If you are a B2B startup building an innovative enterprise product, it’s the dream of millions of users that keeps you going in the initial days. Sometimes however, as you …
Make in India – A Social and Cultural Revolution starting at Home
Delighted and enthusiastic to hear and read about the “Make in India” initiative by PM Modi. I came back to India after a short stay in Qualcomm, USA in 1995 to start a software company, to ship software that …
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Bootstrapping! Great or Bad?
Off-late, I have been seeing many articles on “Funded” V/S “Bootstrapped” models. Few articles have projected bootstrapped ventures as great in comparison to funded ones. I run a company that …
Making the world flat, one programmer at a time. Vivek Ravishankar, Co-founder at HackerRank. #PNHangout.
I am one of the founders of HackerRank, formally called InterviewStreet, where we are building a platform for programmers to hone their skills and companies to streamline their recruiting process. …
Internet’s Truth or Dare game of anonimisation
A while ago, I broke my self imposed “participate in only one social network policy” when I installed popular networking app Secret. It was out of sheer curiosity and an …
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#BootUpINDIA Inner Circle kicks off with 8 companies!
Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in BootUpINDIA. We received over 100 high quality applications. The Jury painstakingly went through each of them to pick 8 companies who are being …
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Gandhigiri to the Software & Technology Entrepreneur – Part II
Gandhi and Customer Centricity The progression of Economic activity as it stands in the Global Economy today has accelerated from commodities->products->services->experiences->transformations. (Pine and Gilmore) Today we are already in the …
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CultureAlley: Simplifying Language Learning
CultureAlley combines the 2 most addictive online habits – Social Media and Gamification, to help people learn foreign languages. It attacks boring, generic, and old school pedagogy in education and …
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Looking for business leads? Want to be seen among the top level CXOs and decision maker? @CeBITINDIA
The premiere edition of CeBIT in Asia is all set to get off to a very strong start. From 12-14 November over 600 companies spread over 9 topic clusters will …
Why B2B Startups Need an Enterprise Integration Strategy
B2B startups usually solve a unique problem that existing enterprise applications do not address. In some cases, they even create a new solution niche as they expand their customer base. …
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I Just Wanted 50K INR per month, but ended up building company with $9M revenue – Paras Chopra, VWO.com
Paras Chopra from Wingify is great story for startup ecosystem in India and I personally become a fan of him after I watched his Unpluggd Talk on “How To Bootstrap …
Cloud Based #MadeInIndia Accounting Software
Cloud based Accounting Software are becoming increasingly popular for small and medium business. There is no hassle of installing it, the data is safer on the cloud and the costs …
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The Changing Landscape of Inbound Marketing and Why Should Marketers Care!
Traditional Marketing – including advertising, print media, branding and corporate communication – isn’t the same anymore. Physical subscriptions have significantly dropped. People now handle all their bills online. Interruptive cold …
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“Bootstrapping is tough. Most of the time things take three times longer than what we think. The only way to enjoy this journey is to absolutely love what you do. That is what sustains you.” – Rushabh, ERPNext
Continuing our journey to bring to limelight bootstrapped entrepreneurs from India, we got a chance to speak with Rushabh Mehta, Founder of Web Notes Technologies, a software product company that …
Understanding tech play in the B2B (business to business) Space
The last few years of my time I spent in IBM was in the space of B2B. Here are some of my observations during my consulting and interactions with the …
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