Fail fail fail, until you succeed

Arjun R PillaiCo-founder & CEO, Profoundis Labs. Pvt. Ltd

Fail, Fail & FailUntil you Succeed

• Engineer & worked with Infosys Ltd for 2 years • In 2012, co-founded Profoundis as CEO• Raised over $650,000 USD from investors

in India and Silicon Valley. • Our product Vibe has, 100,000 users, 400

companies in over 180 countries. • 53 member strong team, from 4, in 3.5

years.• 10 Years of IEEE volunteering with multiple

roles at global levels for several years• Travelled to 15 countries in 5 continents,

and lived in 16 cities

Why should we talk about Failure?

‘Success consists of going from

failure to failurewithout loss of

enthusiasm’-Winston Churchill

The Frog in the Pond

Our First Product Concept

Oh yeah; we applied and got in. first company from Kerala

But we were Rejected first

The only way to win is to Hang In there, and don’t ask for company

Our First Actual Product - iTestify

SuccessfullyFailed

Lost at Sea!!!

Startup Chile & BBConnect

My Problem

• Market Validation• MVP• Product Demos

Somebody proved my Worth

There are No Failures

Journey is the important thing, not the destination

Don’t try to controlOutcomes

Fund Raise60+ meetings with NOs

Shithappens, all the time

A No is as Good as ‘Yes’ – Just get it quick enough.

Finally Yess came

• $650,000 USD Raised• 100,000 Users• 180 Countries• Global Partners• 53 member strong teamB2B Data

for Sales & MarketingVibeapp.co

‘Don’tworry about failure; you only have to be right once’-Drew | CEO, Dropbox

Thank [email protected]/@rarjunpillairarjunpillai