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, …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 your product vitamin, pain killer or vaccine?
2014 has been a year of great momentum for software products in India and its going north in 2015. As the momentum picks up, thought of sharing some thoughts on …
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“The Way” of Successful Entrepreneurs
“The Why” : This blog is a very hard one to write and is almost equivalent to capturing what Po felt at the end of KungFu Panda (for uninitiated don’t …
Why “No other product like yours” is not cause for celebration. #PlaybookRT
On Saturday, December 6, 2014, founders, CEO’s and others from startups based in and around Mumbai met at the office of WebEngage. We were there for the iSPIRT PlaybookRT on …
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Baby steps to an Indian Microsoft
A country well known for its software services now has an opportunity to build world-beating software products. At a recent corporate awards ceremony, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was crowned as …