Business Description:Collegespeaks is out to empower the view of students studying in the college and its alumni like never before, and is giving them a platform where information can be generated about various aspects of the college in a systematic and useful form.
On the other hand, Collegespeaks is giving all colleges a technical muscle by bringing them to a platform where they can talk about the various offerings of the colleges and very effectively communicate with not just their existing students but also aspirants and alumni.
Collegespeaks is a Web 2.0 platform which lets organizing information around a college in an extremely easy and useful manner. From course search to finding the right college, first hand information about colleges to upcoming event in colleges, Collegespeaks aims to serve as one-stop website for everything about higher education presented in a manner that makes it extremely easy for everyone to benefit.
Industry:Education
Founded in:2007
Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer
Significant Competitors:www.indiaedu.com, www.bharatstudent.com, www.pagalguy.com, www.shiksha.com, www.minglebox.com
Company Details :
Company Name:Collegespeaks.com
HeadQuarters:Indore
Stage of the company:Just starting
No of Employees (2006):6-15
No of Employees (2007):0-5
Office Locations(2006):0-1
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted:No
Profits (2006):
Profits (2007):preprofit
>Partnerships:
Initial Funding:Family & friends
Addl Funding:Family & friends
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Collegespeaks has some exciting revenue models in place, the first of them being revenue from colleges for subscribing to the College Corner section. The College Corner enables them to update their website and communicate with students. The website has a lot of sections in making and some of them will be sponsored by various organizations who want to target youth for promotion since the site uniquely brings all the Colleges under their course specific batches et al.
There have already been many inquiries for advertising on the website. We have also received enquiries from big brands like ibibo and Zapak, though we are not in a hurry to build on the advertisement model.
We also plan to have a franchisee model in future to give a boost to our marketing and at the same time receive local advertisements, useful to students, which could be displayed based on location and user interest. Our prime focus is to establish a strong user base clubbed under their respective colleges.
Awards & honors:
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Vidya Vyas
Age:31
HomeTown:Indore
Education:Masters Sarojini Naidu Girls College
No of companies promoted:No
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Customer Service Administrator at Child Trust Fund
Ex-Job Description:Administrator
Favorite Book/Movie:Forrest Gump, Beautiful Mind
