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$8B of venture investment went into Indian startups in 2015 alone! Four firms–Ola Cabs, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm–accounted for 32% of these investments. However, on the M&A side, things have been slow. Since 2011, there have been approximately 190 transactions valued at a total of $2.3B (about $11M per deal), placing India way behind the U.S., Israel, …
Continue reading “The Road to Startup Exits – Think Next Roundtable Recap”
It was an eventful Friday morning – 7 buses with more than 200 attendees made their way to Infosys campus, Mysore, the venue for a 3-day entrepreneurial retreat. #PNGROWTH 2016, was handcrafted by iSPIRT foundation and academia professionals of Stanford and Duke school of businesses for Indian Start-ups. Each bus was assigned a bus facilitator …
Last weekend witnessed a glitzy startup event. In many ways, this event was like every other startup event in India — founders of “unicorn” startups dispensing gyaan to the rest of us mortals interspersed by some disinterested folks featuring in hackneyed panel discussions on done-to-death topics in front of an uninterested audience who had suddenly …
Continue reading “#StartupIndia Action Plan — Reactions from a “normal startup””
Innovation and entrepreneurship are cornerstones of sustained economic growth. The Government has done well to recognise this by launching the Startup India Action Plan. The event was an unprecedented and resounding success. The energy in entrepreneurs, leaders of unicorns, seasoned investors, Government officials, etc was intense and, for most part, contagious. No doubt the Startup …
There was palpable excitement all around on June 16th as the much awaited Startup India policy was to be unveiled. Scores of intrepid, passionate, dedicated, knowledgeable volunteers from multiple groups had worked tirelessly for very many months advocating the need for the administration to recognise startups as legitimate 21st century vehicles for creating jobs and …
Dear iSPIRT Family, I wanted to follow up with an update from the PNgrowth team at iSPIRT. A little less than a year ago, a small group of iSPIRT volunteers proposed something unconventional: We would run a bootcamp to jolt 200 growth stage entrepreneurs from India to aspire to category leadership. The bootcamp would combine …
Continue reading “Prof. Sharique’s(Stanford’s) email to internal iSPIRT community”
Today’s Economic Times carries an article about “The Dark Secret of India’s Start-up Boom”. This implores the Modi Government to make bold moves regarding the onerous regulations that startups face. iSPIRT is also part of the new Startup Bridge India campaign, which urges the Indian government to adopt best practices from around the globe to …
Continue reading “Sign Startup Bridge Petition and promote Stay-in-India Checklist”
The Modi Government has made bold moves on the world stage. Its now time to make one at home! By Mohandas Pai & Sharad Sharma New-age startups are making waves. Flipkart has redefined retail. Ola is changing how we travel by taxis. PayTm is at the threshold of disrupting banks. Forus Health is attacking blindness …
It is time for us to embrace new-age start-ups and local think tanks for India to prosper. Human development indicators improve rapidly when countries learn to provide health, education and financial inclusion more effectively. Incremental increases in expenditure on welfare schemes and subsidies do not bring about this change. Plugging the leakages in government distribution …
Continue reading “Start-ups and think tanks are game-changers”
The Great Tech Rocketships Initiative (GTRS) 2016 is back again – only bigger and better. It is all set to introduce high-potential tech companies from India to the best in the UK. The initiative was started last year with the intent to provide a platform to startups with innovative and disruptive ideas that have the …
Continue reading “Tech Startups: Here Is A Chance To Take Your Rocketships To The UK”
This was one of the questions posed as a challenge to all startup founders at the #PNGrowth Camp last week. We all thought that we had the magic sauce or the unfair advantage that will help us build category leadership companies, only to realise that most of us did not. 200 startup founders across the …
Continue reading ““What’s your Unfair Advantage ?” #PNgrowth”
Typically, choosing to finance the SMEs looking for working capital loans, is not easy. First, the SMEs have smaller ticket size. Then they expect quick service and have high operational costs associated with it. ProductNation interviewed Shashank Rijyasringa and Gaurav Hinduja who started Capital Float in early 2013, a digital finance company that serves the loan requirements of SMEs …
Continue reading “Making SMEs loans a breeze with Capital Float”
I am Amit Mishra – running a SaaS venture Interview Mocha, a pre-employment skill testing company. In this blog I am sharing my experiences from PNgrowth 2016 and how it transformed the way we (Indian product startups) think. Brief about PNgrowth PNgrowth helps you redesign your startup to win. 2 1/2 days resident full-time programme …
Continue reading “Le lo PANGA- Let’s make India a Product Nation”
Here is a great rendition of what the evolution of #netneutrality” needs to be and fairness to OTTs with protections against monopoly. Applies equally to the Internet here in the US! http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/theres-a-fog-over-net-neutrality/article8089254.ece Courtesy: Drs. Rohit Prasad & V.Sridhar, IIIT Bangalore
#1. Volunteers: They deserve beyond a standing ovation. They have not only just volunteered- they passionately executed – Awesome job, and hats off. #PNgrowth thank you volunteers @[email protected]/Yswrgk81c0 — Prabakaran Murugaiah (@prabamurugaiah) January 10, 2016 #2. Participants: They are the best part of this program. Everywhere there is energy, and everyone wants to meet someone …