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#StartupCity - Notes

Innovation to success Presentation by  Chetan Maini  -  Mahindra Reva  electric cars founder.  Govt subsidy was given for other small segment cars few months before their release. Had to change the Business model. Was a blessing. They WENT GLOBAL. Good Success with higher margin in Europe. One key customer discussion was on Anxiety - what happens if car stalls midway.  EMERGENCY CHARGE 10 KMS 100$ in Europe. Electronic diagnostics - bpo based. Remote analysis.  3 months in advance. Internet dashboard, mobile apps. Cost - service centers in outskirts Technology trends coming up Analytics learn from nature. Mercedes from box fish, paints from lotus leaves. No dirt sticks. Realtime 3d - augmented reality. Body sensors. Small cells (cisco) in addition to big networking cells. 100 to  200 mtrs. Cubes (bell) Zero eggs. No buttons. No interface. Same with devices. Mobile will go smaller. in memory computing Vision - evernote CEO talks about 100 yr product company. Marke