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Prezi : Communication Made Effective

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Expressions are the prime contributors to effective communication. And, in professional life, presentations are the ones that help in expressing even the most complex terms in the most sorted manner. Presentations are considered as one of the best ways to communicate efficiently. Over the years, presentations have been recognised as the mainstream source for telling analytics, strategies and stories, because visual representation is always much better and interesting. One such tool which converts stories into visual presentations is Prezi.

Founding Prezi

The story of Prezi falls back to 2007. In 2007, a Hungarian architect student, Adam Somlai-Fischer, who had a craving for innovation, was working over the design of a building. He, being creative, was not satisfied with the service that PowerPoint or Keynote would provide in terms of building a presentation. He wanted his viewers to look at the building in every possible angle and details of the buildings. So, he built a zooming presentation prototype that helped him achieve the vision he wanted to. Peter Halacsy, an engineer, saw one of these presentations and looked forward to improving the software. Soon enough, they were joined with Peter Arvai, who was an entrepreneur, in the journey of Prezi.

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The company was incorporated on May 20, 2009, with Peter Arvai, appointed as its CEO. The launch of the company took place at The Next Web Conference at Amsterdam, in April 2009. Prezi means ‘presentation’ in Hungarian. The very first office of Prezi in the US was launched in November 2009, after it received its first major investment from TED. Prezi is an out of the box software, which turns the boring presentation into interesting slides. As the website mentions, “Unlike slides, which literally box you in, Prezi gives you a limitless zoomable canvas, and the ability to show relationships between the big picture and fine details. The added depth and context make your message more likely to resonate, motivate, and get remembered, whether it’s your bread-and-butter sales pitch, a classroom lecture, or a TED Talk to the world’s foremost thinkers.

Peter Arvai once said, “Prezi helps you organize your thoughts and deliver them in a clearer way that really makes an impact on your audience and helps them reach that ‘ah-hah’ moment faster.”

Prezi has been growing ever since its foundation because of its reinvention of how one sees a presentation. It came to the mobile devices in 2011, when the company launched an iOS app for the iPads. The app gained $14 million in Series B venture capital funding. It also was indulged with Barack Obama’s ConnectED, promising over a $100M free licenses to Title1 schools.

Prezi has launched a number of services. It released an iPhone app in 2012, followed by the unveiling of ‘Nutshell’, a feature which helps in creating a mini-movie from one’s photos, and then an Android app in 2015. The company rolled out Prezi business in 2016.

Arvai admits that it was difficult to get funding from investors. He told that even though investors were impressed by the prospect of the software, they believed that it had no potential in the market. He also expressed that the company supports a healthy corporate environment. It allows employees to switch offices for a six-week period from San Francisco to Budapest and vice-versa. Prezi believes in the policy of inviting failure as a guest and learn from it.

Arvai is in the board of directors for WeAreOpen (Over 1000 companies coming together who aim to establish workspaces of openness) and Bridge Budapest (A group of entrepreneurs coming together to contribute to the future of Hungary). He remained a founder board member of Sanocore till February 2014. He was also the Vice President of Product Management at Mobispine. Peter approached companies via TED conference giving the common vision of promoting the open exchange of ideas. Also, in 2015, it came out that he was considered as a role model by Forbes for young people considering to be entrepreneurs.

The story of Prezi shows that creativity always makes way for innovation and freshness in the atmosphere of staleness. It has over 100 million users and has created over 350 million Prezis. It gives us a clear message that empty canvas and an artist can change the way one looks at the world with his/her astonishing ideas.

Asus: A Provider of Wide-Range Electronics and One of the Top IT Companies from Asia

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Asus, a Taiwan-based multinational company, is known worldwide for manufacturing computer hardware and electronics. It has launched a vast range of smartphones, desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablets, networking equipment, and even, GPs devices. The company has reached apex for manufacturing ‘the best’ motherboard in the entire world, and also especially, by launching the Republic of Gamers, in 2006.

Asus was founded in 2nd April 1989 by Ted Hsu, M.T. Liao, Wayne Tsiah and T.H. Tung. The company has its headquarters in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. In these 30 years of trade, the company has created a revolution in the IT industry with its impeccable designs and quality products.

