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Complementary skills in your founding team is critical for a startup’s success – CSN Murthy, Founder and CEO, Ozonetel

In #BootStrapping, #MadeInIndia, Interviews, SMB Product

November 21, 2013

7 Min read

ProductNation interviewed CSN Murthy, Founder and CEO of Ozonetel, a leader in cloud telephony based solutions. In this freewheeling chat, Murthy, a serial entrepreneur, shares his mantras on building a successful technology based venture. Read on… What was the motivation to start Ozonetel? Around 2007, after the successful exit from Intoto, we examined various opportunities in the marketplace...

Platform Play Versus Product Play in an Indian Scenario-Part 1

By ProductNation Network

In Eco-system, Platforms, Product Management, Startups

December 4, 2012

5 Min read

From the beginning, we at Ozonetel had always wanted to build a platform. Initially, we did a VXML platform with off the shelf hardware. But VXML was not sexy enough and there were not a lot of takers. So in 2010, we did a pivot and built our own custom hardware( PRI cards) and built KooKoo and top of it. KooKoo was our attempt at Telephony Platform as a Service play. Once KooKoo was opened to...