What do you do for a living?
Would you live out from your passions?When I look at an artwork, I feel calmed. There is a delicacy that softens the heart. I try to show all my happiness from painting into those art that I createThis is exactly what I’m trying to make a living with my passions. I use The Yip Gallery (The Gallery) to showcase my paintings. These aren’t small canvas. These are around 50X80 in dimensions and are available for order. I am trying to sell my paintings internationally.[#PAINTING] Model Code: C2 by @OfficialDanel Exists in: Version E (picture below) and LVisit: https://t.co/T42hFkCKzV International ShippingLivraison international海外発送Envío internacional#예체능 #アート #función #art #yipgallery #danelart #danelfentone #acrylic pic.twitter.com/kGsQW8YM2A— Danel Fentone Official (@OfficialDanel) January 4, 2019Next are those fashion items that I help designing. These are manufactured in my workplace. I showcase everything on the Yip Wardrobe ([SHOES Zapatos])I also have an ongoing ebook called Superamas Galaxy Party (#SGP)The cover is one of my original artworkEvery thusday, I post a new episode on my patreon page.This is Ep0: Superamas Galaxy Party | Danel Fentone on PatreonSo don’t forget to join me on patreon every thurday at 02PDT: 05 EDTYou can watch a summary of each episode on Youtube:I am still creating more shoe models with my team and I’m currently working on a few paintings and my storybook so these pages will be updated regularly. Make sure to follow me for more
How is housing.com going to make money?
According to this article: Startup Housing.co.in takes a brilliant data based approach to house hunting - NextBigWhat.comAs far as monetization model is concerned, the startup charges a subscription fee (bi-annual and annual) to brokers which allows them to upload unlimited listings on the website. Listings for landlords is free for now and the startup may start charging a nominal amount later.To be honest, this doesn't look like a very good revenue model. If you've ever dealt with brokers, you'll know that brokers never pay. They are not conditioned to. Their aim is to maximise their share from a deal. Given the unpredictability of their business, they keep expenses to the minimum. That is why free listing websites like 99acres and magicbricks are littered with ads by brokers. Obviously, the current model is not going to make up for the millions they are spending on the product and marketing.As per one of the co-founder's answer here: Rishabh Agrawal's answer to How does housing.co.in make money? We are also developing two new verticals i.e . New projects section and land section which will be new revenue generating streamsThis looks like a very promising venture but with unpredictable payoff time. New projects get delayed all the time due to legal issues, capital and labour issues. But there is a lot of money to be made here.Housing has expanded a lot in one year. I know some of the founders and they are really smart people. I'm sure whatever I am saying they have already considered and a strong revenue model will be put in place soon. But if I were in their place I would take some time to decide whether I want to make housing a brokerage or a brokerage aggregator. That would decide how my revenue model shapes up.
What is it like to work at Housing.com?
Housing is an amazing place to work. The atmosphere is that of a startup, where you actually get to make a visible impact on the company and take responsibility for your projects. At the same time, you get the perks of working in a big company! And all this while being surrounded by some of the smartest brains in the country. Also, with an average age of less than 25, the office is filled with laughter and once in a while (or may be a bit more :P) you find college-like pranks being executed. And the best part about Housing, it is not your age or experience that determines the level of responsibility you are given, it is all about your work.I think this video sums up the Housing experience pretty well. Edit: I decided to spice up my answer a little bit by including a few shots from the video and relating each one to everyday life at Housing.com.1. The time when you successfully commit your first lines of production level code and your mentor is overjoyed. 2. When you finally manage to find the errant CSS rule that was driving you nuts the entire day.3. We love working without Product Managers (not that we have anything against pm's. I guess we are even hiring a few :P ). But, that's how it looks when a sales guy tries to get hold of someone in tech.4. Scene at the office around 7PM.5. There's always someone, in some corner, huddled over his laptop screen. But, hey we love our video games!6. The moments when we do something that's not been done before. (I mean, we didn't find it on the first page of Google or in the StackOverflow archives :P)7. Come August and you will surely find a few of these in the albums of Housing's newest faces. (I hope to add mine this August!) Now coming to stuff that doesn't happen at Housing (umm..). We, at Housing, really really hate smoking. Our Data Sciences Lab conducts daily experiments to collect data points to show the detrimental effects of smoking on our bodies. So ya, this doesn't happen. Ahem.And this doesn't happen at all! Trust me, not at all. Update: The answer never talked about how we generally spend our Friday evenings. So, a few shots of the office from this past Friday should suffice. If you find this interesting, remember we are always looking for awesome people to augment our ranks. ;)