How culture is the fevicol of a startup

I recently attended a Playbook Roundtable organised by iSPIRT on “Culture Design” discussing how to preserve culture of a company that it started with? Reading so much strife because of …

Scaling Revenues – PlaybookRT by Aneesh Reddy, Capillary technologies

When a startup has taken roots, validated its reason for existence, sprouted shoots to shape itself as an independent identity it needs shift phase again for next stage of growth. …

Digital India’s DigiLockers: Boon To Startups & SMBs

India’s Step Forward India’s government is rewriting the rules on basic standards of living and business. It’s an ambitious goal, but there’s been a rise in foreign direct investments in …

The six key pillars of software that enables Innovation-led growth

Ever wondered if a Software could help business chart the next growth curve?. The marketplace is changing and the competition is catching up. Organisations need a new concept to break …

Developing a Sales Network versus Selling through a Network

Playbook-RoundTable is one of the most sought after community events of iSPIRT. It’s a gathering of 12 like-minded product startups who are beyond the early stage. RoundTables are facilitated by …

Design Thinking Playbook

Inventors like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs were quintessential innovators who used a problem-solving process called “design thinking” to revolutionize entire industries and establish an enviable competitive advantage for their …

Hook for Enterprise Businesses – Webkul Software

Webkul Software Pvt. Ltd. found place in the 2015 Technology Fast 500 APAC Ranking. The co-founders, Vipin Sahu and Vinay Yadav started Webkul in 2010. Vipin Sahu comes from the …

An Entrepreneur At 40? This Is What Not To Do…

I have often heard people say that most men hit their mid-life crisis at 40. That’s when they run a marathon, try to reinvent their personal image or quit their …

Startup Weekend Bangalore

Have you ever been really frustrated about an issue or a problem, have a solution for it or have a fantabulous business idea sitting in your brain? Have you always …

Applications are open for the Summer 2016 Accelerator batch!

And…we’re ready to accept applications into the third batch of our accelerator program (time flies!). As before, the 100 day program helps founders in the early stages of their startup do …

SaaS Pricing and Value Metrics – Lessons from the Top Seeds

Two libraries. One charges you based on the number of books that you pick, while for the other, the rental period forms the basis of its prices. Now, which one …

Thinking PN: Tribute to the Spirit of ISPIRT

The Dream of a Product Nation, to give India its true Identity and enable Bharat to be the crown jewel of the World, took seed in Feb 2013. An idea …

3 Years of Volunteering to enable hundreds of experiments to blossom

On Saturday, I was going to attend 3rd year anniversary event of iSPIRT On the way on my bus to meeting, my mind was filled with varied thoughts about 2010 …

Q-Prize – A US$ 350,000 opportunity for Startups in Make in India week

With only a few days to go for the Make In India week, the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) is set to announce a Rs 2 crore bounty along …

Awesome By Design – Going Broad to Narrow

Creating intuitive products used to be enough but not any more. Now customers demand awesome product experiences…the ones that they tell others about. ‘Design awesome’ – we use these words …