Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Samar Singla, CEO of Click-Labs (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: But if you look at the reports, there are also reports, for example, that people have already got the apps that they want to use on a regular basis on their phone and that they’re not downloading a lot of new apps. The number of new apps that are getting downloaded is going down.

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Samar Singla, CEO of Click-Labs (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How much of this kind of work is happening on mobile apps versus on a regular web application? Samar Singla: A lot of our work is server side. I would say almost all of these are mobile first. When they get traction, they typically start something on the web. Essentially, it is more than

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Samar Singla, CEO of Click-Labs (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: It sounds like you are producing these kinds of applications also for large companies. Is the McDonald’s example a real example? Samar Singla: McDonald’s is not a real example. We have done something for Coca-Cola. We have done two marketplaces for them. I cannot disclose the projects. They are, very soon, going to be

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Samar Singla, CEO of Click-Labs (Part 2)

Samar Singla: How do we build up marketplace components? It could be peer-to-peer marketplace. In that case, there are some more steps to the marketplace. Finally, there’s the user side mobile application. Then there will be a billing component. If you look at these, there are probably about 10 such modules, which we have developed

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Samar Singla, CEO of Click-Labs (Part 1)

Samar Singla has built an interesting Outsourced Product Development company by latching onto the trend of developing mobile marketplaces a la Uber for large and small customers. This interview is an exploration of the mobile marketplace trend based on his experience catering to a variety of customers. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about Click-Labs. What do

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Mass Customization in Online Fashion E-Commerce: Indochino CEO Kyle Vucko (Part 1)

Mass customization has been the holy grail of fashion e-commerce for the longest time. Meet Kyle Vucko, CEO of Indochino, a men’s fashion company that has cracked the code. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of circumstances? Kyle

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Building an American E-commerce Company that Now Sells into China: Peter Mann, CEO of Oransi (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: How much business are you doing in China? What percentage of your revenue comes from China right now? Peter Mann: This year, we’re planning to do $10 million. I would say 40% would be in China this year.

Building an American E-commerce Company that Now Sells into China: Peter Mann, CEO of Oransi (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Where is your contract manufacturer in the US? Peter Mann: They’re in Connecticut. Sramana Mitra: Are you selling the new product in the US only? Peter Mann: We sell in the US, Canada, and China.