One which provides a mobile app for availing cab services.
- One which provides a mobile app for availing cargo vehicles for shifting goods etc.
- One which provides a mobile app + website to book bus tickets.
- One which provides a mobile app + website to book movie tickets.
Etc etc, I can name few more, never mind,
Do you see a pattern over here,
Each one of the above mentioned startup tries to automate a service which exists in the market!
Were there not cab services before, were there not parent teachers meet before, were there not bus booking counters before. etc, I am not saying none of them are beneficial,
Infact all of them are beneficial, I have nothing against any one of them.
I am just behind the thought process as to why each one of them is trying to automate service providers with an mobile app + website ?
Why isn't there anyone who can think of any start up which does not have a service provider underneath acting as a producer of revenue?
Is it that hard, when a startup can provide 12-15 Lakhs per annum to a BE fresher with 0 years experience I am sure they have a huge round of funding!
In that case, why cannot they do some path breaking research in core technology?
Well, I think I do have the answer in form of my assumptions,
- Path breaking research also breaks your back, its a pain in the arse when it comes to yielding results.
- Are startup founders trying to hide the above fact
- Are the founders greedy to make quick money and sell of the company to a competitor?
I almost forgot each of the above business / Startup I mentioned has one or more competitors too, thus driving the costs down also profit margins for them down, as a result they either end up in loss or they have to sell more / huge in number or shut shops!
Doesn't IIT / IIM tag add any weightage to research instead of automating service aggregation? I do not know. And by the way are these service aggregation idea original or are they copied from other countries? Well, I will leave it for you to decide!
Cheers,
I have come across few startups in recent times, so let me shortlist few of them :)-
- One which provides an online market place for buying new goods/utilities/clothes/books from different vendors,
- One which provides a mobile app / online portal to let common man to buy or sell stuffs from another common man.
- One which provides a website + mobile app to let users chose, select and shortlist homes in various cities/localities.
- One which provides a mobile app for getting your food delivered from your chosen restaurant.
- One which provides a mobile app for parent + child + school connectivity
- One which provides user an online option to search for help (plumbing/electrician etc).
- One which provides a mobile app for availing cab services.
- One which provides a mobile app for availing cargo vehicles for shifting goods etc.
- One which provides a mobile app + website to book bus tickets.
- One which provides a mobile app + website to book movie tickets.
Etc etc, I can name few more, never mind,
Do you see a pattern over here,
Each one of the above mentioned startup tries to automate a service which exists in the market!
Were there not cab services before, were there not parent teachers meet before, were there not bus booking counters before. etc, I am not saying none of them are beneficial,
Infact all of them are beneficial, I have nothing against any one of them.
I am just behind the thought process as to why each one of them is trying to automate service providers with an mobile app + website ?
Why isn't there anyone who can think of any start up which does not have a service provider underneath acting as a producer of revenue?
Is it that hard, when a startup can provide 12-15 Lakhs per annum to a BE fresher with 0 years experience I am sure they have a huge round of funding!
In that case, why cannot they do some path breaking research in core technology?
Well, I think I do have the answer in form of my assumptions,
- Path breaking research also breaks your back, its a pain in the arse when it comes to yielding results.
- Are startup founders trying to hide the above fact
- Are the founders greedy to make quick money and sell of the company to a competitor?
I almost forgot each of the above business / Startup I mentioned has one or more competitors too, thus driving the costs down also profit margins for them down, as a result they either end up in loss or they have to sell more / huge in number or shut shops!
Doesn't IIT / IIM tag add any weightage to research instead of automating service aggregation? I do not know. And by the way are these service aggregation idea original or are they copied from other countries? Well, I will leave it for you to decide!
Cheers,
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