Have you ever wondered, what could be the best way to search and transact over mobile phones? A senior railways (read IRCTC) official once had asked me about how one can possibly show hundred or more destinations on a ticket booking form on the mobile phone. Here is how it can possibly best be done… Continue reading The Search bar for travel in India
The State of Social Networks : Part 1
This is the first of a two part post on the state and the state-of-the-art in social network platforms in India and across the world. Social networks have been a rage all over the world, that is, till recently when most people seem to be suffering from social networking fatigue. Social networks have also evolved… Continue reading The State of Social Networks : Part 1
Tips on Startup web application serving 101
This post comes from my observation of a large number of emails on Barcamp and other mailing lists on ‘choosing the right host’ for start up web infrastructure. There is also a general impression that substantial investments are required to serve applications on production infrastructure. There is also an impression that start ups start out… Continue reading Tips on Startup web application serving 101
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
Things Startups should never ignore
Srini from Amagi did a fantastic presentation around a month back at Startup Saturday Bangalore on things that he has learnt from experience as a bootstrapped entrepreneur at ImpulseSoft. ImpulseSoft was a Bluetooth solutions provider which got acquired by SiRF Technology, a NASDAQ quoted company in early 2006. Srini is now on his next venture… Continue reading Things Startups should never ignore
Shop socially with Storrz
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Chandan Maruthi and Pooran Prasad, founder and CTO of Storrz.com respectively, one of India’s leading and up-and-running social shopping sites. Storrz has been in business since last quarter 2007 and has done very well by signing up more than 100 merchants and some pretty well known… Continue reading Shop socially with Storrz
Set your own time line, courtesy LifeBlob
While timelines in most of our lives are dictated by the needs of others, LifeBlob – a new web service launched by Pranav Bhasin lets us set our timelines in a very different and interesting way. LifeBlob generates a personal diary that is updated when a person decides to either update it manually or when… Continue reading Set your own time line, courtesy LifeBlob
Demystifying the Termsheet
A lot has been said and heard about termsheets offered by investors, much of it being (wrongly) perceived as an instrument to corner gullible entrepreneurs by clever VCs. So, Anand Lunia, CFO of SeedFund did a tutorial on the basics of Termsheets at Startup Saturday Mumbai during the past weekend. Read the full post with… Continue reading Demystifying the Termsheet
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
HeadStart 2009 Tutorials
HeadStart and Compute 2009 features a set of technology tutorials aimed at giving detailed, practical knowledge of the emerging and the most promising advances in technology. If you want to attend, you need to separately register for the ones you want to attend. Jan 9th – Symposium on Cloud Computing, with presentations by Google, Yahoo,… Continue reading HeadStart 2009 Tutorials
HeadStart 2009 Panels
HeadStart 2009 will feature the following panel discussions. We will be adding speakers as we continue to receive confirmations from invitees. Jan 9th – Entrepreneur RoundTable [11:15 am – 12:15 noon] Jay Pullur, CEO, Pramati : talking on ‘The shift from Enterprise to Consumer markets : Opportunities, Challenges and Experiences’ Sanjay Swamy, CEO, MChek :… Continue reading HeadStart 2009 Panels
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!