Bengaluru-based startup uses deep-tech to decipher human emotions and help brands optimise their products Most brands invest large amounts of time and money to create advertisements and attract the audience through sponsored promotions. Incorporating the feedback they get from consumers, they ensure that their content aligns with them on an emotional and relatable level. When 32-year-old Ranjan Kumar was running his previous adtech startup Red Castle from 2012 to 2015, he understood that there could be a way to retrieve users’ emotions, thereby deciphering their preferences and interests. Ranjan Kumar With his new startup Entropik Tech, he decided to use Emotion AI to create a solution that is an easy-fit for any production cycle, a platform that offers valuable subconscious insights and prediction data to brands. “Pre-testing is rarely a part of the process and is done only through traditional techniques like surveys that focus only on the conscious part of the br...
[Bootstrap Heroes] How 22-year-old Ankit Srivastava generated Rs 45-lakh revenue from his music player app
[Bootstrap Heroes] How 22-year-old Ankit Srivastava generated Rs 45-lakh revenue from his music player app Lucknow-based Ankit Srivastava recalls that creating Android apps appealed more to his college self, than attending classes. And earning some money from it at the age of 20 was an added incentive. Launched in July 8 2014, his music player app La Musique, named after a french phrase meaning 'the music' has had more than 30 lakh downloads and has generated a revenue of Rs 45 lakh. Ankit Srivastava, Founder, La Musique In September 2013, Ankit (22), who did computer science at Jaypee University of Information Technology, was captivated by the music player on his brother’s new Nokia Lumia phone. He tried searching for a similar music player on his Android phone, but couldn’t find one. While scouring Google Play for music players, he ended up seeing thousands of music player apps having millions of downloads. Soon he sensed the opportunity driven by the ...