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Indian couple takes their start-up to Silicon Valley: What they learned

They found that not every successful business needs a unique idea, reports Tech in Asia

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Pallavi Jain | Tech in Asia
When your flight gets delayed by more than three hours (variable to source and destination country), the airline owes you a compensation. 

Being techies, both my husband and I started looking for ways to put this money back in the people’s pockets. That’s when we came up with the idea of Instalocate, a travel assistant that notifies you about flight delays and the money airlines owe you. 

We immediately started working on it and launched a quick prototype. The next logical step was to take it to the land of start-ups—Silicon Valley.

I have had some great lessons. I would like to share