This post covers the highlights of day 2 of InTech50 2014. The highlights of day 1 are here. Before getting into the highlights of the pitches of the 50 companies, here are some important points from the expert talks and panel discussions. View from the VCs: Rob Heiman, Alok Goyal, Sandeep Singhal and Tim Goddard gave …
“Software distribution in India is limited to only moving products to warehouses, and not really encouraging its use. This needs to change.” Jayaraman Kesavardhanan, K7 Computing
K7 Computing is a leading provider of information security solutions that protect individuals and organizations from IT threats like viruses, malware and hacker attacks. The company, which builds world-class products and competes with global market leaders like McAfee and Symantec, first achieved major success in a foreign market like Japan, where it has a near …
Online Survey for Indian Mobile App Developer Enterprises
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently released an online survey for mobile app developers to respond on their legal practices within their work, as well as their business models and familiarity with India’s laws. Through this research initiative, CIS hopes to better understand the dynamics of India’s mobile app ecosystem amongst stakeholders, and …
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India is poised for success because of the 3 D’s: Highlights of #InTech50 2014: Day 1
InTech50 is a joint initiative by iSPIRT and Terrene Global Leadership Network. InTech50 is a showcase of some of the most promising software products created by entrepreneurs from India. This is the 1st InTech50 and is going to be an yearly event. The inaugural edition of InTech50 saw great participation: 50 Top Indian product companies …
#InTech50 – The Secret Sauce
InTech50 is a big success. The visiting CIOs went back happy. The InTech50 startups are pleased with their POCs and leads. Press has celebrated the new platform and has heralded its importance to the Indian IT industry. They say that the biggest enemy of success is fear of failure. No, that’s not true. The greatest enemy …
#InTech50 Booklet – Find out more about the Innovative companies from India
InTech50, a joint initiative by iSPIRT and Terrene Global Leadership Network, that recognizes most promising software products by India’s entrepreneurs, is pleased to announce the booklet which has more details about the 50 companies. InTech50 Booklet: India – A Startup Hub for the world from ProductNation.in
The Services Industry moved India back 20 years in terms of building Products” – Arvind Jha, #PNHangout
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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