India's SMS Gupshup Wants to be World's Biggest Mobile Social Network

An Indian group-texting service called SMS GupShup wants to become the world's biggest mobile social network. And, they want to take on Facebook and Foursquare. SMS GupShup has a good reason want to be the biggest.

An Indian group-texting service called SMS GupShup wants to become the world’s biggest mobile social network. And, they want to take on Facebook and Foursquare. SMS GupShup has a good reason to want to be the biggest.

The company already has 45 million users in India and is on a $10 million revenue growth rate. Its founder and CEO, Beerud Sheth comes with experience. Previously, he co-founded Elance, a freelancer platform with a very strong presence on the web.

Business Insider spoke with Sheth about his company’s plan of expanding outside of India.

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