History of the company

Before Asus was formed, the four founders worked together in Acer as hardware engineers. The company started with just the conversation over a coffee, and a strong passion to create something of their own. Right after the company was founded, they created their own motherboard using an Intel 486. It worked completely fine, despite even Intel faced issues with their own 486 motherboards. The first success of creating a motherboard was really an achievement, and starting from then, Asus received Intel’s prototypes before it reached any other competitors. Asus also launched Cache 386/33 motherboards in the same year.

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In 1990, the company launched the most popular and widely used motherboard in the world, EISA 486. These motherboards were used in IBM and ALR products. The launch of these high-quality tech products helped Asus secure an admirable position in the world of IT companies. In 1992, Asus unveiled the 32-bit SCSI interface that incorporated IC software and in the very year, the company established a formal partnership with Intel. The company developed advanced Intel Pentium (586) motherboard, in the year 1993, and by 1995, Asus became the leading producer of motherboards throughout the world. In the same year, the company launched the first Asus dual socket Intel Pentium motherboard.

By this time, the company was expanding rapidly, and especially, under the supervision of Jonney Shih, the Chairperson of Asus, the company started focusing mainly on more advanced designing. He made a noteworthy investment in R&D to develop new technologies and take the company much ahead of its competitors. In 1996, Asus launched motherboards that have supported both single and dual Pentium CPUs and became a public company on Taiwan Stock Exchange. In 1997, Asus launched its first notebook which was followed by the invention of Intel Pentium II motherboards, in 1998. Since, Asus expanded the business beyond Taiwan, in the year 2000, it established various service centres in the Netherlands, United States, Czech Republic, Australia and Japan.

In 2001, The Asus Royal Club Association was formed to provide 24/7 customer care and technical support. In the same year, the company launched Asus CUSL2-C Black Pearl (all-black PCB motherboard). In 2002, Asus launched Asus MyPal A600A, a PDA that supports Intel 400MHz PXA250 CPU.

In the next year, the company launched its first 3G flip phone followed by Asus W1, world’s first notebook with an in-built TV tuner and many other extravagant facilities in 2004. In 2004, the company also became the world’s leading VGA display maker. Asus also launched three-RAID dual-LAN and fist multi-GPU motherboards in the same year. In 2005, the company launched its first environment-friendly motherboard and first laptop with an in-built webcam.

In 2006, apart from focusing on various electronic product lines, the company developed a sub-brand known as the Republic of Gamers (ROG). A separate committee was built to look into ROG to bring a revolution in the gaming world and provide gamers with cutting-edge products and the best experience of gaming. So, the new motherboard was launched exclusively for the gaming enthusiasts, and since then, a series of products has been built under ROG.

In January 2006, Asus came in partnership with Lamborghini to built VX laptop series. On the same year, Asus also announced a collaboration with Gigabyte Technology. The launch of Eee PC, in 2007, brought immense success to the company, including many international awards. The company also released its first camera, gaming notebooks, external graphics card dock, and many modified motherboards under the sub-brand ROG. In 2008, Eee PC was named product of the year by Forbes India. In this year, Asus launched its cloud service and more power efficient motherboards. In 2010, the company released the world’s first halogen-free LCD monitor and many other products under the Eee PC and ROG.

Position of the Company Today

Currently, Asus sells a wide range of smartphones (ZenFone), tablets, laptops, GPS devices etc. In 2016, the company set a record of winning 4,385 awards, and it was also named World’s most admired companies by Fortune magazine. The company earned approximately US$13.3 billion in revenue in the same year. The company also changed its taglines quite a few times and is now settled with ‘In Search of Incredible’. The success of Asus had made Taiwan one of the predominant IT hubs in the entire world. And, with a current asset of more than $333.6 billion and 1,500 employees, the company maintains its uniqueness and marches forward to achieve perfection.

James Edward Allchin: An Epitome of Talent and Intellect

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Music and software, does not go along, right? And will it be believable, if we say, one of the most prominent software engineers in the world, James Edward Allchin, is also known for his awesome music compositions. Though he was always into music, Allchin had never thought that he will be one of the key members working on the most famous software inventions of the world, and one day, Microsoft will roam behind him to hire him. Most of our passions get suppressed under the sheer need of sustenance and livelihood, but it was Allchin’s passion and efforts that made him work through all the difficulties.

