Mina Radhakrishnan www.minarad.com
@minarad
currently:
• EIR at Redpoint Ventures
• advisor at Cowboy Ventures
• startup consultant and advisor
prior:
• Head of Product at Uber
• Senior PM at ModCloth
• PM at Google
• Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Experiences are the combined set of services
• I want to be able to do X - make it all happen for me
• I want to throw a dinner party for 8 at my house (Kitchit++)
• I want to travel to Bali for a week and have a yoga-focused vacation (Pana++ )
• I want to plan a great date for my boyfriend/husband/girlfriend (?)
Consumer doesn’t always mean buyer
• textbooks - Chegg
• cars - Uber
• parking spots - Luxe
• fashion - RTR, Le Tote
• entertainment - Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime
The supply model has a fundamental shift too
• Somebody has to own the items
• owner | rental transaction facilitator | renter
• sharing economy - companies rent from people and facilitate rental transactions when capacity is available
• traditional warehousing - companies own the product and manage all the rental transactions to consumers
• manufacturer rentals - companies who produce the product rent out to companies who facilitate the transaction
Financial marketplaces
• financial advisors attuned to people’s needs
• help people save for and pay mortgages they can afford (Digits, Expedite)
• lend to help accomplish goals
• for elderly, for students, based on personalized data and the category of person
• serve the unbanked
• eliminate the payday loan
Healthcare and Genetics
• affordable mental health practitioners (Lantern, Koko)
• widespread access to genomic data for researchers
• certified trainers and in-home workouts (FitOrbit)
• telemedicine
• physiotherapy for the disabled
• doctors for the elderly