Only 1 step is required to find the list of donors in your area. As soon as the patient requests for donors, our automated system sends the email (planning to send a text message) to available donors in his/her area. So, any one of them can reach the patient as early as possible.
The donor can turn off his availability from his/her personalized dashboard when not available to donate. We will not send any messages to him/her further
'Find Donor' is a platform dedicated to the community where blood recipients can easily find blood donors in their area. Our journey started in July 2020 when COVID was at its peak. During that time we thought this is the crucial time when people might not be getting blood recipients and plasma donors. This led to the foundation of FIND DONOR.
Features of our platform:
Only 1 step is required to find the list of donors in your area. As soon as the patient requests for donors, our automated system sends the email (planning to send a text message) to available donors in his/her area. So, any one of them can reach the patient as early as possible.
The donor can turn off his availability from his/her personalized dashboard when not available to donate. We will not send any messages to him/her further.
My Journey:
Currently, I am pursuing B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering in 3rd year from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology. I launched this platform(Find Donor) in July 2020. I have been doing freelance work in web development and digital marketing since then.
A few months back in August 2020 I started to gather knowledge on investing and financial markets, which led to the start of my youtube channel where I make videos on investing and personal finance. Currently, I am planning to register my own consultancy company in a few months.
How did you come up with this idea and go about executing it?
It was the time of COVID-19 lockdown when everyone was in their home. During this lockdown, I learned about web development. So, I thought of implementing my skill in solving real-world problems. This thought led me to come up with the idea of FIND DONOR.
So, we did research about such platforms that were already helping in finding the donors and tried to find out the gap and new features that can make our platform unique. We noted down all the points and started to implement all those and finally, we came up with the final product.
How did you come up with this idea and go about executing it?
It was the time of COVID-19 lockdown when everyone was in their home. During this lockdown, I learned about web development. So, I thought of implementing my skill in solving real-world problems. This thought led me to come up with the idea of FIND DONOR.
So, we did research about such platforms that were already helping in finding the donors and tried to find out the gap and new features that can make our platform unique. We noted down all the points and started to implement all those and finally, we came up with the final product.
What has been your biggest challenge that you faced and how did you overcome that?
Starting something new is itself a big challenge, but when you have everything sorted in mind, with an amazing team, things start becoming easy. For us, the difficult part was finding Blood donors who are ready to donate by themselves.
To overcome that we are collaborating with various NGOs and entrepreneurs who can join us and spread our word. Dainik Jagran( Indian Hindi language daily newspaper )also trusted us and published a news article about our platform which also led to an increase in a number of donors registered on our platform.
What do you think are the most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur?
The most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur are:
What are some of the most important factors for running a successful business?
There are certain points/ factors to remember, to run a successful business-
The only thing which matters is that you need to start, forget about the failure, just keep focusing on your target and start working on it.
What are your tips for the first time and aspiring entrepreneurs?
Being a new entrepreneur can be challenging and nerve-wracking but also incredibly exciting and rewarding.
Here are my few tips to aspiring entrepreneurs:
Find a common problem in your surroundings. Come up with a unique solution to it. Also, you can start a business in the industry you are passionate about. Research about the market and existing competitors.
Starting something new is itself a big challenge, but when you have everything sorted in mind, with an amazing team, things start becoming easy. For us, the difficult part was finding Blood donors who are ready to donate by themselves.
To overcome that we are collaborating with various NGOs and entrepreneurs who can join us and spread our word. Dainik Jagran( Indian Hindi language daily newspaper )also trusted us and published a news article about our platform which also led to an increase in a number of donors registered on our platform.
What do you think are the most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur?
The most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur are:
- Confidence
- Discipline
- Open-minded
- Self-starter
- Creativity
- Passion
- Leadership
What are some of the most important factors for running a successful business?
There are certain points/ factors to remember, to run a successful business-
- Team up with Like-Minded People
- Explore your surroundings and choose the industry you want to work in.
- Research about the Market and already present or to be competitors.
- Find your mentor.
- Launch your Product.
The only thing which matters is that you need to start, forget about the failure, just keep focusing on your target and start working on it.
What are your tips for the first time and aspiring entrepreneurs?
Being a new entrepreneur can be challenging and nerve-wracking but also incredibly exciting and rewarding.
Here are my few tips to aspiring entrepreneurs:
Find a common problem in your surroundings. Come up with a unique solution to it. Also, you can start a business in the industry you are passionate about. Research about the market and existing competitors.
Start building your product and launch your beta product. Gather the reviews first and improve as much as you can. Don’t stop. Start thinking about scaling your product and services.
How can one overcome a hurdle of lack of funds when starting up?
Funding is among the most common financial problems that most startups face.
To overcome a hurdle of lack of funds keeps below-mentioned points in mind:
1. Creating a scalable business model
Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Investors in particular want to fund only scalable or ready to scale businesses. Your business model must show the potential to increase the revenue with minimal expenditure in the coming months or years.
2. Determining how much money to ask for
Whether you are asking angel investors to fund your expansion or seeking a bank loan, you must know how much money you need.
3. Finding the right funding option
How can one overcome a hurdle of lack of funds when starting up?
Funding is among the most common financial problems that most startups face.
To overcome a hurdle of lack of funds keeps below-mentioned points in mind:
1. Creating a scalable business model
Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Investors in particular want to fund only scalable or ready to scale businesses. Your business model must show the potential to increase the revenue with minimal expenditure in the coming months or years.
2. Determining how much money to ask for
Whether you are asking angel investors to fund your expansion or seeking a bank loan, you must know how much money you need.
3. Finding the right funding option
To increase your chances of getting the funds, you need to choose the most suitable funding alternative. Sometimes, you may also need to use more than one option to fund your startup.
These options include:
These options include:
- Your own savings and income
- Family and friends
- Bank loans
- Angel investors
- Venture capital
- Crowdfunding
Interviewed by - Muskan Gupta
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