Early life

Jim Allchin was born in 1951 in Grand Rapids, Michigan but soon the family shifted to Keysville, Florida. He was definitely not from a financially predominant family, and his parents worked on a farm. They lived in a small house with a tin roof, far from the city and surrounded by only farmlands and phosphate mines. They didn’t even have enough money to paint the walls. Due to the poor financial condition, Allchin and his older brother started working on the farm from an early age. They often had to miss school to collect strawberries, okra etc. for supporting the family for daily needs.

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Allchin grew interested in music when he was a kid and kept delving deeper into the musical world until he created his own euphony. The first musical instrument he got was a trumpet when he was a teenager, and later, he saved money to buy an acoustic guitar. Allchin drew inspiration for playing the instruments, mainly, from the Blues, Latin players, and the other popular players of his time. He played at many studios and travelled with bands to different places. He started writing songs, and at times, he played for more than sixteen hours a day. And, through this entire short-term journey, he came across great musicians and learnt that ‘both, hard work and luck, matter to achieve success’. After leading a vagabond life for a few months, he resumed his schooling, but to keep in touch with music, he gave music lessons at a junior college.

Since none of his parents got the opportunity to go to school, they wanted both their sons to graduate. Initially, Allchin wasn’t much interested in schooling and spent most of his time practising the guitar, but he had a special niche for mathematics. Life started changing when he finally pursued Electrical Engineering at the University of Florida, but he dropped out to play in more bands. But, he somehow managed to graduate in the year 1973, with a BS in Computer Science, from the university.

Higher studies and career

Soon after graduating, Allchin joined Texas Instruments, where he helped building operating systems. After this, he helped out a former lecturer to open his own company, and then, he took another job in Dallas, Texas. After a few years, he decided to complete his Masters from Stanford University, and that’s where his life took a new turn.

Allchin was completely engrossed in computer science and discrete mathematics and graduated with a degree of MS in Computer science in 1980. But this was not the end. The teenage boy, who once dropped out to pursue music, ended up pursuing PhD at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was highly interested in programming, especially, the object-oriented operating system and did his research related to it. He, finally, published his thesis, ‘An Architecture for Reliable Decentralized Systems’.

After receiving his PhD, Allchin started working for Banyan in 1983 and continued for seven years. He got rapid promotions, and soon, he became the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the company. He created some astounding operating systems there, which included the StreetTalk directory protocol.

Bill Gates literally required one long year to convince this computer pundit to join Microsoft, and finally, succeeded to hire him in 1990.

Allchin and Microsoft

Allchin was an expert in creating networks, software and debugging systems. He was initially given the duty of rebuilding LAN Manager, but later, he decided that it needed a fresh start. He received his first conspicuous project, Cairo, in 1991, when Bill Gates decided to add more advanced software to Windows NT and create the next version of the operating system. In July 1992, Allchin gave a presentation about the next generation of Microsoft operating system at the NT Developer Conference. One of the main goals of Cairo was to make the files easily accessible to the users. It was released in an array of successive operating systems.

After that Allchin created new server organization and mainly focused on the business market which provoked the ire of Vice President Brad Silverberg, who aimed at developing personal computer market. In 1999, the company restructured itself, and a single operating system division was formed. Allchin became the Vice President of this new group. After he came into power, the business expanded with an increasing number of clients. His biggest success was creating the company’s server business from scratch, which is majorly responsible for its huge success.

In 2002, Allchin was diagnosed with cancer. So, he took a leave of absence. Though he was fully recovered by 2003, he didn’t plan to stay in Microsoft for long. He retired from Microsoft at the end of 2006.

Musical Career

After he left Microsoft, he devoted pretty much of his time to music and performing charity. His first album, Enigma was released in 2009 followed by Overclocked in 2011. A few more albums were released after this and were also featured in iTunes.

He is a true inspiration for all of us. He came from nothing and established himself both as a prominent programmer, and a devoted musician. He still continues to learn, write songs and definitely code!

