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There is heavy pressure in our industry for everyone to get on the train of entrepreneurship or startup, startup mode is on, Govt is supporting this, communities are on it, and now even banks are starting fund startup. This is all great news. But should everyone having a entrepreneurial spirit, become an Entrepreneur? Not …
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The Indian Software Product industry has undoubtedly become a burgeoning sector. It is on way to claim a significant share of the global mutli-billion dollar enterprise software product industry. iSPIx-B2B is an initiative from iSPIRT to put exact numbers on this exciting growth story. iSPIx stands for ‘Indian Software Product Industry Index’ and read as …
Growth through innovation is much discussed these days as most other paths for growth have been exhausted. The innovations that get easy acceptance are those that create significant value for the Customer. This value should be the basis of product differentiation. Most of the innovation initiatives in the industry are targeted for growth by extending …
Enterprise Sales, Marketing & Inside Sales Team Build Out, First International Customers Acquisition, Enterprise Pricing etc. I understand, we have heard these topics in multiple events & conferences, so why this round table be different? The difference is gyan vs hearing from real person with real experience which sometimes exactly what you want to hear, …
Sh. Amitabh Kant, Secretary of DIPP brainstorms with iSPIRT. He is the author of the book Branding INDIA, a key driver behind many successful branding INDIA campaigns like Make-In India, Incredible India, and Athethi Devo Bhava (Guest is God) campaigns. He is a decision maker par excellence and above all the Secretary of DIPP (Department …
Continue reading “A new year, a new dawn: Startup INDIA, Standup INDIA”
WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 ! The debate around Internet.org and the #Netneutrality is very interesting and how startup founders and ordinary citizens are engaging is very fascinating. Proud of you young India for your activism! As per an article published on NDTV titled “IIT Faculty, Startup India vs. Zukerburg’s Free Basics”,Facebook says …
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We need products, not services, to be global leaders, and the good news is Druva, Freshdesk, Capillary, Rategain, Savari and Julia are all either global leaders or the primary challengers in their respective categories. For some months now, electronics has edged out gold, machinery and pearls to become India’s second-largest category of imports (after oil). …
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In this article, we see about some of the proven selling techniques developed and adopted by Elmer Wheeler and how it has been applied in selling various goods. The techniques mentioned here are referred from Elmer Wheeler’s book titled ‘Tested sentences that sell’. Mr. Wheeler’s purpose in this book to help the salesman by showing …
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IGIDR Finance Research Group partnered with iSPIRT to help conduct a Fintech Session in their 6th edition of Emerging Markets Finance (EMF) Conference held at Sofitel, BKC – Mumbai. The chosen theme for the Fintech Session was “Financial Services to come”. The session was divided into two parts – (1) inform the disruptions in financial …
What the BJP is touting proudly as its Smart City development of hundred shortlisted cities across the country, the Congress had initiated during its rule by the name Urban Clusters. The ultimate objective was to judiciously use technology for intelligent planning and efficient running of urban centers in India. This subject has been discussed by …
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Bill Gates met with members of iSPIRT in Bangalore in December to learn about the organization and its volunteers’ efforts to solve India’s hardest problems through the use of technology. Nandan Nilekani played host to the event and also present in the room were Sharad Sharma (iSPIRT co-founder), Nachiket More (former Board member of RBI, …
“Start it first and everything will follow”, says Aruj Garg, CEO aka Chief Bhukkad and founder at Bhukkad. In an exclusive interview with Ashutosh Ranjan and Ragavendra Prasath of iSPIRT, Aruj shares how he identified the unhealthy junk food problem and created natural fast food chain. Here are the edited excerpts from the interview. Q. …
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iSPIRT Roundtable Delhi – 12th December2015 Centuries ago Columbus took an adventurous sea journey to discover India in search of gold and in the process stumbled upon America. It is ironical that after ages we Indian product entrepreneurs are re-embarking upon the journey to rediscover America in search of gold, just that we no longer trust …
India is the third largest smartphone and mobile internet user market in the world with over 200 million internet users in 2013. The figures are expected to touch a staggering 500 million users by 2017, including 314 million mobile internet users according to a report by IAMAI and KPMG. Clearly, mobile phones are the ‘computing …
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This is it, then. The last announcement of #PNgrowth 2016 is here. We have now the entire 200 companies who will get together in January for the inauguration of what is the most ambitious mentorship programs for startups ever put together in India. We now have about half a month to go, and it would …
Continue reading “The last list – the final 25 #PNgrowth companies.”