A1Office – Bootstrapped Startup challenging the likes of Google and Microsoft

In just a span of less than one-year, A1Office suite from India has garnered more than 50 MN downloads and MAU of 10 MN globally. More impressing fact is that they have achieved this feat on their own without raising any funds.
A1Office vision is it to simplify how users interact with the Documents by offering users free viewing & editing capabilities for all existing and new document formats across different platforms. Currently, a lot of these formats perform really well on Desktop, but the mobile experience is not that great on most of the apps. Their target is to constantly evolve user experience with a mobile first approach by analysing usage patterns from millions of users acquired till date. Most of the Big players in industry are focussed on large screen and B2B enterprise solutions where need of Mobile common user has been neglected from years. As the world moves to more users are being present on the mobile everyday, A1 Office suite has found its own niche in mobile segment.

Bright Beginnings and Beyond

A1Office began with the idea of bringing something that would change the online business aspect of global commerce for the better. They went through many ideas and found very few that had a pan-global appeal and impact. Looking through the data access and management process for business documents worldwide, the company execs found that this area needed immediate solutions.
Despite the presence of major brands in the world and document processing market, they did not have any effective solutions for all desktop and mobile platforms. Understanding the needs of the market and developing solutions that worked progressively to address them demanded precise research and app development tactics. A1Office’s mobile suite apps have now successfully acquired more than 50 million installations on mobile and desktop devices.
The rapid evolution of A1Office’s market and audience exemplifies the power of a simple idea made excellent through expertise and dedication. The apps are versatile, market-sensitive and forward-leaning enough to anticipate user needs and address them responsively. This makes it one of the most comprehensive and authoritative business document app suites for the mobile market today.

Entrepreneuring The Global Way

Ankit Sharma & Subhash Nawani believe that passion and dedication are crucial elements for generating success as an entrepreneur. From the CEOs of Apple and Microsoft to the grassroots entrepreneurs of any country, every story has something unique to offer. The experience gained from learning the pitfalls of the market has helped Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani convert their formidable groundwork and knowledge into a comprehensive overview. This not only refers to localized market conditions such as in global and regional environments but also the holistic development of the industry as a whole.
As a CEO, they have to deal with many issues directly. Others are handled by designated experts with adequate experience at different levels of the organization. Choosing the right professionals from the market and grooming them to take up short and long-term responsibilities. For CEOs, business process development is just as important as ideation and scaling. Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani say they are always looking at ensuring the process of improving their digital offerings and also researching the market to get the latest developments driving innovation.

Serving the World Digitally

Being on every digital platform and operating on the global digital document viewing and management chain, A1Office has a virtually global presence and audience. This feedback provides a global tier insight into what users want and which functionalities they would like included in their document-viewing devices. The company caters to a large B2C marketbase with millions of active users clocking in extensive usage periods.
The bulk of technology solutions for document processing and management is focused on the desktop or large device market such as laptops. However, more and more professionals are using mobiles exclusively to work their jobs. We understand specific markets, niches and their particular needs. We also look at geography and local factors to help us launch optimally.

Bootstrapping the Right Way

A1Office is a bootstrapped enterprise which means they built all their technologies from the ground up. This means their products have to be highly competitive to make an impact in the market. Of course, with the sheer number of options in the document processing market A1Office’s products are second to none. Further, they focus almost exclusively on the mobile market with a peripheral emphasis on desktop document processing software. This mobile-first strategy enables them to leverage a decisive product in the market that competes effectively without the backing of global assets like Microsoft.
The technology market evolves really fast and staying upbeat and abreast with the best trends requires a global oversight as well as an internal drive for innovation. That is why the company uses dedicated R&D resources to understand what clients want best and how they will respond to app developments. Combining the data from market research with technical information allows us to create the best document viewer enhancements in the industry.

CEO-ing Like The Future

Market competition within the tech industry is getting more and more saturated every year. Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani believe that competing in such a market requires a robust business strategy and an optimized process founded on market research. This is possible for A1Office because of its considerable R&D resources and assets dedicated to discovering market KPIs and verticals.
Further, Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani believe that teamwork and a well-defined plan is the best way to go about making the most of market opportunities. This also enables a company to adapt effectively without losing its competitive advantage. Selecting well-educated and skilled professionals and nurturing a professional spirit of service in them enables Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani to get the best expertise on developing their digital document software.
Bringing technology together with smart management practices enables Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani to envision the company’s future well. The idea is to take lessons from the past and opportunities from the future and combine them together with a skilled working process filled with competent professionals. Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani foresee the future of digital document software arising from better co-working and enabling networking options among users along with enhanced visual ease and UI smoothness.

A Vision for the Future

Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani think the future of all digital devices will include document-reading enabled through software like A1Office. They believe compatibility issues will be driven out as the demand for universal document viewing and editing systems that work across multiple platforms continues to grow. The competition will come in with enabling ease of access, ease of use, portability and versatility of tools along with user experience.
Currently, the biggest names in the office software suite are vying for the best performance across all these verticals. A1Office’s 50 Million User count acquired in merely 2 years while competing in the same market as Microsoft, Google & WPS exemplifies its sustainable business model. Mr Sharma & Mr Nawani say they will continue to explore the best value proposition for their clients while delivering hassle-free cost-effective and pan-platform accessibility to their users.

 

 

 

 

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