Business Model Dissection Archives

What makes MailChimp so unique without raising a single penny!

What is MailChimp? Founded in 2001, MailChimp is a simplified Email Marketing Software (EMS), which helps marketers with a number of easy options for sending bulk emails to clients, customers, and other interested parties. MailChimp provides its operations to 12 million people and businesses across the world. It can be accessed through a cellular phone […]

MyDentist: One of India’s largest and most accessible chain of dental clinics

What is MyDentist? MyDentist, that was founded in 2009 under the parent company ‘Total Dental Care Private Limited (TDCPL) by Vikram Vora, is India’s largest and most accessible chain of dental clinics that offers high quality and hi-tech dental care services at affordable prices. Some of their offerings, services & treatments: Complete Dental Check-up, Restorative […]

Shubh Puja: India’s first religious eCommerce platform that makes use of science and technology!

After the Indian Weddings, if there’s anything else that Indians crazily spend on, is religion and spirituality! Religion sells. Sells big time! There’s no question about that. It’s a $30 Billion never dying market. In such a scenario, since this largely remains to be an untapped market, it is a no-brainer for entrepreneurs to raid […]

The lesser known leader of India’s $30 Billion gifting section – Indian Gifts Portal!!!

What is Indian Gifts Portal? Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Lucknow – Intermesh Shopping Network Private Limited’s Indian gifts portal (IGP) is a reputed online shopping store that offers a vast array unique and special gifting items as per their budget, choice and other requirements and delivers gifts across the world. It is one […]

Meetup.com: facilitating offline group meetings across the world!!!

What is Meetup.com? Based in New York and Launched in 2012 – Meetup.com is a portal that brings together people from thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life. Basically, it is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world. Meetup.com […]

Scripbox: Your online wealth management tool!

Indians have a tendency to save but not many invest. Only 2% of Indians invest! But the case is reverse in the US, who follow Robert Kiyosaki’s philosophy of – “Make money work for you”. They believe in investing more than saving. And it makes sense too! Think of it – since there is continuous […]

Tata CLiQ: The new to-be giant in the eCommerce market!

While the top players in the Indian eCommerce playfield are promoting cut-price competition and heavy discounts, and incurring millions in losses, Tata Group is seen to be going against the trend with their latest eCommerce venture “Tata CliQ”. What started as a close-door project for nearly 18 months named as ‘Tata Mall’ back then, was […]

ZoomCar: India’s first and largest self-drive rental company with a market share of 60%

What is ZoomCar? ZoomCar is India’s first self-drive car rental company that allows individuals to hire cars by the hour or by the day. It was founded by David Back and Greg Moran in February 2013 in Bangalore (India), and currently employees about 600 people in their company. This membership-based service gives individuals the leverage […]

Nykaa.com: a one stop destination for all the beauty and wellness products!

The Beauty & Wellness space in India stands at a whooping ₹50,000 crores and is set to grow at a 15-17% rate Y-o-Y. But, aside for a few biggies, there aren’t many beauty-focused multi-brand retail format eCommerce stores in the market. Having said that – technology is evolving, and since the consumers are getting more […]

Chaayos: an organized chain of Chai Cafes that serves 25 different types of tea, customised in 12,000 ways

Let’s face it – India is a Chai (Tea) crazy nation, and tea it is a part of our every social setting! Be it, after waking up from the bed in the morning or during breakfast, during office hours, while meeting friends, while smoking (which of course, is very bad for health), tea happens to […]