The investor panel on Jan 9 participation from the entire spectrum of VCs. The panel was moderated by K Ganapathy Subramanian who was formerly with Jumpstartup. The other panelists were Mohanjit Jolly from DFJ, Varsha Tagare from Intel Capital, TC Meenakshisundaram from IDG Ventures, Karthee Madasamy from Qualcomm Ventures and Gagan Kumar from Accel Partners.… Continue reading Investor Panel in Headstart 2009
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Enterprise demos at Headstart 2009
Widom Tap is in the area of Product search. There is a problem that most online retailers face. To get people to write reviews is a big challenge. The only people who have solved this process is Amazon. What should everyone else do? Most solutions do not have a clean integration of all the sources… Continue reading Enterprise demos at Headstart 2009
Panel on Innovation in Consumer Services
The panelists were Amit Dayal from Yahoo, Kiran Anandampillai from OnMobile, Rajesh Sawhney from Reliance Entertainment, Kiran Konduri from AskLaila. The panel was moderated by Harish Gandhi, Canaan Partners. The theme of yesterday’s discussion was: How entrepreneurs can take advantage of consumer market dynamics and lead to innovative services. Harish opened with the boom in… Continue reading Panel on Innovation in Consumer Services
Entrepreneur Panel at Headstart 2009
Panelists for the morning include Jay Pullur from Pramati, Giri Krishna from Sylvan Learning, Sujai Karampuri from Sloka Telecom. It was moderated by Srinivasan from Amagi. Pullur opened with a topic on what an entrepreneur should do in these days. He outlined the challenges that entrepreneur faces everyday. He said “95% of the profits goes… Continue reading Entrepreneur Panel at Headstart 2009
Consumer Demos Session
Five of the best consumer companies are up for demo at Headstart 2009. The jury members of this leg of demos at Headstart 2009 were Vishwanathan Poosala of Alcatel-Lucent, Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners and Arvin Babu of Greylock Partners. CashNXT Technologies: They demoed their P2P money transfer solution. You have to call 044-667-678-93 and… Continue reading Consumer Demos Session
TCS announces partnership with Headstart in its Co-Innovation Network
Ananth Krishnan, CTO has just announced partnership with Headstart in its Co-Innovation Network at Headstart 2009. Earlier, he talked about how TCS sees startups as a path to innovate better. TCS had a look at its innovation strategy in 2002. He said that TCS had already been researching for more than 20 years by then.… Continue reading TCS announces partnership with Headstart in its Co-Innovation Network
The Art of doing Demos, are you doing one at HeadStart 2009 ?
Headstart is a tremendous opportunity to connect with early users who can give you feedback and also buy. In order to make the most of this opportunity, its important to be ready with a very good demo. Also, the way of doing the demo differs when you’re in a presentation mode vs a stall talk… Continue reading The Art of doing Demos, are you doing one at HeadStart 2009 ?
Final batch of companies for the Demopit @HeadStart 2009
Today we have announced the final list of companies that qualified for booths in the demo pit at HeadStart 2009. We have a total of around 30 startups showcasing products at the event coming up on the 9th and 10th. Entry to the demo pit and the stalls is free for all, so do come… Continue reading Final batch of companies for the Demopit @HeadStart 2009
Enterprise products in the Demo pit @HeadStart 2009
We were surprised at the quality and the variety in nominations to the Enterprise product category. The following is the first batch of companies and products to make it to the Demo pit in this category. Netprice is a award winning startup (Red Herring Asia 100 Winner, Red Herring Global 100 Finalist 2008). Their product… Continue reading Enterprise products in the Demo pit @HeadStart 2009
First batch of consumer products selected for the Demo-pit @ HeadStart 2009
We had a lot of nominations for the demo pit and on stage demos at HeadStart and Compute 2009 and it was tough to narrow down the field to 20 participants for the demo-pit. Here is the first batch of finalists in the consumer products and services segment. We will announce more companies today and… Continue reading First batch of consumer products selected for the Demo-pit @ HeadStart 2009
Scheduling one-on-one meetings with Investors @ HeadStart 2009
The HeadStart Foundation associates with several leading investors in India. The following investors have confirmed attendance on panel discussions and one-on-one meetings with startups at the HeadStart and Compute 2009 conference. Please contact Vinayak Hegde at vinayak@headstart.in to schedule a meeting if you want to present a product or discuss an idea with anyone of… Continue reading Scheduling one-on-one meetings with Investors @ HeadStart 2009
A preview of Industry-Startup collaboration at Startup Saturday Bangalore
Startup Saturday Bangalore, December was held at a Honeywell India which is just down the road from IIM Bangalore. Harsha Angeri, Director, Strategy & New Initiatives from Honeywell India spoke about the challenges bigger companies face to innovate and explore new areas of growth. The Honeywell program which will be announced shortly alongwith Headstart, will… Continue reading A preview of Industry-Startup collaboration at Startup Saturday Bangalore