Thank you Alok & the Rodinhoods

By Jitin Pillai on June 27, 2013 17 Comments / 4571 views

Hello everyone,

There is great news I want to share with all of you. Our startup – NityaaLabs has been selected for the 2nd batch of GSF accelerator. We are among the 3 startups participating in the Mumbai chapter, selected from over 90 other startups. We would like to thank the entire Rodinhood community for all your love & support and a special thanks to the chief Rodinhood – Alok.

Knowingly-unknowingly Alok had a big role to play. This is how it started, it was March and we saw some traction for our product – Airstream. We developed a business model around it and started applying for different accelerators. In the process we also mailed a copy to Alok hoping for some feedback.

Things went as usual thereafter – building, tweaking, improving, etc and of course no replies from anyone. But then after 1 month, I received a call from Alok. First I couldn’t believe it, I kept wondering if this is even real and why would Alok even call instead of replying via mail. Its then I understood the greatness & humility of Alok, he started with an apology for the delay in replying (you dont expect any CEO, VC or any advisor to call after one month, let alone apologise for the delay :)).

It turned out he had studied our pitch deck in detail. We discussed Airstream for the next 15 min and the call concluded with Alok introducing me to 3 connections. They were there best connections we were introduced to so far, we received lot of insights about many things and by incorporating their feedback our product and pitch both improved. We had lot of answers than before, and we knew exactly where we want to go. So when call from GSF call came, we were prepared in many ways.

Thanks again Alok, you are a real boon to the Indian Startup ecosystem. And also to mention, thank you Asha for encouraging me to write and helping me with the posts. We are looking towards an exciting journey ahead and hope everyone would keep supporting us the way you have done before!

Are you on board – https://airstream.io/

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We are Nityaa Labs, a startup based in Pune. We are developers of AirStream app, using which you can stream media content and other files from PC to your smartphone. The world is moving towards a post-PC era, and we are here to accelerate it.

App Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nityaalabs.airstream

Landing Page: https://airstream.io

(please try out AirStream & give your feedback :))

Comments

Jitin Pillai

17 Comments

Jitin Pillai June 27, 2013, 9:11 am

Thanks Asha for approving this post 🙂
Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal June 27, 2013, 10:36 am

wow!!! THIS MADE MY DAY!!
asha chaudhry June 27, 2013, 10:43 am

thank you for the shout-out jitin. nothing makes us more happy when a rodinhooder has such fantastic news to share. am so glad we could meet at the Open House!

many many congrats to you & team nityaalabs. may you shine and prosper!!!
Jitin Pillai June 27, 2013, 1:27 pm

Thanks a lot Alok, your that call made many things easy for us. Now since we are in Mumbai, hope to catch up with you in person 🙂
Jitin Pillai June 27, 2013, 1:28 pm

Thanks Asha 🙂
Karan Pandhi June 27, 2013, 1:50 pm

Congrats Jitin

All the very Best and make Mumbai and Pune proud …. will be glad to hear your story soon after the program……
Abhishek Revelri Agarwal June 28, 2013, 8:14 am

This is great news Jitin. Wishing you and your team continued success and glory. All the very best!

Always remain Happy 🙂
Abhishek
yuvraj wadhwani June 28, 2013, 12:55 pm

Congrats Jitin!! This is some awesome news. All the best for your venture. Release an iPhone App so I give you feedback on your product. 🙂
Omkar Nisal June 28, 2013, 7:02 pm

Alok you rock! Jitin congrats!!! Glad to see hear this news formally again! God speed and ultimate success to you. cheers.
Anirudh B Balotiaa June 29, 2013, 3:07 am

This is wonderful ! Wishing you all the best from here on!

Any iOS version on the anvil? Would be keen to try it out.

P.S. – is dot io a new domain, seeing a lot of these nowadays specially for mobile apps.
Aparna June 29, 2013, 8:16 am

That’s amazing! Interesting App as well! All the very best !
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 1:41 pm

Thanks Karan!
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 1:43 pm

Thank you Abhishek! These words mean a lot to us 🙂
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 1:58 pm

Thanks Yuvraj! We have the iPhone app in works, and we should be releasing it in a month. Will keep you updated 🙂
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 2:06 pm

Thanks Anirudh! We should be launching the iOS version in a month.

Yes the “.io” is a new trend these days and sort of cool. Since it is relatively new, any required domain name will be readily available.
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 2:09 pm

Thank you Aparna 🙂
Jitin Pillai June 30, 2013, 2:12 pm

Thanks a lot Omkar! Its your wishes that keeps us going 🙂

Hope to catch up with you next weekend.