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Whatsapp was recently acquired by Facebook for whooping $ 19 billion in stock and cash. This post aims to provide information about the founders of Whatsapp who are little known.

1. Brian Acton: - Co-Founder of Whatsapp

Brian Acton is the Co-founder of Whatsapp. Let us know bit about his past :

Education:

Stanford University, 1994,BS in Computer Science

University of Pennsylvania,1991 Degree is Economics & Computer Science

University of Central Florida,1988

Career highlights:

He started as a System Administrator in Rockwell International. then he got in Apple as  Hardware Test Engineer. He moved on to Adobe as QA Engineer for a small stint as he again moved to Apple as Software Engineer. In 1996, he was Vice President,Engineering at Yahoo!

Then he went to make Whatsapp and co-founded it.

2. Jan Koum - Co-founder and former CEO, Whatsapp

I was randomly going through my Facebook news feed one day and i bounced upon a website - StudentDesk.in . So, i was bit interested in knowing what was it. I went through the website and researched a bit about its founders. They came out to be from GTU, from where i completed my bachelor education. Moreover, they are still students now. I was excited to know about them and i had a brief discussion with founders of the website - Kishan Vadaliya and Karan Pujara on Facebook. Both these chaps are out with a purpose. Moreover, GTU is one of the very few State Government Universities in India which promote Student entrepreneurial ship in its curriculum. So, i asked them few questions about their venture and below is the interview with them. Sit back and do not forget to share about this venture which might help young entrepreneurs.

Below is the interview :

1. Can you give brief introduction on what is StudentDesk.in all about?

As our tagline says, “Exchange, Share and Explore”, we are bringing this site to the users for easy and free exchange of used books which we think will be useful to the consumers in this increasing virtual online world.

2. From where the idea of selling/exchanging books came from?

This idea basically originated along with my life in hostel. People regularly exchange books and various other materials during their life in hostel. Student also go in search for books during commencement of new semesters, which gave us an idea of developing a portal which helps the users and facilitates them with easy exchange.

3. Who are behind StudentDesk.in ?

We are a team of two people, I, Karan Pujara and my friend Kishan Vadaliya, pursuing our Computer Engineering in the final year.

4. How are monetizing your website? Through featured listings or only advertisements?

Currently, we are not planning to generate any revenue from this website. We have started it as a user friendly portal and think to keep it that way at least for now.

5. What i love about Studentdesk.in is its simple UI. How are you planning to target placing advertisements which might derail the look and feel of current UI

I must mention that my room-mate Binit Thacker takes a major share in development of this simple and elegant UI. As not to derail it at the very beginning we are not planning to place any advertisements as of now. But  we are very sure that whenever we do so we would do so in such a way that the simplicity and ease of users is not compromised.

6. Your competitions are too big like OLX or Quickr who offer similar services. How do you plan to tackle them up?

We are no market kings to compare ourselves with them but one thing is for sure that our whole-in-whole focus is on books which might prove to be lot more helpful for students and fellow readers to search what they exactly need without getting messed up in all categories.

7. Are you looking to offer more services in future apart from Books?

As mentioned earlier, we are totally focused on books and we see that as a great market as everyone loves to read be it technical books or fictional novels.

8. Are you looking for funding?

As of now, we are not. But if the need arises in future we surely would require some to maintain the quality of our product.

9. What are your marketing strategies? From where you are capturing traffic for your website?

Currently we are spreading the word heavily through social media as it has became an integral part of marketing. We also are planning to visit institutions, colleges and schools to spread awareness of our project so that more and more people can be benefitted with a wide range of books to choose from.

10. How are you going to beat Spam and junk classifieds which might lead to damaging your brand?

Considering our website to be a user-to-user portal, the user is responsible for the entries they submit, so in case of some bulk spamming or junk classifieds or any frauds, user can send a feedback and our moderator will take considerable steps to handle it. Also if any such activity is found on the website, we will use specific methods to take action against it.

11. What are your next moves? Whats next coming for StudentDesk.in?

We are planning to categorize the books considering the fact that the need may arise soon and also we will be adding some more features to make it more user friendly so that the search becomes more efficient.

12. Atlast, Your message to Aspiring young student entrepreneurs like you:

The only message I would want young entrepreneurs to swallow is ‘Never give up. Great things take time’.

These guys were interesting and we wish them all the best for their venture. May they get desired success!

Making a career choice is always a difficult task for each one of us. We shift into too many roles before we realize which the best career for us. But, now you do not need to worry about your career selection. CareerKhojj.com is entrepreneurial venture of two youngsters who started it with a vision to provide proper career guidance which can help you achieve your goals. DailyStuff.org decided to bring up some questions to them and understand how they will help young career aspirants achieve their goal.

We had a discussion with Rutvij Vora, Co-Founder and CTO of CareerKhojj.com. Below is the interview which we took.

