iSPIRT is happy to collaborate with and encourage YESSS – Young Entrepreneurs & Startups in Soaring Spirits. 08 to 10 December, 2015 ,The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, YESSS is designed in association with …
Tête-à-tête with Ram Shriram
A mentor and guide to many, Ram Shriram, managing partner at Sherpalo Ventures and one of the first investors at Google, addressed a rapt audience last week at the Bangalore …
So how do you measure the health of your business?
Business model & “LTV” – Life time value Develop the business model that is “realistic” by clearly defining revenue sources, keeping the interest of customers and shareholders Match pricing consistent …
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Does Mobile Only strategy point to lack of Design Thinking?
The runaway success of Indian e-commerce show is driven by the single biggest attraction of hefty discounts available almost on all products! More than any other value proposition of e-commerce such …
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Software Patents FAQs for Indian Startups
A couple of months ago, you might have noticed press reports where iSPIRT took a strong stance against software patents in India. The global experience with software patents has been …
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Entrepreneurship : Is Your Temperament Inclined For It?
Entrepreneurship is the buzz word right now. Everyone seems to have that next disruptive idea which will create the next unicorn. Now, if you are the founder of a startup, …
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Emerging Markets Finance Conference
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research institute established and fully funded by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a …
iSPIRT Meeting at PMO – Stay in India Checklist
An important policy agenda for iSPIRT is to reverse the exodus of technology startups. About 75% of the funded technology startups are redomiciling outside India due to regulatory irritants. iSPIRT …
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The next 25 is here making it 100 successful entrepreneurs – #PNgrowth. Application closes by Nov 15th 2015
The next 25 #PNgrowth people are here, and this time, even we are excited by the sheer breadth of the domains that are coming in. The three-day residential launch camp …
India is a closed source community or am I missing something here?
Open source software has been a constant buzz among few of the iSPIRT volunteers over last few months. How does India rate on OSS contribution? Does OSS seriously matter in …
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In Conversation with Ram Shriram – Managing Partner, Sherpalo Ventures
iSPIRT is delighted to announce that we have somehow snagged 60 minutes of Ram Shriram’s time for us. His undivided attention will be with us for an hour, in which …
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How to Incorporate in the USA: US Inc. as a Subsidiary – v2.0
Setting up your headquarters in the US and a subsidiary in India is a tested model. Here’s a blog post by Girish Mathrubootham – founder of Freshdesk, very clearly articulating …
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The next 25 #PNgrowth companies – the third shortlist is here!
The next set of #PNgrowth folks are here. This 25 is even more varied and diverse than the last, and we are delighted to welcome them on board the train. …
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“How to position your product” is the biggest question.
“No matter how many times you explain, customer just doesn’t get it” “We expect user to use our product in X way, but they use it in Y way” We …
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