MIT Mauritius Global Labs Presentation - Journey of a Mauritian Startup

Introduction Suyash Sumaroo Director and Founder of Codevigor Ltd (2014) Expertise: SaaS-based Web Apps Products/Services Calopi.com (failed) Barterkick.com (failed) Cartvigor.com (failed) Codavi.com (failing) SimplyText.marketing (success) MauritiusConscious (success) StoragePlus.io (success) First Blockchain App in Mauritius (innovation) Know Your Audience I mean, really know your audience Research Create personas Create user journeys Do A/B testings Be Smart and a Hard Worker & BE DIFFERENT "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" Study all aspects: Functions User Interface Security Be Different! Get a Team A successful project is rarely the work of a single person. Get a team: Good at software development Good at (online) marketing Good at sales Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Don't be a 'Jack of All Trades' Be really good at one thing Be good at other things Win-win Situation Create a win-win situation Know your audience Devise a situation where everybody wins Except your competitors Execution is everything No one is going to steal your idea Ideas do not have value Execution of idea is more important There is always space for a second one Question Time ?