Q1. @pablobrenner Please tell us more abt u n ur startup @collokia ? What problem are you solving with that? #StartupUSA #whatnext2016

— eChai Ventures (@eChaiVentures) March 9, 2016

Hi @eChaiVentures we at @collokia are trying to solve several problems: 1. the lack of productivity caused by people not collaborating

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@eChaiVentures as an example: people typically go first to search in Google than in their companies intranets #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@eChaiVentures or they are ashamed of asking for help, and spend hours looking for answers that somebody has already searched #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

so at @collokia we let the machine identify these collaboration opportunities and connect with people who can help #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

example for IT industry, somebody has an error in his code, he will probably go to Stack Overflow for help #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

and probably somebody sitting 10 meters away has already solved the same issue #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

or using an outdated example brought from the internet. Our system allows peers to indicate that this is not the right code #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

other problem we attack is the “who knows what”, most companies have no idea on who knows what inside the company #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

I had the original idea back for @collokia back in 2008, for a Cisco idea´s competition, we got among 10 finalists among 2500 #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

but, frankly, was too soon, technology was not ready yet #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

in 2014 I´ve met my partner Jayson, (who is the CTO) and realised that can be done. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

we´ve got initial funding from the company I was working on Globant, and some Friends and family #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Q3. @pablobrenner What is your target market? What is your competitive advantage? And how big is your team? #StartupUSA

— eChai Ventures (@eChaiVentures) March 9, 2016

we haven’t seen others working on the same market and with same vision, but you never know when will find competitors #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

We are very excited with the platform we´ve built, and is also expandable to other markets, we have been approached by … #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

like lawyers, doctors, education…. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Team is still small, we are 9 people, product is almost ready to go commercial, and then obviously we will grow the team #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Currently at @colllokia we are 9 people 1 American, 1 canadian, 2 Hungarians, 1 russian, 1 argentinian, 1 cuban a nd 2 uruguay #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

looks like United Nations :P #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

at @collokia We tried to find the right expert independently on where he is located. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@eChaiVentures I think our competitive advantage is speed and flexibility, we have a great team, and try to move fast #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner @eChaiVentures what are the advantages of having such a diversified team??

— AKSHAT JAIN (@AKSHATJAIN9) March 9, 2016

are all experts, each on his field, and people we know and worked with them before @AKSHATJAIN9 @eChaiVentures

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Revenue model at @collokia is licence per user per month (SaaS), first 20 users free. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

so for small teams is free, this will help us getting into big companies from small teams #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

larger vision is to expand to practically any vertical, allowing companies to collaborate effortless #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

currently there is a lot of frustration on existing Knowledge Management and Collaboration platforms, people don’t really use #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

For instance imagine teachers collaborating with other teachers when preparing material, all seamless using simply the browser #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner @eChaiVentures why don't you start rating websites tht give good information?Then Google will not show bad websites!

— AKSHAT JAIN (@AKSHATJAIN9) March 9, 2016

@AKSHATJAIN9 @eChaiVentures we do that, since we know the user and organisation profile, we markup recommended links, etc

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner @eChaiVentures Any specific industry you are focussing on? #StartupUSA

— AKSHAT JAIN (@AKSHATJAIN9) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner @eChaiVentures you can focus differently on different industry in different countries based on search results of a country!

— AKSHAT JAIN (@AKSHATJAIN9) March 9, 2016

you are welcome, see you next week @AKSHATJAIN9 @eChaiVentures

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

We´ve just finished our pilot at 3 companies, and will officially launch in the next weeks #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

plan for new customers acquisition is both top down with CIOs/CTOs through partners and face-to-face meetings and… #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

and from the roots up through our free version and PR campaign #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

fortunately, we already have been approached by potential customers without even starting marketing #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

for any high tech startup, developing the product is the “easy part”, getting traction and sales is the “tough part”, #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

I think every country has its own issues, good and bad. what is important is not try to do “cut&paste” from Silicon Valley #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

also important is to have patience, you don’t build an ecosystem in 3 years…. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

each country need to understand what are the advantages/disadvantages it has, for instance in Israel back in the 90´s …. #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

… we had great communications technology, and lots of flexibility, which was very important for a nascent market like networking #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

this was the time when first routers appeared, first Wifi, etc. But when Wifi got comoditized, we were in disadvantage vs taiwan #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

is clear that India has some very strong advantages: Great engineers, lots of people, big internal markets #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

but anyhow Im not a strong believer in somebody from the upside defining what to do, this is the role of entrepreneurs #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

It is the entrepreneurs who need to understand these advantages and match them with opportunities #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Also a great advantage that India has is the strong diaspora, lots of Indian engineers in leading positions in us companies #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

as an example, 1 of the first US companies to install a development center in israel in the 70s was Intel (thanks to an israeli) #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Q7. @pablobrenner : Which r the different organizations actively supporting startups in #StartupUSA? How did u get benefited frm that?

— eChai Ventures (@eChaiVentures) March 9, 2016

Im currently based in uruguay, so let me tell you whats going on here: there is a very strong ecosystem, working co-ordinated #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

includes government agencies, ngos (like Endeavor), universities, private accelerators, VCs. We all benefit from coordination #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

probably a big advantage of Uruguay is that it is so small that we all know each other, so is very easy to coordinate #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

though with today tools, I see strong networks around innovation and entrap. all around (argen, Brasil, SV, NY, Austin, Israel) #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

I think in US the Govt role is minor now, the market is already strongly developed, and the effort is lead by the private sector #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Though universities tare playing an important role: Stanford, MIT, harvard, CMU, etc #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Sincerely, I think we are not leveraging enough. Even though we have a strong relationship. TCS 1st latam center was in Uruguay#StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

and TCS arrival was a tipping point for our local IT industry, we´ve learned a lot about methodologies, etc #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

but we don’t see much interaction between both systems, UY companies are not selling into India, nor the other way #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

obviously Elon Musk is an inspiration to any entrepreneur, any of us would be happy to build just 1 comp
and he doesn’t stop ;) #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Thank u so much @pablobrenner It was a pleasure interacting w/ you abt #StartupUSA. Looking forward to have u with us at #whatnext2016 :-)

— eChai Ventures (@eChaiVentures) March 9, 2016

Hi @eChaiVentures it was my pleasure, thanks for the opportunity. Looking forward to be there! #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner Found out that you've graduated frm @singularityu. Fascinating it is. Wud love to knw n have conversation while you're here.

— Kavish Shah (@kavish_s) March 9, 2016

with pleasure @kavish_s @singularityu

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

@pablobrenner esp. abt its acceleration prgrm for solving humanities' challenges. Looking forward to meet you in person at #whatnext2016.

— Kavish Shah (@kavish_s) March 9, 2016

Hi @eChaiVentures it was my pleasure, thanks for the opportunity. Looking forward to be there! #StartupUSA

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016

Just participated for my first time on a "twitter chat” (for #whatnext2016 conference). Very interesting tool!

— pablobrenner (@pablobrenner) March 9, 2016