As we closed an amazing year, handling 11.3 million calls, helping customers retain 2.42 million potential leads and getting 10,578 companies to try our product, I would like to submit this: As an entrepreneur I play joker. I try – I fall – I stand up again for the next stunt. Whatsoever, I have to …
Do You Need An MBA To Be A Product Manager?
An extremely polarizing topic, the question, ‘Do You Need An MBA To Be A Product Manager?’ is an often asked one on popular forums; the answers range from “No, an MBA won’t help you in any way, and you are better off not spending the money” to “Yes, it’s a must if you want to …
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Please Understand the art of collaboration…Sooooon
Further to our earlier discussion around “Relatively slower growth of Indian IT product companies” let’s continue soul searching. World economy is growing, inter country trade is growing, global power equations are changing more frequently than ever before, smaller but high potential countries are trying to consolidate their position in the region before marching towards global …
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#madeinindia eCommerce Platforms to Build Your Own Online Store
eCommerce platforms are becoming increasing popular for small & medium retail business wanting to sell online. There is no hassle of developing a website or integrating it with other tools and software. It manages everything from building ecommerce website to order fulfilment. Here we list below some popular #madeinindia eCommerce platforms in no particular order. …
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Need the right data to make the right decision
Recently I read a blog post by Mr. Przyklenk, senior manager, digital insights, for TDBank Group. Big Data is the next “BIG” thing, but is this “BIG” thing applicable for everyone, is the “BIG question. Let’s consider TDBank Group, the second largest financial institution in Canada. They began re-evaluating their customer data when branch traffic declined …
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Location is a context, not THE context
Being context aware is about knowing location, identity, activity and time. Many context-aware technologies give a huge importance to location, but location is just one aspect of context, not the context. Location awareness can improve user experience, but knowing a user’s preferences and specific environment makes it all the more personal and all the more …
How Alibaba, Android and Airbnb change the geometry of business
This article was originally published on Sangeet Paul Choudary’s personal blog Platform Thinking – A blog about building early stage ventures from an idea to a business, and mitigating execution risk. A keynote laying out the shift that platforms are bringing about in the nature of business today. One of the central concepts I talk about on this …
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The Bootstrap Ride
There are many paths to successfully bootstrapping a start-up. The trick is finding the way that works best for you. Now more than two years into my journey, I want to share a few lessons I wish I had learned earlier. I would like to share a few tips from my experiences of bootstrapping an …
Indian Regulator SEBI meets Software Product Startups.
How often has this happened? An entire team from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with its Chairman Mr. U.K. Sinha meeting with Software Product startups in Bangalore to understand their challenges and also provide useful advice by participating in interactive sessions for more than 5 hours. On 19th December, Mr. U.K. Sinha, Chairman …
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Processes in Start-ups! Can’t live with them! Can’t live without them! Seven ways to address this!
Processes in start-ups are like the proverbial Men or Women – “You can’t Live with them! You can’t live without them!”. Striking the right balance between having processes and not having them is an Art, not a Science. Getting them right in a start-up means all the difference between a surviving and thriving one, and …
How I built a 1100+ users SaaS business as a Single Founder with Zero Marketing Budget
We formally launched inBoundio last week, I kept it in beta for eight months and kept working on it. It was slow going since I was the only one working on it — sometimes there was no progress for days. There were times when I got stuck and had to wait for people to reply …
Need for automated revenue assurance in telecoms
The practice of revenue assurance has evolved from simply identifying leaks to being the process through which continual improvement could be driven. TM forum (Revenue assurance – quick insights) *A single person uses 3-4 different types of telecommunication services in a day. Let’s consider India that has a population of around 1.2 billion with 2 …
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Why Indian IT product companies grow slower than companies elsewhere?
Indians are loved world over due to their intellectuality, hardworking nature and their unparalleled ability for Jugaad (an innovative fix or a simple work-around of complex problems). Generally speaking, Indians are doing wonderful job in technology sector and why technology sector alone, it’s across the board now. Many of the world’s largest enterprises have Indians …
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WIEF Startup Competition 2015 powered by LetsVenture
LetsVenture partners with Wharton on one of the most prestigious India-focused conferences in the US – the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF). WIEF provides a unique platform for thought leaders to discuss the opportunities present to India and the challenges that need to be addressed. This year, WIEF will be hosting its second India-focused Startup …
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Choosing The Right Startup For Yourself!
The startup hype is at its peak and everyone from a fresher to veteran is considering being at a Startup. I come across a story every other day when someone is regretting not joining a startup or starting up him/herself. So if you are someone looking to work for a startup, here are a few …