NASSCOM Product conclave is coming up next week in Bangalore from 27 – 28 October, 2009 at the Hotel Lalit Ashok. Its an event with a Conference track and an Expo. The conference track has several interesting speakers. For example, Guy Kawasaki who needs no introduction would be giving a keynote. Another keynote is by Rajesh Hukku… Continue reading NASSCOM Product conclave
Author: aashish
Startups on the Cloud
CloudCamp, organised by ACM Bangalore on 29th of March at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, was a great place to be at to see how young and much bigger companies alike are all harnessing the power of cloud computing. The day started with a set of lightning talks and use cases of how companies such as Rediff… Continue reading Startups on the Cloud
Search in the Cloud – What can startups do ?
Yahoo’s Product director for BOSS, Yahoo’s search on the cloud system, presents how BOSS can be used to customise searches and presentation of results without the user having to own its search infrastructure. As most cloud computing systems that are emerging whether they are related to storing documents on the cloud, or running a search… Continue reading Search in the Cloud – What can startups do ?
Bio-chips : Connecting Biochemistry to Information technology
Microfluidics-based biochips (or lab-on-chip) are revolutionizing laboratory procedures in molecular biology, and leading to a convergence of information technology with biochemistry and microelectronics. Advances in microfluidics technology offer exciting possibilities for high-throughput DNA sequencing, protein crystallization, drug discovery, immunoassays, neo-natal and point-of-care clinical diagnostics, etc. As microfluidic lab-on-chip mature into multifunctional devices with “smart” reconfiguration… Continue reading Bio-chips : Connecting Biochemistry to Information technology
Ashish Gupta’s thoughts on building a business
Ashish Gupta of Helion Ventures delivered a very thought provoking talk at HeadStart and Compute 2009. For those of you who missed it, here it is. All 50 videos of talks, tutorials, panels and demos at the event are being uploaded and will be available here. For a quick roundup of the companies that demo’ed… Continue reading Ashish Gupta’s thoughts on building a business
Social Search – what did the tutorial at Compute and HeadStart reveal ?
I attended the tutorial on ‘Search and Social platforms’ at the recently concluded HeadStart and Compute 2009. The speakers were Priyank Garg from Yahoo who manages their search engine products, Rajdeep Dua and Vijaya Machavolu from Google who work on OpenSocial implementations, and Jai Ganesh of Infosys who works on how enterprise may put social… Continue reading Social Search – what did the tutorial at Compute and HeadStart reveal ?
Experiences with fund raising, growing business without VCs and exits
The Entrepreneurship panel at HeadStart and Compute 2009 will have entrepreneurs talk about their experiences. Sloka Telecom‘s Sujai Karampuri will talk about his experience with raising angel and VC funds for his venture. Being in a segment that can not really be called a VC favourite makes Sujai’s talk more relevant. VCs in India invested… Continue reading Experiences with fund raising, growing business without VCs and exits
Business models to counter tough economic climate : High growth or Higher margins ?
VCs in the last three years of strong economic growth have invested in a few application segments – search and local search (eg, Guruji, AskLaila), payment systems (eg, Obopay, MChek, Paymate), ad networks (eg, Ozone, MKhoj, Komli), social networks and communities (eg, Minglebox, techTribe), consumer services (eg, Cleartrip, Seventymm, Carwale) and mobile VAS (eg, mGinger,… Continue reading Business models to counter tough economic climate : High growth or Higher margins ?
Futurescape
HeadStart and Compute 2009 has an agenda that probes the future – keynotes, a series of talks on technology trends by early stage companies who are doing it, a series of talks by early technology adopters in various industry verticals (the ‘innovation panel’), and a series of talks by Venture capitalists on emerging investment trends… Continue reading Futurescape
Thank you for making HeadStart 09 a success!
HeadStart showcases innovation in India. HeadStart brings together all the stakeholders of the innovation ecosystem – entrepreneurs and startups, researchers from industry and academia, early adopters of new products and investors – at one place for showcasing innovation and networking. HeadStart 2009 the annual event which was on the 9th and 10th of January 2009 at the… Continue reading Thank you for making HeadStart 09 a success!
HeadStart 2009 Demos
The deadline for nominations for live demos of products on stage at HeadStart 2009 closed on 7th December. All nominations were reviewed by an expert panel and 22 products have been selected for the demo pit (booths). While 10-12 out of these 22 companies will demo their products live on stage, each one of them… Continue reading HeadStart 2009 Demos