When a term or phrase gets over-used, the meaning falls flat over time. Like ‘epic’, for example. Or disruption, in the case of startups. Here are five startups who took a good idea and turned it into mind-numbing, unheard-of growth in 2016.
When the world is catching up to startup funeral parties, take a look at Deloitte’s list of startups which have posted inhuman growth figures. It should be no surprise to anyone that a significant part of the 500 is Chinese and Australian startups.
Chengdu Wolaila
Website: www.sposter.net
The number one spot was taken by the Chinese start-up Chengdu Wolaila. Via an internet portal called Sposter, this enterprise provides e-commerce and 24-hour express delivery services.
Using pin codes and special delivery boxes, this company has the distinction of completing a million deliveries a day. Chengdu Wolaila tops this year’s index with a staggering 25,239{ed162fdde9fdc472551df9f31f04601345edf7e4eff6ea93114402690d8fa616} growth, taking advantage of the Asian supergiant’s love for all things consumerist.
Puhui Finance
Website: www.puhuifinance.com
The job board of Puhui Finance is buzzing like anything. The last and the most important requirement for a customer service representative is ‘can work under stress’.
If the Chinese startup’s meteoric growth can be pinpointed to an effect, this would be it.
The butterfly effect of consumerist overkill in China is playing off here as well. Puhui Finance Information Service Co Ltd has recorded growth figures of 14,047{ed162fdde9fdc472551df9f31f04601345edf7e4eff6ea93114402690d8fa616}, providing easy lending to the masses through an app itself.
Seeing Alibaba, the success of these two should not be a surprise. E-commerce, logistics and consumer finance, the holy troika appears!
Byte Dance Ltd (Toutiao)
Website: www.toutiao.com
With a 30-something CEO Zhang Yiming, Byte Dance has redefined startup success in the heavily-controlled media arena of China. Toutiao or Today’s Headlines is the almost-addictive app which aggregates news by using Artificial Intelligence to curate content.
The latest reports put Toutiao’s user base at a mind-boggling 700 million, and an explosive 68 million regulars to heavily active users. These numbers have propelled Byte Dance to claim a growth figure of 13,085{ed162fdde9fdc472551df9f31f04601345edf7e4eff6ea93114402690d8fa616}, as put by Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2016 list.
Bringing up the last of the top five list of Olympian growth figures are two Australian startups, Cash Rewards and Property Exchange Australia Ltd.
Cashrewards
Website: www.cashrewards.com.au
Move over, loyalty points. Instant gratification has made you obsolete. Andrew Clarke had the brainwave of ditching loyalty points for straight-up cash rewards for shopping and named it exactly so.
Within a few years, this Australian startup has garnered over 100,000 subscribers providing AUD 150 million in consumer splurges. The modus operandi is simple: Log into Cash Rewards and start shopping frequently from thereon. Finish shopping, get cash-backs in a few days. Elementary!
And the growth shown by the startup – 12,469{ed162fdde9fdc472551df9f31f04601345edf7e4eff6ea93114402690d8fa616}. Chew on that.
Property Exchange Australia Ltd
Website: www.pexa.com.au
Property Exchange Australia Ltd, or Pexa as it’s known, is the quintessential example of technology turning an age-old process into a hassle-free, transparent process. Quite simply, Pexa has taken conveyancing, or the act of transferring land titles from a pen-and-paper based, time-consuming exercise to a paperless transaction. Now, this does not sound much, but considering the banks, governments, property lawyers and land registries – this is nothing less than heaven sent for the parties on all sides. Pexa, under CEO Marcus Price, has grown by 7,116{ed162fdde9fdc472551df9f31f04601345edf7e4eff6ea93114402690d8fa616} by providing a platform for the above. And that’s a good thing for a startup as any, isn’t it?
There has been news all this while about startup success and burn-outs. But as an edict in perseverance, innovation and technology, these top five start-ups are a welcome sign. All is not bad. Some fall, but some do fly. And when startup success is talked about, it will not only be about Google, Uber and AirBnB. There’s a lot more to the startup success story than meets the eye, and here’s the proof.
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