| Business Basics |
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| Company Name |
KidsandBibs |
| Founded in |
2003 |
| Headquartered in |
Pune |
| Company website/URL |
http://www.kidsandbibs.com |
| Industry |
IT/ Internet/ Software |
| Stage of the company |
Scaling up |
| Source of idea |
Discovered by chance |
| Awards & honors |
Got some web based awards in the initial years but not a significant one so far. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
Many US based companies who sponsor the contest and donate lovely prizes for the contest winners like BrainyBaby and Zoobooks. |
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| Business description |
| The website is based on online photo contests for babies and providing a medium for parents to interact with other parents and parents can brag about their babies, which most of the young parents love to do. |
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| How does the business make money? |
| Through advertisements and Google Ad-sense |
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| Team information |
| It is a one man show at the moment. Planning to put in more resources soon. |
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
thecutekid.com, topbabypages.com |
| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in function |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
We have a platform for members to communicate with each other and share ideas using our online Parenting Forum. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
0-5 |
0-5 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| Turnover |
Under 10 lacs |
Under 10 lacs |
| Profits |
1 to 5 lacs |
1 to 5 lacs |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Personal savings |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
It is very HOT as most of the young parents want information and ideas to share and internet is the best medium these days. Again, sharing photos of kids is a hot favorite with all moms and getting a good prize if your kid is a winner makes it more tempting.
Moreover, the parents are getting a medium to share their problems and interact with oth...> Read more.. |
It is very HOT as most of the young parents want information and ideas to share and internet is the best medium these days. Again, sharing photos of kids is a hot favorite with all moms and getting a good prize if your kid is a winner makes it more tempting.
Moreover, the parents are getting a medium to share their problems and interact with other experienced parents.
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
| Marketing and optimization of the site, so as to increase traffic. |
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