Welcome to a new episode of  The Entrepreneur Podcast, today we have with us Karthik Kumaraswamy founder of Spotizen from Bangalore and Singapore. Spotizen was created with a simple function – to help users find the nearest parking lots available to them.     Karthik did his MBA from HEC Paris, B.Tech from IIT Madras and currently resides in Bangalore. Prior to Spotizen he ran 2 startups Iyotta and Peppertalk with varying degrees of financial success but great learning experiences; studying, living and working in different countries, learning new cultures. He was also a Product manager in different roles. Spotizen helps you discover Vacant Parking Spots Anytime Anywhere! For the first time ever, get real time Parking information for Coupon Parking locations! See all Parking Locations with Vacancy information, near you Search – Enter your Destination, see Parking Locations with Vacancy information Easily Navigate to your preferred Parking location Get a List view of Parking Locations, sort by Distance or Price They cover about 3000 Parking Lots, 400,000 Parking Spots across Singapore The app uses data collected from the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA), Urban Development Authority (URA), and users’ phones. It then combines the information to predict availability of lots in current time, as well as possible future demand. The Spotizen team approaches the problem from a software and data analytics angle to produce parking information that can actually be used. About : Karthik Kumaraswamy : LinkedIn Links : Spotizen : Web ; Twitter ; Facebook ; iOS : link Google Play : link The Entrepreneur  Podcast interviews and chats with today’s most successful entrepreneurs and founders from Asia, Singapore, India, China, Japan, Malaysia , Indonesia and more and asking them what steps they used to become a success, how they started up and you will be prepared to take your inspiration and motivation and put it into action.