Rolls-Royce : Success Story Of A Motor Car Brand That Over a Century Old

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Rolls-Royce, a renowned motor car company, established in 1904, has been through many phases of accomplishments both alone and in a joint venture with other superior automobile companies around the world.

The two masterminds behind this colossal empire, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls met each other in May 1994, after Royce built his first motor car. With the partnership of a majestic car designer and an aviation pioneer, the company started producing the best cars world has ever witnessed.

Henry Royce

Sir Frederick Henry Royce was born in Alwalton, Huntingdonshire on 27 March 1863. He was an engineer and a car designer by occupation. Since his father died, when he was very young, there was always a financial crisis in the family. But luckily, Royce along with Ernest Claremont started a business of electric fittings, in 1884 with some of their savings. And, by the next decade, the company started building dynamos and electric cranes, when the idea of motor car company struck Royce’s mind. He was so fixated on the idea that he built his own motor car in 1904, which eventually, led to the meeting between him and Rolls.

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Charles Rolls

Charles Stewart Rolls was born in Berkeley Square, London on 27 August 1877. He was a motor car promoter and an aviator by occupation. Since a very young age, Charles was interested in developing engines, so he studied mechanical and applied science from Trinity College. Apart from engineering, he had the skills of a true businessman. In January 1903, he established one of Britain’s first car dealership, his father being the capital investor. Engaging himself into the business world resulted at the beginning of an era when he co-founded Rolls-Royce.

History of Rolls-Royce

The beginning of the tale dates back to 4th May 1904, when these two men met at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, through Henry Edmunds, a friend of Charles Rolls. In 23rd December 1904, both of them settled to an agreement and decided the trading name of their company, i.e. Rolls-Royce. In the same month, the first car of Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce 10 hp, was launched at the Paris Salon. In March 1906, Rolls-Royce Limited was formed with Royce as the chief engineer and works director, while Rolls managed the financial section of the business. In the same year, the six-cylinder Silver Ghost was released, which then, gained immense popularity and was known as ‘the best car in the world’. By 1907, the company started receiving awards for the exquisite design engineering that increased the reliability of the cars. The partnership ended with the death of Rolls in 1910.

In the year 1914, in response to the First World War, Royce started designing aero engines. And the first aero engine- Eagle. It was the first engine that motorized the first flight from England to Australia. In October 1928, Royce started designing the ‘R’ engine, and within a span of one year, the ‘R’ engine set a new record of airspeed (357.7 miles per hour). This led to the winning of Schneider Trophy in 1929. In 1931, the ‘R’ engine established a new world record of speed 400 miles per hour. In 1933, Royce launched PV-12, and the first test of this engine was completed in 1934, one year after Royce died. And this engine was known as the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.

During the Second World War, the company got transformed into a huge aeronautical tycoon, because of the rising demand for the Merlin. In the year 1944, under the supervision of Sir Frank Whittle, the development of the aero gas turbine began. It had a good technological lead. In 1953, the company entered the civil aviation market with the Dart in the Vickers Viscount. This was a strategy to finally gain the acceptance for gas turbines by the aeronautical industry.

In 1960, the company launched RB211 (three shafts high-bypass turbofan engine). By 1961, many small companies came under the acquisition of Rolls-Royce, and in 1966, the company merged with Bristol Siddeley. By 1987, it became the only company in Britain to power engines in air, land, and even, in the sea. In 1990, the company formed a joint venture with BMW of Germany.

In 1995, acquisition of Allison Engine Company in Indianapolis led to many successful defence programs. By the end of the 1990s, the company globally dominated the marine power systems, and by the end of an entire century, BMW took the responsibility of the Rolls-Royce cars.

In 2005, the company opened its 6,000 square meter Marine facility in Shanghai. In 2006, the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 ran for the first time. Many more engines were developed in the next few years, which served airways all over the world. In May 2011, the company received a contract for building nuclear-powered submarines by the UK government.

Currently, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (BMW Subsidiary) has its headquarters in Goodwood, West Sussex with more than 1300 employees beating its own sales record every year. The other sections of this gigantic industry are also carrying out projects with their magnificent technologies to create a better tomorrow.

