These are exciting days for us at Pensaar. The Summit, which we have planning for a while is right around the corner. Here’s what you can expect from our Summit …
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Stay-In-India Checklist – Successes So Far And The Path Forward
Over the past few months, we have witnessed a number of policy changes focused on creating a conducive environment for startups and entrepreneurship in India. Some changes go beyond the …
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Playbook Roundtable on “Running Inside Sales for US, from India”
We are pleased to invite you for the 77th Playbook Roundtable on “Running Inside Sales for US, from India”. This is scheduled for 9th July in Bangalore. Suresh Sambandan, Founder …
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The power of a question
A few days ago, while I was discussing a rather critical business solution with one of my colleagues, I noticed that there was a strange circularity to our conversation. I …
An Alternate View Of The Future
Just over 12 years ago, I sat on the sofa outside my office in Infosys, and explained to Tom Friedman about how the playing field was getting levelled through technology. …
The iSPIRT Roundtable @Pune – 11 Startups share Metric Driven Growth Secrets
As a startup founder or growth marketer, you obsess over metrics: what is my lead-generation rate, how many customers did I win or lose, how is my monthly revenue growing, …
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#MadeinIndia Inventory Management Software
Inventory or stocks are the lifeline of a company or business, and managing it properly is what makes the difference between company’s success or failure. Regular usage of inventory management …
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What is UPI after all?
India has come a long way in online payments in a very short period of time. With the launch of NEFT and IMPS, cash transfers between accounts has been made …
The SaaS Juggernaut: Advantage India
An Indian software company serving majorly clients in the US or Europe is not an unusual thing anymore. However, if anybody were to guess the location of the India office, …
Meeting Product Startups #Ahmedabad
Over the last few months, I have interacted with a couple dozen awesome product startups in India as a part of product roundtables organized by iSPIRT, a non-profit industry group …
Vijay Mallya’s Domino Effect: The Real-World Consequences of Late Payments
(Originally posted here) Vijay Mallya, the Chairman of United Breweries, exited the country on March 2nd 2016 – defaulting on loans worth Rs.9000 crores to 17 banks. The media storm …
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“Getting traction for Product Startups” — iSPIRT Playbook Round Table | Notes
It was a warm Saturday morning in Ahmedabad and about 15 to 20 people had gathered at CIIE, IIM-A for this closed-door-day-long session where people who’d been-there-done-that were coming in, …
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DIPP – New Secretary catalyzing the past efforts, for Startup Ecosystem.
Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary of DIPP in a learning-session with iSPIRT. He formerly headed the Forwards Market Commission and has subsequently served as the secretary of performance management at the …
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Because designers need to know *about* code
This is a about a long raging debate on the process of designing and developing great products. In a recent Medium post, Jesse Weaver said something very simple but powerful …
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There is no such thing as a startup culture
As of April 20th, 2016, Exotel is four years and 10 months old as an organisation. In the start-up investor jargon, Exotel is a VC-funded, high-growth start-up. Our home-grown on-demand …
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