Sometime ago I wrote two posts in this forum: Expect a Microsoft, Google or facebook out of India? Won’t happen unless we THINK BIG! and How to Think Big in …
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Strategic Product Management Program
This is a 4 day course of which the first 2 days are mandatory. The remaining two days are allotted a day apiece to Product Planning and Product Marketing. Though …
Product Conclave: Why I Love It
I really loved being there because: You meet and get to know some really cool people (Sharad, Avinash, Mukund, MR were just a few cool people I met at these …
5 speaker quotes @NPC12 & what they mean
5 phrases I heard and overheard at NPC12 and what they mean. I’m open to a thrash-out on this. 1. “Initially I was skeptical about coming to NPC. Now I …
Day 2 of NPC: Attempting to Steer in the Right Direction
As NASSCOM Product Conclave 2012 drew to a close, Sharad Sharma reiterated that product technology will eliminate poverty in India. The social consciousness and import of this statement, usually reemphasized …
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Product LaunchPAD: Putting the spotlight on 9 quality tech products
On day two of the NASSCOM Product Conclave, nine ‘Product LaunchPAD’ companies were announced. These companies were recognized for their high-quality, emerging products. The gathering, which took place in the …
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First Day of NPC 2012 a Roller Coaster between Hope and Reality
A broad sweep of the first day of the NASSCOM Product Conclave gives rise to emotions of a day that rose in energy, stayed sober at the reality picture, and then …
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NASSCOM Product Conclave 2012 Reflects the Arrival of a Vibrant Product Ecosystem in India
The kind of conversations that you heard around product companies are changing. From an ambitious “billion dollar companies” born out of India (the overarching goal of NASSCOM Product Conclave last …
NPC 2012 starts off on a high energy note!
Wow, what an energetic first day of the NASSCOM Product Conclave 2012! The ninth edition of the NASSCOM Product Conclave began with an opening address by the two co-hosts, Sharad …
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Building a great product takes time and happens over a number of years…
Getting patented has immense aspirational value for product developers, but it is a long drawn process and takes normally anything between 5-8 years. Our story this time is about how …
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Conversation with Customer Interaction Management Provider, Drishti-Soft Solutions
Launched in 2003, Drishti-Soft Solutions specializes in software products for Customer Interaction Management and now empowers more than 10 million customer interactions per day for customers in 40 countries. We …
Domain knowledge is key to building successful B2B products
Suresh Sambandam is the founder and CEO of OrangeScape, a company he set up along with colleague from Selectica, Mani Doraisamy. OrangeScape provides a Platform as a Service (PaaS) to build domain …
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Commitment delivery percentage – an indicator of future success of startups?
Here’s an interesting new term for entrepreneurs to be aware of – Commitment delivery percentage. I dont know for sure but I think in a year from now, most startups will …
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Is marketing function that we all know of is all set to change?
Starting from where I left in my previous blog on new generation of solutions based on nexus of converging forces – social, mobile, cloud and information, I thought this time I …
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How to Think Big in Software Products?
Sometime ago, I wrote another post in this forum – Expect a Microsoft, Google or facebook out of India? Won’t happen unless we THINK BIG! . Thinking Big is a process with …