In the last ten years, IBM, perhaps the world’s most iconic maker of the personal computer did two things that made people sit up and take notice. First, in 2004, …
Innovate Delhi Entrepreneurship Academy: Apply to the June 2014 class.
One of iSPIRT ProductNation central goals is to build a vibrant ecosystem for the next generation of Indian software product statups. That is why we are so excited to partner …
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Deepinder Goyal of Zomato on “ethics, respect, attitude and skill”
Deepinder Goyal is the founder and CEO of Zomato, India’s first online food guide to go global. Founded in 2008, Zomato recently raised Rs. 227 crore from Sequoia Capital and InfoEdge …
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The evolving roles in product ecosystem
I was catching up with Avinash (@avinashraghava) earlier today and we were chatting about product startups in the country. If you’ve been in this ecosystem, and seen the evolution of …
Launching ProductCast – Podcast of Interactions with ProductPreneurs
Come 2014 and we will launch ‘ProductCast’ – the interactions with ProductPreneurs. These will be in podcast medium and will get to hear from iconic ProductPreneurs on their journey. Certain …
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The curse of the horizontal solution or what to do when you think you have the product that can solve Global Warming?
There are many solutions that are targeted at a niche, that solve a specific problem. Selling these is relatively easy. You know the target, you know the problem. The challenge …
Learnings From Building A Consumer Facing Web Product
Before we got started with PriceBaba, both me and Tirthesh had almost zero experience of building a product. We are passionate about Internet and web services that create an impact. …
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DNA mysteries of Products and Services
It has been an interesting coincidence on the last few occasions in different discussions and industry forums I participated in, they have attracted a good amount of the classic “Products …
Fireflies lighting up the sky
Some years ago, Infosys and Wipro put Bangalore on the global map. Now, Bangalore is once again marching ahead. It is creating a new kind of technology ecosystem, which is …
Role of a Product Manager
Ensure that the right things gets done in the right sequence A product manager helps a company to achieve its goals by helping customers get their jobs done in an unique and delightful way, and getting …
What You Missed at the #PNCamp
In case you are one of those who did not make it to the iSPIRT PNCamp for Product Entrepreneurs at Pune on December 4 and 5, 2013, here’s an overview …
Startups and Product Managers
Who is a product manager and what does a typical development cycle with a product manager look like? Product managers are often the most overlooked job descriptions in startups. The …
What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From Arvind Kejriwal’s Start-AAP?
Aam Aadmi Party’s success in the recent Delhi elections is nothing less than magical and as a geeky analogy, quite similar to a consumer startup hitting 1 million unique users …
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Product warriors, pick your battles!
The first question that I asked iSPIRT volunteers running PNCamp, the first ever bootcamp exclusively focused on product entrepreneurs in India, was why Pune? They pointed to Dilip Ittyera whose …
Announcing the CIO Mentorship Program for Enterprise Product Startups
A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is, 2. Who are its customers, 3. How to make money. – Dave McClure As a …
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