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“2 million daily active users to Failure” Billions to Bankruptcy #11 Koo was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka as a microblogging platform for Indians in multiple languages.Initially experienced a rapid rise due to its p

Why KOO Failed? Product Superiority : Koo aimed to disrupt rather than create a new category, needing to be significantly better ( for users and brands) than X.com. Achieving this required time and capital, scarce during a funding downturn. One inte

How can I connect investors for my startup through social media platforms? LinkedIn, X(Twitter) etc...actually planning to launch my startup on March to April 2025. Simple words how to get genuine investors ? There are some paid platforms for invest

No product, no problem!! VC's are still funding pre-product companies. 👇 Koo's founder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4M in seed from Blume, General Catalyst and Athera even before beta launch. This comes after 2 months of Pre-seed and announcement o

This is my first Medial. However very important topic to discuss about the shutting down of Koo app. Spill the beans Insight :- Koo has been significantly grown app in India and well supported by Indian audience especially top Celebrities, Politi

I worked with Mayank back during the Goodbox days, a very soft spoken person. Despite of what markets play, an entrepreneur keeps building one thing or other until they receive a key success. But what killed the Koo bird? 1. Differentiation: - N

Why Indian versions of whatsapp, facebook, Google, Apple won't work ? China has banned American products for so long And they have chinese version of these products for them. Its now paying them off ! American companies have zero data of who &

Startups are not about ambition but it is actually about solving and actual problems. We often use the heart while starting business but forget that business is never about your wish or heart. It's all about the Excel sheets! you can read a story nar

Hello everyone! Day 4 of knowing about brands that failed to acquire the Indian market! BISLERI POP What's the first thing that comes to your mind after listening to Bisleri? Water right? Well now we have ideologized it as a very successful water br

What a line! This book never gets old to me. Zero to One "If you copy these guys (successful founders), you are not learning from them." I will build the next twitter from India. What we will be set to get is Koo (failure product). I will build t