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Life is an event. Make it memorable with Blowout.

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Project Description

While modern technology has brought a solution to our everyday problems, it has also created a state of confusion. With many new platforms and ways of communication being introduced, one can easily get lost. 

Introducing Blowout, a new app that can act as a map to all of the events happening around you and find groups in your community. It is essentially "slack" + "Eventbrite" + more! Communities/groups use multiple platforms to communicate, plan, take attendance, invite and promote events or hangouts.

Now it can be done all in one place. So, instead of relying on hundreds of emails, Facebook group chats, and posters, use Blowout. Put in a more straightforward way, an app that makes sure you do not miss out and help you socialize conveniently. It helps you find all events with trends feed, and maintain group chats.

The concept that our users and I are the most excited about is a scoring system that creates friendly competition among users who socialize more by joining more public/private events and groups. Also, planning small hangouts, online/in-person study groups, live stream with events, or temporary group channels - Blowout's algorithm automatically organizes all of it for you according to your wants. 

Growth and Revenue Model

Since our launch, we had gained more than 3000 users within a month. Our average rate of users joining the app is 50 users/day. Our average daily users coming back to the application are 500-600 users every day. We have also touched the milestone of getting 95% of users back on the app on a single day. We plan to get more users in the coming weeks with strong marketing to increase our user growth. We plan to scale our company among thousands of users first before we start generating revenue. Here is how we plan to make revenue in the coming future:

Our revenue will be generated in the following ways:
1) Ticketing fee: Users can buy/pay for tickets and fundraisers happening locally, from which we would charge a Convenience fee.
2) Advertisements: We will charge an advertisement fee to businesses who wish to promote their brand on the application.
3) Promotions: We will charge for promotions from users who would like to boost their event to more audience.
4) Convenience fee: In the coming future, we plan to support and offer features for our users, enabling them to split and transfer money. We will charge a small fee for the same.

We are a part of the S2021 cohort of The Boiler (Accelerator Program for start-ups) at Purdue University from February to April. We will receive equity-free grants, mentorships, resources, and the opportunity to pitch our idea to VCs and founders during this program.

Team

Manit Kaushal (CEO): Computer science major at Purdue University, launched and successfully sold a start-up in India, worked at major companies, including Fortune 500 companies like State Farm.

Vanshika Sheoran (CTO): Computer Science and Economics major at Purdue University, worked at multiple start-ups and launched applications from ideation to delivery

 

Updates

The Campaign FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions:

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you're making?

 

Initially, Manit started working on the application as a source for users to find private/public parties with private group channels, which would disappear after the event. He made a beta version, and students loved it. Manit interviewed over 500 students around North America and India by reaching out to many through social media and getting quality feedback.

We decided that this platform needs to be for more than just partying events through the feedback we received. Our exclusivity (the app only being for students: our current target audience) drives people toward our application. 

 

Yes, Manit have domain expertise in this area. He is a Computer Science major with a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Manit have had a business earlier and have worked with many companies like State Farm, Vaibs International, Space light Architecture, etc. My expertise in software and passion for entrepreneurship is what makes me the best for my company. 

 

Vanshika has similar domain expertise who is also a Computer Science and Economics major at Purdue University. She has worked as a Product Manager and Software Developer in multiple companies, like Aggieland Software Inc, Lycos Technologies, etc. She has the perfect balance of business and technical skills to run the company alongside me.

 

We have surveyed random students across two continents and three countries to receive the best feedback. Our growing users and positive feedback from existing users are how we know communities need an application like Blowout.

Who are your competitors, and who might become competitors? Who do you fear most?

 

There are multiple applications out there, but the ones that could act as competitions are the following:

 

1) GroupMe/Discord: Common apps to make group chats and channels. However, students generally do not like GroupMe because of the poor UIs. On the other hand, discord does an excellent job in the same but is focused more on gaming and similar channels. It lacks features like creating and planning events among communities, trends feed, and more like Blowout.

 

2) IRL/Socio/Eventbrite: Some start-ups/well-established companies are trying to increase their market under planning events. However, they lack certain features that prevent users from going back on the application. 

With Blowout, we can see trends feed to see our nearby people are attending what kind of events or groups, users can keep a score and more. These features are not available on those platforms, which help us gain much attraction, especially from faculties and students. 

