MingleBox CEO Kavita Iyer on the Future of Social Networking Platforms
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Kavita Iyer is CEO of MingleBox, a new Web 2.0 start-up in the social networking space. MingleBox allows members to have personalized Web pages that include their interests, blogs and photos.
We have an exclusive interview with Kavita where she talks about how she and her co-founders Sushma and Sanjay came up with the idea of starting MingleBox. MingleBox released its alpha version and is in the process of releasing its beta version in the next few weeks. She also talks about the future of Internet related, specifically consumer related start-ups in India and the future plans for MingleBox.
Kavita and her co-founders boot-strapped the start-up with their own money, but in the next few months will be looking to raise investment from venture capitalists.
Kavita has a strong background in marketing and helped lauch Tanishq, a well-known Indian jewelry consumer brand.
Kavita has an engineering degree from IIT, Delhi and a managment degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
She lives with her husband and daughter in Bangalore.
[photo: L-To-R : Kavita Iyer, Sushma Abburi, Sanjay Aggarwal]
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October 23rd, 2006 at 5:56 pm
[…] You can listen to a podcast interview with Kavita Iyer, CEO of MingleBox on Podtech. […]
November 5th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
We have also launched our India focused Social Networking site called SaffronConnect (http://www.saffronconnect.com) in Beta.
SaffronConnect.com is a music and social networking destination focused on serving the global South Asian market - it is a platform that creates a hybrid of “MySpace” and “iTunes” for the South Asian market – allowing independent artists, music labels and video content owners to upload, share and sell their content to a community of users with interests in South Asian media. Users, in turn, will be able to sample, hear, download and share songs among their friends and other members. Some key artists whose content is currently available on Saffron Connect include Bally Sagoo, Rishi Rich, Gunjan, Karmacy, and Bohemia. Content from Saffron Connect will also be distributed to services such as iTunes, Yahoo Music, and more.
Would appreciate your comments on the site.
Thanks!
Krishna
February 19th, 2007 at 7:00 am
[…] - An overview of MingleBox, an Indian social networking site (a direct competitor to Orkut) by Kavita Iyer […]
May 11th, 2007 at 5:53 am
Why do so talented people do such mundane things ? An IITD gold medallist,IIMA graduate finally ends up creating a social networking site with a revenue model based “primarily on internet advertising”.
If India’s best brains get into such mundane apps, then who will work on the real high end stuff - robots that clean your home, next generation artificial limbs , genetic anti cancer drugs , and hybrid cars ?
August 14th, 2007 at 12:51 am
I don’t understand why there are no Indians making a name for themselves with web 2.0 applications. If there are a few that do take an initiative, they are almost always taking an already successful business model in the US and replicating it in the Indian market. Perhaps they think it makes better business sense to take the less risky path, do a “copy, paste” of what’s already proven to work and avoid the “hit or miss” associated with true innovation. But what’s sad is the fact that it comes from an IIT and IIM grad.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:59 am
Its great to see people like Kavita starting a refreshing social networking site and whats even wonderful is that its targeted on indian audience. I think its a great business model for other budding entrepreneurs to follow. And strange to see commenters like Mr. Anirban who consider creating robo maids superior than starting a venture….. quite absurd actually.