1.What is Careerkhojj.com all about? Can you give a brief introduction to our readers?

"CareerKhojj" means "A platform that will help you to find (Khojj) a perfect career according your inner talent.” CareerKhojj is designed to give complete solutions for all career making stages i.e. choosing a stream after 10th or 12th, choosing correct branch according to one’s inner talent, choosing right option after graduation for study or employment, Making a best resume, taking a live training in the field of one’s interested domain, selecting a most appropriate company according to one’s study field, one’s work area of liking and preferences for job...etc.
Thus overall it has 3 Dimension that can help students BEFORE, DURING and AFTER graduation-A complete Path Finder.

Who are behind Careerkhojj.com? How many people are in your team?

Initially we were two people, I and my Business Guru – Mr. Rachit Dave, who is Co-founder and C.E.O of this company. Basically I belong to a very small town named MADHAPAR (BHUJ) in KACHCHH district where there is no such educational facilities available. So when I completed my 12th science, it was my ultimate dream to become an entrepreneur and give something unique to the society. Later on I founded my own Company named ASPIRE Media Web during my graduation and in the search of the same, I met with Mr. Rachit Dave and we decided to start. Currently, ASPIRE Media Web is a development partner in CareerKhojj. Now, we are a team of 6 team-mates with the aim of growing in a very unprecedented way.

What is Unique about Careerkhojj.com comparing other competitors like Meracareerguide.com etc.?

If you see the services of Meracareerguide.com and similar all others, you can easily find that they just give a Talent Report suggesting 3 or 4 most suitable educational branches to you. We also give the similar service but our CORE services starts where their ends.
Most of them are provided best possible career options but WHAT TO DO FOR GROWING IN THOSE FIELDS??
For that we give a complete path of one’s total career graph, which includes detail information with Reviews of Students, industrialists & Experts.
Not stopping here but to give live training, making resumes and approaching jobs and placements in one’s interested domain.

In which cities your company is operating in? Or Is this Service Pan India? Do you offer your services online or offline?

We are currently operating in 4 Major cities of Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhuj and Vallabh Vidhya Nagar (Anand). Our Educational and Placements related services are only for India right now, but Resume Builder service is for each and every people regardless of geographical boundaries.(All over the World) Our services are the mixing of online and offline platforms. You can easily understand them by vising our site . Click here to visit our site

Can you tell briefly about some products/services of Careerkhojj.com?

Consist of making a complete educational path of one’s career starting from 10th or 12th. Then we will give a report based on test series and 6 different types of detailed reports about that field + 4 different types of Live reviews to let the parents understand what is the field is actually about.

In that we set a platform on which companies can get easily loyal employees and job seekers can get easily jobs in his interested domain.
Matching the best fit between Job seekers and Job providers.

We built 3 different types of Resumes : (1) Professional Resume, (2) Visual Resume – an attractive resume consist of visuals and effects that easily attract your employer, (3) E-Resume Portfolio – Online Resume website Portfolio consist of all details including your project links, certificate images etc. – An online identity of candidate with personalized domain name so that even Google can find you!
Live Training
We provide students a total live training in their interested domain that they probably not receive during their degree period.You can subscribe on our website and able to know all latest updates time to time.

What are your future plans to expand it to other cities?

We started merging up with different schools, coaching classes and individuals in different cities for expansion. Also very shortly we offer franchisee in different cities in Gujarat as well Mumbai to make available our services offline even.

How are you generating traction for your business? Which marketing methods are you using to reach your customers?

Initially going for one to one selling. Then we are going to tie up with classes and schools over different cities to increase sales.
Major Marketing Tools are Social media, Local Advertisement, Classes tie ups, School seminars etc.

How are you funded? Are you looking for people to fund your business?

Still we have not funded by any venture capitalist or Investors but in future, to expand it, we need funding or going for joint ventures to grow.

Three points that make Careerkhojj.com different?

It has solution of those problems that most people face but don’t know where to go
It is not one time solution only but One gets continue service after enrolled in CareerKhojj till final placement
It fulfils “Prevention is better than Cure” in any means of ‘Khojj’
Thus it fulfils Tagline, “A complete path Finder”

And how are you monetizing your services or products?

As GSEB board has no proper platform to guide students in overall sense. So CareerKhojj, In future, being as an official partner of GSE board provide path and career selection.
As GTU also has no such kind of official placement cell to provide jobs centrally except some of MNCs. So CareerKhojj, being as an official placement partner and provide best fit for fresher graduates and SMEs.

And Lastly, what is your message to Aspiring young entrepreneurs?

Here's message from my side :

Always follow your dream .. It is the only one who will be with you till the end. Always try to deliver your best to the society. If you don't make the time to work on creating the life that you want, you are eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life that you don't want.  Believe in yourself and go ahead..

 We wish CareerKhojj.com best luck in their noble endeavor. You can visit their website here