Andy Walter, CIO of Procter & Gamble strongly believes that the day we claim success is that day we stop innovating and the day we start climbing down. We are very fortunate to have Andy Walter CIO P&G to visit and talk about his experiences in what it takes to be a global enterprise product …
Discovery Hack Playbook Series – Effectuation – Experiential Workshop
In Early Stage Startups – What to do next ? Early stage startups and first time entrepreneurs face many challenges that are unprecedented in nature. – How to know which discussion (customer, vendors, mentors) inputs to keep and which to ignore ? – How to make confident decisions when very little information seem to be …
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Stories of small business owners who are paying for software in India
I used to come across a lot of people in India saying SME’s adopting software will always be DIM (Do-it-for-me) but then I thought hard about existing software users in India. Why would they use software day-in & day-out when they are not tech-savvy. That itch got me to work with my friend Tejaswi Raghurama to dig …
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Want to get our attention? Talk to the founders of our portfolio companies! – Blume Ventures #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 …
Before you start with Growth Hacking
Building a product startup is exciting. Most startups look to raise capital early and investors look no other measure but traction to take their bets. This need for traction puts immense pressure on the founding team to grow their startup. That leads to implementing multiple tips and tricks to improve the key product metrics – …
Consumer Mobility and E-Commerce Zinnov study
With the raging trends in mobile adoption space and incredible growth of e-commerce, we at Zinnov recently concluded a study on “Consumer Mobility and E-Commerce”. This study overall covers mobile and ecommerce space in the NCR area. This first-of-its-kind consumer led study highlights major trends shaping the industry in the mobility space and clearly spells details …
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How Startups Compete with Friction in Product Design
Startups need Traction. A startup which doesn’t get discovered doesn’t go anywhere. This is all the more critical for platform businesses which rely on their users to create value and network effects. In the specific case of platform businesses, Traction dictates the value that is created. A social network without enough users or a marketplace without …
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Is negotiation a strategy or a skill?
When it comes to a successful negotiation, which is more important: strategy or skill? The definition of the verb, negotiate, is to “deal or bargain with others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.” In a sales context, the key definition is to “bargain in order to …
Shephertz: Powering the Mobile Backend
ShepHertz endeavour is to make App developers successful on the Cloud, irrespective of the technology or platform on which they are developing. They provide a complete cloud ecosystem for app development – Mobile, Web, Social, Gaming and TV Apps. All their products focus on making App developers’ life easy and augment their business. ShepHertz is …
Ezmove – Redefining the Movers and Packers Services
Businesses succeed with a mission to serve customers and related ecosystem. Ezmove is following the same path. I recently got a chance to catch-up with Ezmove co-founders – Anand & Vishwajeet. Ezmove aims to be a guiding agent, to whom consumers can just outsource their movers & packers requirements. Q:Why do you guys feel there …
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The trouble of selling to BigB
I was talking to one of the CEOs of an enterprise product company who sells to CIOs of enterprise. The typical industry classification for them would be B2B, a business selling to business. When you read it that way it seems like a fairly balanced relationship between the two. However as we discussed his situation …
15 Steps towards Building a Great Product!
This for all founders & product geeks (that includes me too) who want to build the next great product. Sharing all this for #StartupKarma (Heard this from Bowei – ‘Continue to give away and help other entrepreneurs with a hope that it comes back to you someday!’) 15 Steps towards building a Great Product! from P J …
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If you have built an Enterprise Software Product, here are 5 reasons why you should apply for #InTech50
If you have built an Enterprise Software Product and have aspirations to take it to a global scale, here are the 5 reasons why you should apply for #InTech50. An opportunity to showcase, get validation of the concept and product direction, better understanding of business value in the enterprise from Global CIOs. High probability of …
Office Chat – The App for Messaging Securely” – Vipin Thomas, Product Manager – MangoApps #PNHangout
With Office Chat, the goal was simple; we wanted to create a product like Whatsapp, but for enterprises. This app should seamlessly work between devices (mobile and desktop) and could also be sold alongside the other suite of apps offered by MangoApps (an enterprise social collaboration network). Although MangoApps has an IM client tool integrated …
The link between corruption & early stage venture returns in India
As everyone knows, venture returns are determined by building innovative products and services that reach scale. The operative words being INNOVATIVE and SCALE. Stuff that has not been built or tried before, stuff that delivers much greater “value” to the customer. We also know that India early stage returns have not exactly been stellar. I’ll …
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