Given that we are witnessing slowing growth rates at major IT services companies in India and also given that the market is probably a big no go zone for newer and smaller entrants with no or little differentiation, time is right to take a look at emerging businesses and business models based around services that… Continue reading Emerging services based business models @Startup Saturday Bangalore
Category: Events
Events
Program on Pursuasion and Negotiation skills at IIM Bangalore
Pursuasion and Negotiation are key to any sales or business development effort. There is a program on these necessary business development tactics organised by NSRCEL at IIM Bangalore on the 29th and 30th of September. This is a fee based program and participants will receive a certificate from IIM Bangalore. Go here for more details… Continue reading Program on Pursuasion and Negotiation skills at IIM Bangalore
13th Sept’s Special Startup Saturday : Crash course for Entrepreneurs
Startup Saturdays have seen excellent traction (using VC terminology for once) across Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. SS as they are popularly referred to are starting very soon in Pune and Delhi and we hope to see SS starting off in Chennai and Kolkata in the new year. The objective is to have continuous engagement… Continue reading 13th Sept’s Special Startup Saturday : Crash course for Entrepreneurs
Eximius – An Entrepreneurship Weekend at IIM Bangalore
Eximius , Greek for excellence, is the first ever entrepreneurship summit at IIM Bangalore. 22nd and 23rd August. It seeks to celebrate the spirit of enterprise and innovation and act as a forum for exchange of ideas and identification of opportunities between the student community and the world of entrepreneurship. We at IIMB believe that… Continue reading Eximius – An Entrepreneurship Weekend at IIM Bangalore
Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 2 of 2
Sloka Telecom: Sujai made an impact. As always! He made us sit through a WiMax network. “We want to change the way the networks are deployed – dramatically. Most of the team comes from traditional network deployement equipment background. We figured out that the cell-size for mobiled need to be smaller and smaller – Closer… Continue reading Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 2 of 2
Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 1 of 2
Today I am amidst some the very innovative products in India right now. Read below to know why I sound so excited: Sonim: Sonim has solutions in the mobile technology area. They demoed their intersting rugged wireless device that works as a walkie-talkie, Presence and Mobiltiy enabled device, a mobile pager and a normal GSM… Continue reading Demos from Mobile and communication segment: Part 1 of 2
Quotes from Enterprise panel discussion
We had the enterprise segment panel discussion yesterday. Here are a few words of advice to entrepreneurs from our speakers: C Mohan, Chief Scientist, IBM India and an IBM fellow: “One thing that I would like to mention is that there is the IBM’s venture capital group that partners with small companies to use IBM’s… Continue reading Quotes from Enterprise panel discussion
Enterprise Segment demos: Part 2 of 2
Somewhere, someone also asked what are Infosys and Symantec in an event meant for startups. To this Aditya Mishra clarified “At Headstart, we recognized that innovation and technology leadersship, though taking place at a startup in many cases, does not necessarily take place there. Besides, in the marketplace, there is no reason why a large… Continue reading Enterprise Segment demos: Part 2 of 2
Enterprise Segment demos: Part 1 of 2
Drishti: Ankur Sharma from Marketing Drishti. Enterprise communication company. First product in 2005. First showcasing of their product. Peculiar requirements from Motilal Oswal. Setup a new standard from price an performance for Motilal Oswal. Multiple media and multiple channels for communication. Their demo showed how can a single operator work across multiple operations like calling,… Continue reading Enterprise Segment demos: Part 1 of 2
Consumer Services panel discussion
We had the panel discussion on Consumer services today morning. It saw some key features of internet and mobile based consumer industry being discussed. Here are some sound bytes from the panelist: Sateesh Andra, Venture Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson: “When it comes to monetization, you need to have a clear answer – what, when, how… Continue reading Consumer Services panel discussion
First demo session: Consumer services
We just had the first session of demos at Headstart. This saw the latest technology from internet based companies like Alabot, Proficio, MobiSolv, SneakCast and 90 degrees internet: Alabot: The next time you are chatting with a chat based support, you can never be sure if you are actually talking to a human sitting anywhere… Continue reading First demo session: Consumer services