Ritesh Agarwal : A 23-years Millionaire Who Founded Oyo Rooms

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Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, has become a significant figure in the entrepreneurial world, after his gargantuan success. It is quite commendable for an eighteen-year-old to start a business oh his own, and make it worth millions over a span of six years.

Early life and career

Born into a small town, called Bissamcuttack of southern Odisha, Agarwal belonged to a middle-class Marwari family. He was born on 16th December 1993 and resided with his parents, until he decided to establish a business of his own. Unlike the typical Marwari families, Ritesh’s family wasn’t financially predominant, but they always supported his dreams and trusted him. From a very tender age, Agarwal had a keen interest in software and coding. He started learning beyond the limited syllabus of school and delved deeper into computer languages. At an early age of eight, he started learning to code, and by the time he was in his tenth grade, became quite a good programmer. He loved programming and wanted to make his career in it.

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Agarwal did his schooling from Odisha. Later, he moved to Kota to prepare for his IIT entrance exams. So, he was just a common head among the mass, who wanted to pursue engineering. But that never happened. He took admission in the University of London’s India campus. But after just a few days, he went on leave and never came back. He wanted a different life for himself, and the outdated studies at the college could not give him that. As they say, some feathers are too bright to be caged.

He launched a website Oravel Stays, his first start-up at the age of eighteen after he dropped out of college. The website was designed to enable customers to look for budget-friendly accommodations in various places. This was when he realized that there is a great scope of improvement in the hospitality sector and started back-packing across the country to learn and explore more and get accustomed to the realistic scenario. He also sold sim cards during the journey of his immense struggle to meet the financial needs.

After his venture of three months, he stayed in more than a hundred hotels, bed and breakfast homes, and guesthouses. He, finally, whirled from Oravel Stays to OYO Rooms in 2013. Since, he stepped into the real world from the very beginning to gain genuine understandings of how the business on his interested field works and what it lacked, the success of OYO Rooms escalated even more rapidly than Oravel Stays. He was also the first Indian to be chosen for Thiel Fellowship and was granted $100,000, as he was under twenty and a college dropout. Agarwal, in one of his interviews in 2015, said that OYO is the abbreviated form for ‘On Your Own’.

The success story of Ritesh Agarwal and OYO Rooms

OYO Rooms was founded in 2013 and turned out to be the country’s largest hospitality company. The company has its headquarters in Gurgaon, Haryana. Soon after the establishment of the company, the business expanded exponentially not only among various cities of India but also across Asia and Europe. OYO has also grown firm roots in China, Malaysia, Nepal, Japan, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.

In May 2014, the company raised $650,000, followed by raising $24 million in an investment round led by Greenoaks Capital in March 2015. Companies like Lightspeed Venture Partner, Sequoia Capital and DSG Consumer partners also participated in the round. In 2015, another round of $100 million was raised by the company from Softbank Group.

In August 2016, the company raised $90 million from Softbank Group, Innoven Capital and other investors. This gives a clear picture of the growth trajectory of the company since it was formed.

In September 2017, OYO closed a $250 million round of funding, which was led by a new investor Hero Enterprise along with Softbank. By this time, the value of the company had reached around $850 million-$900 million, changing the face value of this Indian company across the globe. In the same year, OYO launched OYO Home to manage short-term rentals in more than 10-holiday destinations of India, and in the very next year, it launched its first international OYO Home in Dubai.

In September 2018, the company raised $1 billion, where most of the funding was led by the already existing investor Softbank Group’s Softbank Vision Fund, where participation of Lightspeed Venture Partner, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital was witnessed. The company also received a funding of $200 million from an investor the company denied to reveal the name. After this deal, the company’s value was $5 billion giving it an unexpected leap.

In May 2019, OYO announced that it would acquire a rental business (Leisure Group) based at Amsterdam.

Currently, OYO has a network of 2,200 hotels in more than 154 of India. The current CEO of OYO is Aditya Ghosh, and there the company has around 1500 employees working in various sectors to spread across the entire world to provide the best shelters to the travellers even at offbeat destinations.

