Roofcamp February 2012

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2. What is Lobangclub ? • Easy to find prices for products online due to level of ecommerce in US Tuesday, February 25, 14
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4. What is Lobangclub ? • In Singapore and SEA local prices not available online Tuesday, February 25, 14
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6. Social Price Comparison • Lobangclub is an iphone app that Scans barcodes using the phone’s camera Shows nearby prices for that product User can earn points by contributing new prices and products to the community Tuesday, February 25, 14
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8. Key Milestones • Launched in the app store in September 2011 • Install base has reached 60,000+ users • Won “Asia’s most valuable app” award at Singtel Techventure • Featured on Tuesday, February 25, 14
9. Goals within the next 12 months • Develop cross platform versions ( Android, Windows phone, Blackberry ) • Expand outside of Singapore to SEA including Philippines • Reach 1-2 million users by the end of 2012 Tuesday, February 25, 14
10. Technology and methodology • Native objective-c iphone app • Web services / Backend runs on Python using the Django framework • Postgresql DBMS • Cloud hosting ( Amazon Web Services ) • Agile and Test Driven Development ( TDD ) Tuesday, February 25, 14
11. Lobangclub and Philippines • We are building a local product development team in Manila • The technical talent is here ( universities / freelancers ) • Traditional businesses such as BPO / consulting are not effectively utilizing this talent. Tuesday, February 25, 14
12. Lobangclub and Philippines • We are looking to tackle large problems: How to organize large amounts of user generated content ( machine learning, natural language processing ) How to scale the system to handle increasing numbers of users Data mining and analytics to gain insight into consumer behaviours Tuesday, February 25, 14
13. Candidate profile • We're looking for people who want to create great products. You should enjoy the challenge of constant refinement to create a product that provides seamless and engaging user experience. You should be excited about working on a product that rapidly scales with increasingly large amounts of data. • Tuesday, February 25, 14
14. User Experience designer • User experience designer that combines both visual design and interaction design. • Will be designing an integrated product across web and mobile. Tuesday, February 25, 14
15. IT Programmer ( Mobile ) • Android • IOS • Windows Phone 7 • Titanium Appcelerator / Phone Gap ( should be able to cross-skill to a native platform) Tuesday, February 25, 14
16. IT Programmer ( Web / Backend ) • Object Orientated Programming (OOP) • Data structures • Algorthms Good to have: • Python • Database design and development • Machine Learning • Natural Language processing Tuesday, February 25, 14
17. Questions ? Tuesday, February 25, 14