Скачать или смотреть Building a $30 Mn ARR Audio-Social Network App for Tier 2 & Tier 3 India | Frnd's Journey

Most people in Tier 2 & beyond in India have yet to have a meaningful & respectful conversation with the opposite gender because of the stigma surrounding such interactions.

Dating isn’t a problem to be solved for them yet, & traditional interaction & social network apps, often visual & Western first, fail to cater to the needs of this audience. So, how do you solve for people discovery in small towns in India? That’s where FRND comes in—an audio social network app that creates safe virtual spaces for genuine interactions in conservative settings.

In this episode, Bhanu Pratap Singh Tanwar & Harshvardhan Chhangani (co-founders of Frnd) share their 5-year-long journey of building a social network product for Tier 2 & 3 audiences & scaling it to $30 Mn ARR.

Tune in to hear them discuss:
Why dating isn’t a mass market problem to be solved in India right now.
What are the nuances of building for the next billion users?
How do you build a strong product team that iterates quickly & truly understands user needs?
What opportunities are yet to be tapped in India's social space? & much more...

Topics covered in the episode:

0:00 - 1:50 - Episode preview

1:51 - 3:57 - What is Frnd?

3:58 - 7:15 - What’s the impact it’s creating?

7:16 - 8:57 - End-user & product relatability

8:58 - 9:55 - What's a Pre-dating ecosystem?

9:56 - 12:40 - Why should a platform like Frnd exist?

12:41 - 14:16 - The challenge around growing loneliness

14:17 - 15:37 - Inspirations from Yahoo Chatrooms & Orkut

15:38 - 18:53 - Why audio first?

18:54 - 19:27 - Is Frnd a marketplace or matchmaking place?

19:28 - 21:02 - Various kinds of user interactions on Frnd

21:03 - 22:28 - What is the aim of the Frnd app?

22:29 - 23:45 - Pseudo-anonymous environment

23:46-23:59 - How much revenue does Frnd make?

24:00-26:07 - What was the focus of Frnd when it started?

26:08 - 28:00 - First-mover experience for Frnd

28:01 - 30:10 - What’s the user feedback experience?

30:11 - 32:43 - Motivations in the early years of Frnd

32:44 - 39:45 - What are the growth plans for Frnd?

39:46 - 43:20 - 30 Under 30 team

43:21 - 45:01 - Is a team of 30 people better than that of 200?

45:02 - 48:23 - Future product pipelines

Rapid Fire Round

48:35 - 48:54 - What’s your favourite dating app?

48:55 - 48:55 - If your start-up had a mascot, what would it be?

48:56 - 49:18 - What’s the weirdest thing you have done in the name of market research?

49:19 - 49:24 - If your to-do list was a movie, which would it be?

49:25 - 49:29 - If someone said Frnd is a sleazy app, what would be your reaction?

49:30 - 49:30 - What is more terrifying - a bug in your code or a typo in your investor email?

49:36 - 49:45 - What’s the most bizarre place you have ever taken a business call?

49:46 - 49:56 - What’s your favourite productivity hack at work & in your personal life?

49:57 - 50:56 - Any US or Indian company that you really admire?

50:48 - 51:30 - Which is your favourite Bangalore thing to do?

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