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1. Serial entrepreneur – co-founded two companies in India
   and two in USA
2. Current company – iMorph – Tools for Information and
   Intelligence
3. One of the mentors at Nasscom Mentoring Group in
   Chennai
4. Started and run the Startup Special Interest Group at TiE
   Chennai
5. Mentor a few product companies
6. Chief mentor of an Innovation Cell at an Engineering
   college in Chennai
7. Code for fun
Services and Products
Services Are A
Great Way To Start a Business
Services Have
  Less Risks
Services Marketing
Is a Well Established Process
Services Business Models
       Are Proven
Services Delivery Models
  Are Well Established
Services Have
A Few Problems
Services Heavily Rely On
         People
Services Margins Diminish
As More Competitors Arrive
Service Revenues
Depend On People’s Time
What about Products?
Products Have A
Higher Risk Profile
Products Have A
Higher Potential Reward
Products Require
A Culture of Innovation
Products Have A
Different Development Model
Products Have A
Different Business Model
Products Have A
Different Delivery Model
Products Require
 Understanding
Products Require
Understanding A Domain
Products Require
Understanding Technology
Products Require
Understanding Customer Needs
Products Require
Understanding Customer Needs
Products Are
Easier to Scale
Products Depend On
 Innovation and IP
Products Depend On
  Finding a Niche
Products Depend On
  Finding Funding
Products Depend On
    Exploration
However Once You Get A
  Successful Product
You Have
Better Margins
You Have
Higher Market Value
You Are Less Dependent On
       Head Count
You Can Afford to be
       Small
So, How Do We Go From
 Services to Products?
Products As
Lead Generators for Services
Productized Services
Products Delivered As
      Services
Products Generate
 Service Business
Next Steps?
Thanks
   Dorai Thodla
dorait@imorph.com
 Twitter: @dorait

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How Service Companies Can Benefit from Product Initiatives

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  1. Why Service Companies Can Benefit from Product InitiativesIn this interactive brainstorming session we will discuss how a service company can benefit from product initiatives. We talk the why, what and how of getting started on products. 1. Differences between Services and Products2. Service Think vs Product Think3. Marketing Challenges for Services vs Products4. What is a Product Initiative5. Can Service companies benefit from products?6. How do you Bootstrap a product initiative in your company?7. How do you align your product initiatives to benefit services8. How can you do an Innovation Sprint?9. How can you conduct a Product Sprint?10. Next stepsDoraiThodla is a serial entrepreneur. He co-founded two companies in India and two in US. Starting as a consulting company, his companies moved from services to products and augmented products with services. He currently helps companies bootstrap product initiatives, advices companies on product and market strategies (mostly selling in US). He strongly believes that building a product innovation culture in a company will help services businesses. His company tracks several emerging technology trends including Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Social Computing and opportunity mapping. He spends half his time in US and the other half in India. In addition to running a product company, he is part of:1. Nasscom Mentoring Group in Chennai2. Started and runs the Startup Special Interest Group at TiE Chennai3. Mentors a few product companies4. Chief mentor of an Innovation Cell at an Engineering college in Chennai5. Codes for fun when he has free time and spends a lot of time mentoring students