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Being a Pirate !DEEPAKRAVINDRAN

How can I be a Rockstar ?

The world is a game..

And you have to win !

Illegal Pirated CD’s @ 16

Made $$$ to buy magazines & computer hardware – 100 % Success

First attempt

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• Building businesses, since 2002

• Sold them all to friends.

2002: freelancing/ outsourcing company

2004: e-commerce /deal site

And then .…

The BIG Problem :

ideas were ahead of their time

+too young for people to take me

seriously…

How to impress a girl?Search Engine on SMS

Dropout College

Education is what you learn outside of school !

I know, therefore I am

Hustler Founders

First Office = College Dorm Room

Free WIFI , FOOD, ACCOMODATION + FUN

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

so, we reinvented the SMS.

Internet

SMS

How does it work ?

convert 1/6 to percent

16.6666667 percent

Why is an angry bird angry?

The birds are so angry because a group of green pigs stole their eggs.

• Question• Videos• Music• Recommendations• Movies• Food Recipes• Exam Results• XXX stories• And more…

Now, Every one in my country is smart !

What next ?

We made it !• 800 million queries over SMS

• India, Africa, Middle east.. 16 countries in the next 6 months

• 120 mm unique users

• 5 million + daily queries

• Each query is paid for

How do we empower a billion users?

Sms APPS to 55444

“THE INTERNET ON SMS”

innoz software (OS)MAKING EVERY DUMB PHONE SMART

Launch date – Jan 1st 2013

ONE IDOL

Skate to Where the Puck is Going to Be

The joy of being a Job creator than a Job Seeker

India's Got Talent

viva la revolution

PIRATE KINGDOM

“Take chances when you're young, tell stories when you're old.”

Why?

“When opportunities don’t knock at the door.

Go break the door!”

Are you a Pirate? Let’s conquer the worlddeepak@innoz.in