 

3) Facebook events: This platform has a lot going on, thus a lot of noise. Plus, everyone is on Facebook, and we plan to start by targeting users from 18-30 years of age. We cater to the specific needs of organizing events for our target audience. It makes for a convenient and attractive platform.

 

Blowout is developing a live telecast feature to help people attend events online, which no platform offers; Socio is a paid platform and is not preferred by the general audience who are not into professional event management. 

 

We are also letting our users pay each other for local events that IRL and Socio do not offer. 

With our unique and exclusive features, including our UI, and an unlimited amount of passion and dedication, Blowout has what it takes to reach there.

 

What do you understand about your business that other companies in it just don't get?

1) Competing products either have too many features in one place, creating a lot of noise and leaving no exclusivity.

2) Or some just focus on earning money by charging their customers for their services. 

 

Though Blowout wants to cover everyone, we start from a target audience of 18-30.

In today's world, having a good platform for users needs to provide the customers/users the best and easy-to-use platform, which would make them bring their friends/colleagues on it.

 

With Blowout, you have everything one click away, and the app organizes everything beautifully. Plus, we focus on providing users the best experience with the UI, which I designed after surveying hundreds of students and adults. There is no comparable UI available on any other platform, which is one of our keys to gaining popularity.

 

Monetary Contribution

Just Because you Care

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To show you care

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events up on our platform soon and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Gift Cards helping you save upto 50% while buying event tickets. (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to two events.)

3) Get updated on Blowout's growth and new software updates before its launched to the public.

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You don't just care but also believe!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Gift Cards to save up to 50% while buying event tickets. (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Five events.)

3) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public.

T-shirts and other swags are available for all! We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

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250.00 USD
You believe in us and see us growing!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Ten events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will add you to the special email lists of our early investors to keep you posted!

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 5 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature)

T-shirts and other swags are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

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500.00 USD
You want to be a part of the family!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Fifteen events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will keep you posted by adding you to the special email lists of our early investors.

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 10 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature)

6) Donors will be talking to the core team founders, to understand the workings and growth of the company better. You'd be part our family which we hope will grow even more in the coming years!

T-shirts and other swag are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.
 

 

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1,000.00 USD
Godfather/Godmother of Blowout :)

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to 15 events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will keep you posted by adding you to the special email lists of our early investors.

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 10 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature.)

6) Talk to the founders regarding the product and future business possibilities. Be our advisor/mentor. 

T-shirts and other swags are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

 

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Monetary Contribution

Just Because you Care

0 Supporters
Select this reward
30.00 USD
To show you care

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events up on our platform soon and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Gift Cards helping you save upto 50% while buying event tickets. (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to two events.)

3) Get updated on Blowout's growth and new software updates before its launched to the public.

250 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward
100.00 USD
You don't just care but also believe!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Gift Cards to save up to 50% while buying event tickets. (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Five events.)

3) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public.

T-shirts and other swags are available for all! We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

150 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward
250.00 USD
You believe in us and see us growing!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Ten events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will add you to the special email lists of our early investors to keep you posted!

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 5 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature)

T-shirts and other swags are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

150 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward
500.00 USD
You want to be a part of the family!

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to Fifteen events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will keep you posted by adding you to the special email lists of our early investors.

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 10 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature)

6) Donors will be talking to the core team founders, to understand the workings and growth of the company better. You'd be part our family which we hope will grow even more in the coming years!

T-shirts and other swag are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.
 

 

150 Left
0 Supporters
Select this reward
1,000.00 USD
Godfather/Godmother of Blowout :)

Blowout will be partnering with the event companies to get millions of events upon our platform soon, and here are the rewards you'd get:

1) Blowout Swag (T-Shirt and more)

2) Blowout coffee mug, chance to be in one of our ads and more

3) Gift Cards helping you save up to 50% while buying event tickets (The gift card would only cover discount coupons for up to 15 events)

4) Information on Blowout's growth and new software updates before it is launched to the public. We will keep you posted by adding you to the special email lists of our early investors.

5) Free promotions/advertisements for 10 of your events and business (As soon as we launch the feature.)

6) Talk to the founders regarding the product and future business possibilities. Be our advisor/mentor. 

T-shirts and other swags are available for everyone. We are uploading an example design but will send out more designs to you via email.

 

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