In 1986, when I graduated from IIT Kharagpur as a Computer Science major, I had picked up an obsession with building products. Soon after college, I had joined DCM Data Products. DCM like other players in the Indian market, were very focussed on product development, as the product culture for designing computers, or writing compilers, …
PeopleWorks – Selling Thought Leadership
I recently visited the office of PeopleWorks to meet Hemant Tathod who Heads the Product Management function. Spin-off from the parent Hemant chronicled the initial journey of the formation of PeopleWorks. It began as a need identified by Mr Ram, President & Executive Director of Crossdomain Solutions who was looking for a solution to cater …
Behind the scenes of the new FusionCharts website – A step by step account
On 1st Feb 2014, we launched a new website for FusionCharts after 7 months of intense work. And two months after launch, now that we are done fixing all the bugs and optimizing the important touchpoints, I thought it might be a good idea to share everything that went into the new website – right …
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Practical Mantras for Lean Startup
Talk to anyone running a startup or working in a big company turning new idea into products, they would tell you that their journey is fraught with far too many uncertainties Lore that Lean Startup is a savior for this has spread far and wide but ask these folks and they will nod their head …
Unlocking the data within Indian Software Product Startups : An iSPIRT Survey [INFOGRAPHIC]
India has the potential to build a USD 100 Billion software product industry by 2025. India has a critical mass of software product companies that have entered their maturation stage. At this juncture, to sunstain momentum it’s very important for the entire ecosystem – product entrepreneurs, angels, VCs, government to be aligned. And this alignment …
We invested in Ezetap, the Square for Emerging Markets! Mobile, Internet, Payments interest us! AngelPrime #ThinkInvestor
ThinkInvestor is iSPIRT and ProductNation’s new initiative to serve as a catalyst between Venture Capital firms, Angels, Angel Networks and Entrepreneurs. It is to go beyond brochure ware and dig deeper into the whole life cycle of a typical investment; from introductions, funding, styles of on-going engagement, to exits. And in the process, capture their views on global …
‘Customers buy your product does not mean they will use it!’ – Kishore Mandyam, Founder and CEO, PK4 Technologies
ProductNation interviewed Kishore Mandyam, Founder and CEO of PK4 Technologies, the company that owns the Impel CRM offerings. During this interview, Kishore shares some of his experiences in creating a product suited for Indian customers, and discusses his learning from dealing with customers and technological developments. Read on… What was the motivation to start Impel? …
Redefining Retail Stores – Weavedin
In our candid conversation with Jose and Jacob founders of Weavedln Technologies Pvt. Ltd., we have discovered a team of four entrepreneurs on their way to transform retail industry with their product – Weaver. They intend to redesign the way retail outlets work, by converting ‘point of sale’ with a smart cloud based device. The …
Innovation Leaders coming from India #InTech50
We are only 9 days away from the inaugural showcase event. We are looking forward for the CIOs to dawn upon Bangalore to see the InTech50 – 2014 companies. These are the 50 best Enterprise Indian Startups as selected by the Advisory Board. Providing the startups exposure to Innovation leaders is a huge step in their validation and evolution …
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How we funded and developed our products through services (Bootstrapping)
You will find many of the articles on bootstrapping on the web. But today I would like to share with you how we developed our two products Shimbi CMS Budo and ShimBi MyBilling through Bootstrapping. “The basics of bootstrapping is simple – Earn money, spend less” Jofin Joseph. When we started ShimBi Labs in 2005; …
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Uniken: Delivering Secure Digital Experience
Uniken has developed a path breaking Secure Digital Platform, REL-ID™ – which delivers ubiquitous, rich multi-channel digital experience with military grade security to the customers, employees and partners of an enterprise. Uniken was founded by Sanjay Deshpande, Prakash Salvi, Nanjundeashwar Ganapathy, and Nilesh Dhande in 2003 in Boston, with the goal of setting up a …
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Innovation Leaders coming from the US #InTech50
We are a few days away from InTech50 – a very warm welcome to CIOs and technology leaders from all parts the world to Bangalore. These leaders are responsible for bringing about Innovation in their corporate environments and are congregating in Bangalore to see the 50 best Enterprise Indian startups – the InTech50 list! This …
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Next 20 Finalists: #InTech50 Most Innovative Products from India
After announcing the first 20 companies, we are pleased to announce the next 20 finalists for InTech50 – Most Innovative Products from India. Picking just 50 finalists from over two hundred wonderful products was one of the most challenging jobs for our iSPIRT panel of selectors this year. We have been narrowing and narrowing the …
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Unmetric.com – Crashing New Frontiers in Social Media Marketing
If you are a startup or a would-be entrepreneur or just an interested reader, then is there something you can learn from Unmetric? We try to bring you learnings as well as what we see as something special or inspiring. The Learnings themselves are not earth shattering – it’s probably an affirmation of what works …
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