Tag: Startup Saturday

RangDe : Turning Charity into Social capital

Financial inclusion is an issue that has lately begun getting attention from the government and all of us with a social conscience. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee on Financial inclusion headed by Dr C Rangarajan, former Governor of the RBI has made a slew of recommendations in this regard. The fifth edition of… Continue reading RangDe : Turning Charity into Social capital

Brass tacks for running a company in India

The final presentation at the Special Startup Saturday Bangalore last weekend was by Anand Prakash Jangid, a chartered accountant with working experience at Goldman Sachs and Infosys Technologies in security and risk assesment and compliance projects. Anand now has his own accounting firm and also happens to an adviser to the HeadStart Foundation. His presentation… Continue reading Brass tacks for running a company in India

Bell Labs India Chief shows the way to manage products and innovation

Wow. Dr Vishy Poosala, Bell Labs India Head and Executive director’s talk on Innovation and Product management can be summed up with just that expression. Vishy is a hard core techie but has been involved with Alcatel Lucent Ventures during his days at Bell Labs where he has worked on new products in a startup… Continue reading Bell Labs India Chief shows the way to manage products and innovation

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

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

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