The first question that I asked iSPIRT volunteers running PNCamp, the first ever bootcamp exclusively focused on product entrepreneurs in India, was why Pune? They pointed to Dilip Ittyera whose greying strands of hair masks his passion to firmly perch Pune on the product map of India. Later during many conversations, it became evident why …
Announcing the CIO Mentorship Program for Enterprise Product Startups
A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is, 2. Who are its customers, 3. How to make money. – Dave McClure As a startup we all struggle either with the Market Fit, the right price for the product and finally the sales. There have been times when we …
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A day at the Product Nation Camp at Pune #PNCamp
As someone who has attended many events such as the Nasscom Product Conclave related to Software Products, I was intrigued by the concept of an one-day Boot Camp organized by iSPIRT (Indian Software Products Industry Round Table). i had earlier attended a mini-Round Table event organized by them in Chennai that was quite energizing to say the …
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Breaking the Status Quo: Takeaways from a Revolution Taking Wings #PNCamp
It’s not often I find myself in a roomful of people driven by a shared vision. Inspiration was inevitably seeping in. It took me not more than a couple of minutes to realise that I should count myself lucky as I was in the same room as the bravehearts who were changing the world one …
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Three Waves of Indian Software
When I started JamBuster with Suneeta in 2004, I wanted to build a technology management software products company in India. Little did I know, that we would be part of a three-wave phenomena in software industry in India. The first wave of this is the software outsourcing, now a bit old story, but still …
Premium vs Freemium vs Subscription
For mobile apps, there are three dominant pricing strategies: Premium, Subscription and Freemium. According to a report by app-store analytics company, Distimo, freemium now accounts for 71% of Apple AppStore revenues in the US, up from somewhere around 50% last year, and rising. In Asia, freemium is 90% of App Store revenues. Is freemium always …
Stay Classy! – 8 Rules for 21st Century Marketing!
As this article is being written, possibly one of the greatest Viral campaigns EVER is being rolled out for the movie – Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues set for a release date of December 18th, 2013!. It’s a sequel to the 2004 movie Anchorman, a stinging parody of 70’s and 80’s ego maniacal TV …
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Approaching Mobile UX – A Product Manager’s Perspective
When building the mobile interface for their existing products, Product Owners are faced with quite a few perplexing questions, especially related to the user experience on mobile. A report from ZDNet says UX is one of the most critical concerns for enterprises looking to develop mobile apps while another study points out that users prefer …
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Nurturing Product Managers & Entrepreneurs
More than 3000 product companies generating revenue of $2 Billion – that may sound miniscule compared to $100 Billion IT services industry. It is pertinent to look at how the eco-system needs to be developed to create $100 Billion Software product industry from India over the next decade. Ambitious ? Yes, but not impossible. There …
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Bangalore: 30th Nov 2013 | Design Thinking round table with Eskild Hansen
On a typical Saturday morning in Bangalore, a small group of design practitioners and product folk got together at the Fusion Charts office in Koramangala. They were attending an informal round table discussion on the topic ‘Design driven innovation to help make the world a more beautiful and pleasurable place.’ As part of a design tour being organized …
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Enterprise Sales, Product Market Fit and Partnerships: Learning from the 23rd iSPIRT Round Table
Vivek from iCreate facilitated yet another juicy round table with lessons learnt ‘from the trenches’. While this article provides a distilled summary, it cannot do justice to in-person learning. I strongly encourage you to attend the next iSPIRT round table. Vivek started off by saying that there is no silver bullet. Every product exists in …
Owning the Transaction – Why Marketplaces Need to Think Like SaaS Businesses
Marketplaces are difficult businesses to get off the ground. A marketplace without buyers cannot attract sellers and vice versa. In fact, the infamy of this proverbial chicken and egg problem detracts entrepreneurs from the challenges that a marketplace presents after it has successfully gained adoption and is successfully matching buyers with sellers. After all, marketplaces for …
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This is just the beginning …..picture to abhi baki hai dost.
For every successful movie one requires a huge team effort from the story writer, producer, actors and directors to the light guys, similarly for a startup to benefit one requires the vision, passion, team work, the agility to implement and mentors. This is what the delegate exactly gets at the #PNCamp, where startups work in …
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iSPIRT invites you to participate in the Indian Software Product Industry Survey
As you know, the Indian software product industry is still in its infancy. Your active involvement is essential to nurture and grow this industry and realize our collective dream of building a product nation. This survey is the first step towards developing a systematic and accurate understanding of the Indian Software Product Industry landscape. The …
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Inside story on The making of #PNCamp
The journey of doing something different for the software products ecosystem that started almost half year ago comes to climax as #PNcamp in Pune this first week of Dec 2013. Over 125 product leaders will come together over two days and meet other companies in similar life stage and exchange notes through a facilitated discussion …