Meet the companies attending this year's Dublin Tech Summit...
Name of company: CoinaPhoto
Names of founder: Shahab Fraz Mirza
Tell us about your company...
We are a young disruptive social media stock photography platform and marketplace, where people most passionate about photography come to share and sell their work. With a rapidly growing community of over 60,000 users from around the world, we are making a difference by connecting, nurturing and sustaining new and upcoming photography talent.
Pitch us what you do in one line…
Disrupting the traditional stock photography market through locally sourced images from real people!
What makes your company/service unique?
We are all about social, local and customized stock photography solutions! And, unlike the large stock photography sites, our users set the prices for their content, and get to keep majority of all sales revenues. We truly believes in recognizing and rewarding our community.
Why are you coming to Dublin Tech Summit?
To connect our global community of +60,000 users with potential brands, media/creative agencies and other creative professionals. As part of our offering, we do custom brand missions/challenges, which are crowdsourced social stock photography based on client briefs. This is an opportunity for brands and agencies to source original local relevant content from real people.
What advice would you give to an early-stage start up?
Start every morning by asking yourself, “Am I still excited about the idea the way I was on the first day of launch?” Be very clear about not just your idea, but the journey from idea to scalable execution and the milestones you need to set for the same.
Photo by Rogelio Bejemino Jr. showcasing sunset at South China Sea: https://t.co/Kx9ZSjPfR0 . #southchinasea #goldenhour pic.twitter.com/ytwVzIia8Y
— CoinaPhoto ® (@CoinaPhoto) February 10, 2017
What advice would you give to yourselves starting out?
Diversity drives creative disruption. Always start developing the idea by hiring a team of diverse people with different skills, backgrounds and experiences.
What are your plans for the next 12 months?
People, Technology, Engagement. We are investing €500,000 in our Dublin office, to build our team here. We are updating our UX/UI, launching our android app and updating our iOS app. We have extremely exciting new ideas which will exponentially increase user engagement.
What is the most exciting thing in tech right now?
Bringing monetization opportunities to every single user in the world. Connecting the world is no longer the biggest challenge - it is about using technology to generate income opportunity for people irrespective of who they are or where they are based.
Why does Dublin Tech Summit matter?
Being a new startup on the Dublin tech scene, we want this opportunity to introduce ourselves to everyone and build long term relationships.
Tell us something that we need to know...
We are a fully funded startup in a high growth phase (+50% growth every quarter). We are making a difference from small towns in India and Indonesia to the large cosmopolitan cities like New York and London. Join us - let’s discover and nurture creative talent from around the world!
