Pleasantly surprised to see this launch. I interned at NextDrop a couple of years ago. Anu and the team are a passionate bunch trying to solve one of the biggest problems in a developing country like India. My best wishes to the team. :)
Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
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Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#52Congrats for spotting this massive opportunity! This looks very promising. The sector is extremely disorganized and lack of competition is jacking up prices. My question is: you're essentially serving a market whose need is not being met by the government. Slowly but surely, the government will step in and solve the problem. The problem is compounded by the fact that your target market - urban populations with smartp…
Hey- that's a great point, and I'm glad you brought it up. Our previous company actually sold water data to governments so we've been working quite closely with city municipal corporations. The problem is that urbanization is happening much faster than cities can keep up. Stats put it at 200M people added to cities in the next 10 years. What city municipalities are doing is actually hiring private companies to servic…
> We actually WANT the government to start to sell water on this marketplace.
I hope this never happens.
Mafia of water tanker already operator exists, and you want to capitalize on that. Great strategy for biz but bad for end users.
Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#53Congrats Anu and team!
Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#54You could create a new system by delivering water to each home in a complex through smart metering .. kind of own the inventory... I live in a complex and have no idea why we pay so much for water..my consumption is quite low.. micro managing with this sort of system will help reduce consumption.. I was told a society spends on 60 trucks of water every day..that's huge for a society..
Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#55We at Square Plums (www.squareplums.com) manage hundreds of co-living homes in Bangalore and we are looking for a reliable solution to this problem. Will be happy to do a trial at one of our properties. Contact us at founders@squareplums.com if you wish to discuss.
Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#56Uber for Water!
That's what I was thinking
Re: Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
#57This is a shameful project and hustle. To think that a 10, 000 year old culture that is heir to such marvels as Mohenjo Daro, Sanskrit and the Mahabharata cannot provide it's ordinary citizens with a daily supply of reasonably clean water -- how far have we have fallen, o ancestor.
It is astonishing how the Indian public continues to tolerate these scams and hustles that go against their basic civic rights. Modi got elected from UP while promising to clean up "Mother Ganga" -- and 3 years on, the filth is still as bad. It is a completely hopeless culture.
God save us from these tricksters, blackguards, greedy businessmen and politicians.