Business Description:Kwippy is fundamentally 'a micro/ nanoblogging webapp + IM status logger + social network.' Our motto is 'give people reasons to talk', this is achieved by viral techniques embedded in conversations.
Another main focus of Kwippy is based on links in to instant messaging platforms, with support for Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger. Some of the things Kwippy does:
1. Building conversations on a certain status message
2. Viral models built into the conversation system, thus bringing in more people into the loop.
Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software
Founded in:2008
Source of idea:Built hobby into a business
Significant Competitors:friendfeed, twitter
Company Details :
Company Name:Kwippy
HeadQuarters:New Delhi
Stage of the company:Several customers or locations
No of Employees (2006):Did not exist
No of Employees (2007):0-5
Office Locations(2006):Did not exist
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted:No
Profits (2006):Did not exist
Profits (2007):Did not exist
>Partnerships:
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:Personal savings
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Ad revenue, marketing tieups with brands
Awards & honors:
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Dipankar Sarkar
Age:22
HomeTown:New Delhi
Education:Bachelors
No of companies promoted:No
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Software engineer at Uzanto
Ex-Job Description:Conversion (Backend)
Favorite Book/Movie:Beautiful Mind, The Fountainhead