Monzo: A Banking Business that Turned Out to be an Innovative Success

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In a world where technology is advancing at an exponential rate, services like online banking are quite common to people. The banking apps that are being launched these days have already been proven to be very useful, due to the ease and the various facilities these provide. With the help of those apps, we are able to pay without withdrawing cash, transfer money abroad, and what not. Monzo Bank Ltd. is one such exclusive mobile-based bank, based in the United Kingdom. Only four years to its establishment and Monzo has made a jaw-dropping profit serving more than 2 million customers.

The History Behind the Success

Monzo was launched in 2015, with headquarters in 38 Finsbury Square, London, and back then, it was known as Mondo. Currently, Tom Blomfield is serving the company as the CEO, and Gary Hoffman is the company’s chief executive and the chairman.

Mondo was founded by Tom Blomfield, Jonas Huckestein, Jason Bates, Paul Rippon and Gary Dolman. The five of them used to work in the same challenger bank (Startling Bank) before they founded Mondo. The growth curve of the company impressed everyone since the beginning, especially when Mondo made history in the quickest crowd-funding campaign, in February 2016. The company raised $1 million within a time span of 96 seconds, and hence brought some good fame and lucrative investors to the house.

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Initially, the company was approved to have a restricted banking license by the financial regulatory bodies of the UK, but later in April 2017, the restrictions were withdrawn. The customers of this app used prepaid debit cards until the current accounts were accessible to them, and in April 2018, the prepaid scheme was shut down.

When the company carried business under the trade name Mondo, there were many complains launched and open challenges, that there already exists a company with the exact trade name. So, without going into many grimy situations, the founders changed the name of the company. They announced the name Monzo, officially on 25th August 2016. In the same year, Monzo raised around £4.8 million through ‘interim’ funding round, followed by another £2.5 million by Crowdcube crowd-funding campaign.

From 29th September 2016, the app for Monzo was made available to the public of the UK, and those who visited the office in person were provided with private beta. So, all you needed was a mobile app and a prepaid debit card to become a customer of Monzo and enjoy the endless facilities.

One of the biggest reasons that the company turned out to be such a mammoth corporation in no time was its transparency. The official website of Monzo had a live counter which showed the rollout with constant updates.

In July 2017, all the eligible customers were welcomed to sign in for a preview of the full current account, and in October 2017, Monzo declared that it would cease the free ATM withdrawals (abroad). The company replaced it with a new system, where it provided free withdrawals up to £200 and charged a 3% fee on each transaction after the limit is over. This new scheme started working on 18th December 2017. Monzo also issued Debit Mastercard cards for all the new and existing customers who signed up for the current accounts.

In June 2018, Monzo declared direct collaboration with IFTTT, which enabled the users to connect Monzo with smart devices. The company gained more attention and fame after it spotted a Ticketmaster (An American based ticket sales and distribution company) data breach in June 2018, which had held in April 2018. By this time, Monzo had already outweighed the competitions in the market and embraced more than a million customers.

In June 2018, Monzo declared that incorporation with TransferWise will now allow money transfers globally through the app. And later, the company announced that on savings of more than £1,000, it will provide interest in partnership with Investec. In November 2018, Monzo added another feature of paying cash into its respective Monzo accounts charging £1 for every deposit. And the year ended with Monzo having an enormous win in the Crowdcube crowd-funding campaign where it held £20 million and reached the target within a few hours.

In January 2019, Monzo declared its collaborations with Flux to give loyalty points to the customers and thus gaining more popularity.

Thinking Out of the Box

Undoubtedly, there are many other tech savages out there with better versions of online banking and finest technology, but what makes Monzo so different? Everyone focuses on the victory, the team has achieved in the journey of four years, but not the strategies that made them conquer it.

The major key to their success was the vivid observations that the team made, which helped them grab the earliest opportunity to expand the business with the beginning of the digital age. By the time Monzo established its business, more than 45% of the population used net banking for their daily purpose. So, only a little or no investment was needed to promote the technology among commoners.

The company focused more on listening to what the customers suggested, to make it more user-friendly, and the opinions were welcomed through social media platforms. This played a very important role in strengthening the bond between the customers and the company. And consequently, when the referrals increased, Monzo started making its customers feel comfortable and safe.

All these brilliant policies resulted in such an overwhelming success of Monzo, making every start-up dream about its glorious triumph. Today, the company has around 776 employers providing support to millions of customers 24/7.