DTM E38. Using IOT to save water - WEGOT

Vijay Krishna (VK) is the co-Founder of WEGOT Utility Solutions which aims to reduce the water consumption by bringing about a much need behavioral change in the way people use water. WEGOT’s IoT based Smart Water Meters help manage water consumption and help save up to 50% of water in buildings.

In this episode, VK shares details about WEGOT’s product and features, and the benefit their users can enjoy and consequently how the product has shifted human behavior. He gives his view on how he overcome hurdles and how he build a product in cutthroat IOT technology domain. VK also gives advice to entrepreneurs in the IOT industry and shares his thought on how to build moats in the same.

Vijay Krishna, WEGOT – vijay-krishna (LinkedIn)

WeGot - https://www.wegot.in/ (Web), wegot-utility-solutions (LinkedIn), @WEGoTtech (Twitter)

Pronojit, DTM Podcast - pronojitsaha (LinkedIn), @pronojits (Twitter)

Show Notes

[00:00:29] VK’s background and how he started with his startup WEGOT .

[00:02:37] What does the device do?What are the actions that users can take and the benefits that they can derive?[00:04:33] How user can segment that where user is using? How would user know that where user using more water?

[00:06:54] How does the product shift human behavior?

[00:08:23] How did WEGOT overcome the initial activation/installation hurdles?

[00:12:28] What are the major technologies at play in the product?

[00:14:43] With so much of data being captured, what is VK thoughts on utilizing analytics capabilities?

[00:16:31] How to build a competitive differentiation/moat in technology products?

[00:20:34] What are major challenges for WeGot now and their future vision?

[00:22:41] VK’s advice to aspiring entrepreneurs in the IOT space