The North Pagola at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) witnessed the first anniversary edition of Startup Saturday on 14th February. It has been one year at Bangalore since the first Startup Saturday which has graduated from a startup bug affected techies to a meeting ground of entrepreneurs, investors, industry folks and developers. There… Continue reading Kreeo, MoovieShoovie, TringMe @Startup Saturday Bangalore
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
Kolkata, Welcome to the HeadStart Network !
We are pleased to announce Startup Saturday February, happening on the 14th of February across 5 Indian Cities. Startup Saturdays happen on the second Saturday of each month and this Valentine’s Day, Startup Saturday Kolkata is launching. So, let’s begin with Kolkata: Kolkata: At: IIT Kgp Extension Campus, Salt Lake, 3 pm to 6.30 pm… Continue reading Kolkata, Welcome to the HeadStart Network !
ZiMesh : Powering knowledge discovery in informal networks
We have all heard of social networks which are really formal networks of people who have identified themselves as having relationships with each other. However, would you know people who have similar interests such as yours ? When you look at the number of documents you have created on your office desktop and those that… Continue reading ZiMesh : Powering knowledge discovery in informal networks
Kreeo : Showing how collective intelligence works at Startup Saturday
In the coming Startup Saturday in Bangalore (Feb 14 ’09), we would have Sumeet Anand, the founder and CEO of Kreeo – a Product Startup in the knowledge management space demonstrating with us. You can see passion ooze out of Sumeet as he speaks about Kreeo and his entrepreneurial journey. The Concept: When you first start… Continue reading Kreeo : Showing how collective intelligence works at Startup Saturday
A new angel fund : a talk with Tejas Sati of Axon Ventures
How about a startup in the Venture Capital space? Stumped? Tejas M Sati – Co Founder and COO of Axon Ventures, shares with Amit Singh his idea of starting up in the Investment space and a wealth of information based on his observations of Venture Capital and Technology Startups in India. AMIT SINGH: Is AXON… Continue reading A new angel fund : a talk with Tejas Sati of Axon Ventures
Wisdomtap : Plugging wisdom to websites
Wisdomtap is a product search engine. It indexes discussion forums for products and ranks reviews on products as well as people doing those reviews. What I find most interesting is their API which allows e-commerce sites to plug the Wisdomtap engine into their websites and in effect, integrate an Amazon type review engine into their… Continue reading Wisdomtap : Plugging wisdom to websites
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
IIMB’s Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs 2009
In an effort to encourage, empower and educate potential women entrepreneurs to create their own business or social enterprise, as well as enable women entrepreneurs to grow their existing enterprise, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in association with the Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) will conduct a Management Program for… Continue reading IIMB’s Management Program for Women Entrepreneurs 2009
Getting candid with Jagdish Kini
He begins and ends with the customer. He is known for his strategic acumen and people skills. Meet Jagdish Kini, the man credited with bringing a revolution in Bharti Airtel (Karnataka)’s operations. The ex MD of Gillete and CEO of Bharti Airtel shares with Amit Singh his views on entrepreneurship, management and strategy. Amit Singh.… Continue reading Getting candid with Jagdish Kini
Well done ! Verismo, Adoroi, TringMe, CashNxt
While we release all the videos from HeadStart 2009 on this site, I could not wait to tell you how happy we feel with the achievements and rave reviews a few startups that demo’ed at HeadStart 2009 have received. NetGear launched a set top box at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with VuNow which is… Continue reading Well done ! Verismo, Adoroi, TringMe, CashNxt
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 ?