THE STARTUP QUIZ MARCH 03,2016 | EDITION 1by

APARNADedicated to the entrepreneurs who inspired me.

Identify the startup and why was it in the news recently?(5+5)

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Place of OriginAcquired by Craftsvilla

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Working space of which startup?(10)Q2

FreshDesk

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Connect(10)

Started by TAPMIANS

Q3Obino - Ritu Soni Srivatsa,2002Absyz - Balesh Lakshminarayanan and Anshul Jain, 2010Indian Artizans - Ruchi Jhawar ,2005JigSaw Academy - Ms. Sarita Digumarti, 1997UpSkill Capital - Apaar Kasliwal, 2004

Identify the startup and what business is it in?(5+5)Q4

CoinDesk - Bitcoin IndexQ4

Identify the personality (left) and his work(5+5)Bonus 5 if you can connect two personalities Q5

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Sandeep GoenkaZebapay

Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like.Q6Identify entrepreneur who said this and his startup(5+5)

Brian Chesky- AirbnbQ6

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Connect(10)

Q7(co) Founded by Women

Chitra Gurnani Daga ThrilophiliaPallavi Gupta Mast KalandarRadhika Ghai Aggarwal- ShopCluesNidhi Agarwal KaaryahUpasana Taku - Mobiwik

Q8Earnings breakup of which company and whats the significance ?(5+5) bonus 5 for founder names.

Q8Buffer - started by Leo Widrich and Joel Gascoigne

Significance one of the early startups to publish their earnings report (to the last penny) in the public domain. [They call it transparency report]

Q9What if you could play SimCity for real?Identify the place(not the obvious) and its significance.(10)

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Downtown Project spearheaded Tony Hsieh - A community oriented innovation hubProject Estimated- $350 million (2012) - The allocation is $200M for real estate, $50M for tech startups, $50M for small businesses, and $50M for education, arts, and culture.

Q10Identify the companies and the connect(15+5)

Q10Tracxn | Angelist | Letsventure Online Deal making platforms

Q11Identify the odd one out (10)

Q11Wishberry Mostly to crowdfund art and tech project. Ketto and Milaap are for social causes

Q12 (5+5)Ola StoreGrofersPepperTapAre some of the hyperlocal groceries deliveryTwo major players are planning to enter this market. Name the players and their service name.

Q12Amazon Kirana NowPayTM - PaytmZip

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Name the startup &The creative agency behind the campaign (5+5)

Q13PRACTO - LOWE LINTAS

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Connect (10)

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Q15Fiber, Nest, Life Sciences, Calico are a part of which company? (10 and right startup jargon will get you 5 bonus points)

Q15Alphabets Moonshots(Google will get 0 points)

Q16You know Unicorns. Companies with over $1b valuation. But what are centaurs and ponies?(5+5)

Q16Centaurs - >$100million valuationPonies - >$10 million valuation

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Connect (10, bonus 10 if you can identify all)

Q17Y COMBINATORSam AltmanPaul Graham Just a genius :)Jessica Livingston Founders at WorkTrevor Blackwell - Anybots

Q18Whats common between them?(10, bonus 10 if you can explain)

Q18FUNDED BY CELEBRITIESYatra Salman KhanBabyOye Karishma KapoorTicketPlease Ajay DevganQyuki Shekhar Kapoor

Q19X got a computer when he was 10 and made a first software sale (game) when he was 12. When X was in college he threw parties in his house and charged money for it. He also made guess appearance in Machete Kills and Transcendence. In 2004 he attended a festival and got an idea for starting Y company.

Identify X and Y (5+5)

Q19ELON MUSKBurning Man Festival - SolarCity

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Identify the social venture(10, bonus 10 for naming the founder)

Q20WelloWaterCynthia Koenig & Shradha RaoFunded their venture by winning $100,000 from competitions

Q21X joined Standford University to study Chemical engineering. But X dropped out a semester later to start Y. Tim Draper funded the first $1m and the next 10 years, Y was only doing research.

Y, and so X came to lime light in 2013/4 and X is a self made billionaire and is worth $3.6b

Identify X and Y (5+5)

Q21Elizabeth HolmesTheranos A diagnostic firm

Q22Identify the app and Name the entrepreneur (5+10)

Q22MyChild App helps parents screen developmental disorders in their kids in just 45 Seconds.

Started by Harsh Songra, 19 year old.

Q23What do they have in common?(10)

Q23Biggest Startup Competitions in the world

Q24Susan KareLee ClowChrisann BrennanNolan BushnellConnect the personalities to an entrepreneur(10)

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