Hi Ish
Thank you for your comments but I think you should really reconsider your
point of view :)
I can assure you that ict.io is covering business that a generating revenus
not only clever ideas.
Just look at e-commerce billboards war all over the island : mari-deal.mu
Vs Deals.mu was one of our articles, do you know the price of such
marketing campaigns ? I can tell you for sure that those companies are
expecting a ROI
Regarding the market size you can double it easily if you just top up the
tourists visiting the island every year and I personally think that there
is a real potential for regional market which represent a more... larger
market.
I understand that in the past there has been some failures and downturn, I
was also at Ebene Accelerator you know ...
But I have to say ongoing projects looks really exciting and interesting
because you have now some investors that will fuel local projects !
I can tell ! you know that ict.io was recently funded and we are not the
only startup in this situation.
Be positive things are changing and has suyash said it is going in the
right direction.
Regards,
*VINCENT POLLET *| *CO-FOUNDER*
*WWW.ICT.IO <
http://www.ict.io/> *
EBENE CYBERCITY - MAURITIUS
e: hello_at_ict.io
m: +230 52520766
skype:vincent.pollet67
On 28 December 2015 at 15:26, Ish Sookun <ish_at_lsl.digital> wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> On 12/28/2015 02:38 PM, vincent pollet wrote:
>
>>
>> With the ecosystem structuring itself with incubators, private companies
>> / Capital investors promoting entrepreneurs and a real political
>> ambition to create an thriving environnement for startups it will not be
>> surprising to see things changing in 2016.
>>
>>
> That looks similar to the situation in 2013 when Ebène Accelerator [1] was
> launched. Two years later [2], discussions are still ON to make the
> "incubator" dynamic. Did anything "successful" happen for the Code
> Challenge [3] winners of 2013 (keeping in mind that no hackathons were
> organized ever after)?
>
> The start-up scene isn't just about people having ideas. What you have
> published on ict.io are people with ideas. A start-up culture involves
> more than that. Unless you make pickles and export them, your startup
> cannot generate much income and make a success. You have to keep in mind
> that the local "audience" represent an adult population of ~900K and even
> less are internet users.
>
> [1]
> http://www.orange.mu/kinews/dossiers/societe/340996/le-projet-ebene-accelerator-sera-lance-le-15-juillet-2013.html
> [2]
> http://www.orange.mu/kinews/dossiers/business/405960/m-sherry-singh-ceo-annonce-les-priorites-de-mauritius-telecom.html
> [3]
> http://www.orange.mu/kinews/dossiers/societe/342652/code-challenge-les-resultats.html
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ish Sookun
>
> I drink coffee & manage Linux servers
> for lexpress.mu.
>
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 28 2015 - 11:57:06 PST