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Enflammer - Entrepreneurship Discussion at NITIE, Mumbai
2007-03-14 20:52:00 NITIE,Mumbai conducted a two day event "Enflammer" to foster the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. This session included interactive sessions with two of India's most successful entrepreneurs, Mr. Suhas Gopinath - the World's Youngest CEO and Mr. Alok Kejriwal, Chairman, Contests2Win.com. Ouch! My poor publisher cut me off. Please , please pay me a visit at http://Startups.in/India or using the short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Entrepreneurship , Discussion , Rene
ilaaka.com - Aiming to be India's Yahoo?
2007-03-14 08:23:00 Ilaaka (pronounced e+laa+ca) is a rapidly growing destination that went from 120 users in September of last year to around 14000 users as of this writing. It provides local maps, local search, coffee clubs through which you can hook up with people at local coffee shops, online forums, listings of local events, social networking, information on discounts at local stores, blogs and few more features. Lately we've been seeing more and more startups focusing on a niche segment and haven't seen any aiming to be portals. But Ilaaka seems to be heading that direction. So, is Ilaaka going to be like Yahoo which is one of the earliest web portals? Where exactly are they heading and what's on the mind of its founder? Startups.Insider Preshit did an excellent job trying to find the answers for some of these questions. Keep reading to learn more. 1. What exactly is ilaaka.com. Could you explain it for our readers? ilaaka.com helps you be better connected to the locality around you. We... More About: Yahoo!
ilaaka.com - Aiming to be India's Yahoo?
2007-03-14 08:23:00 Ilaaka (pronounced e+laa+ca) is a rapidly growing destination that went from 120 users in September of last year to around 14000 users as of this writing. It provides local maps, local search, coffee clubs through which you can hook up with people at local coffee shops, online forums, listings of local events, social networking, information on discounts at local stores, blogs and few more features. Lately we've been seeing more and more startups focusing on a niche segment and haven't seen any aiming to be portals. But Ilaaka seems to be heading that direction. So, is Ilaaka going to be like Yahoo which is one of the earliest web portals? Where exactly are they heading and what's on the mind of its founder? Startups.Insider Preshit did an excellent job trying to find the answers for some of these questions. Keep reading to learn more. 1. What exactly is ilaaka.com. Could you explain it for our readers? ilaaka.com helps you be better connected to the locality around you. We... More About: India , Ming , Yahoo!
Write, be read and also get paid
2007-03-10 17:59:01 So far, we've been doing most of the writing ourselves and you've followed everything that we've posted silently. :) Now, we want that to be changed. No, no - we're not bringing down Startu.ps ;-) nor are we going to go away and discontinue what ever we've been doing here at Startups.in/India. In fact, we definitely would like to continue writing more than we currently do but for the finite time we all have. So, we've explored hiring ghostwriters, freelance writers, hiring content development firms to help us out but then we suddenly wondered, "Why are we looking elsewhere and everywhere when there is talent right in front of us!". Yes, we're referring to YOU. We are quite sure many of you already blog -- either on your own website(s) or at to some other blog(s) that you follow religiously. Many of you might be blogging (at your own or other sites) not to make money but just out of your sheer interest in the subject or to get to know and connect with all the ... More About: Write , Paid , Read
Write, be read and also get paid
2007-03-10 10:27:00 So far, we've been doing most of the writing ourselves and you've followed everything that we've posted silently. :) Now, we want that to be changed. No, no - we're not bringing down Startu.ps ;-) nor are we going to go away and discontinue what ever we've been doing here at Startups.in/India. In fact, we definitely would like to continue writing more than we currently do but for the finite time we all have. So, we've explored hiring ghostwriters, freelance writers, hiring content development firms to help us out but then we suddenly wondered, "Why are we looking elsewhere and everywhere when there is talent right in front of us!". Yes, we're referring to YOU. We are quite sure many of you already blog -- either on your own website(s) or at to some other blog(s) that you follow religiously. Many of you might be blogging (at your own or other sites) not to make money but just out of your sheer interest in the subject or to get to know and connect with all the ... More About: Write , Paid , Read
Cricketology
2007-03-09 23:57:03 Skilworth, a new technology start-up from India, just launched an innovative cricket offering called Cricket ology. Picture this - a billion cricket experts, each watching thousands of hours of live cricket, listening to commentary from the gurus, debating the finer points of selection at tea shops or discussing the pros and cons of each World Cup side in boardrooms. It was time that someone asked these arm-chair experts to "put their money where their mouth is". That's exactly what Cricketology is all about. The real highlight of this prediction game is the Bonus Factor multipliers that are on offer, which are pretty similar to Odds/Ratios. Every right prediction, earns you multiple points based on ?Bonus Factors' which change as the game progresses. Users accumulate points by making predictions for all World Cup matches and finally redeem them for big prizes at the end of the Championship. Billed as the ?Ultimate Cricket Game on Earth' and aimed at Indian arm-chair... More About: Rick , Ology
Cricketology
2007-03-09 22:17:00 Skilworth, a new technology start-up from India, just launched an innovative cricket offering called Cricketology. Picture this - a billion cricket experts, each watching thousands of hours of live cricket, listening to commentary from the gurus, debating the finer points of selection at tea shops or discussing the pros and cons of each World Cup side in boardrooms. It was time that someone asked these arm-chair experts to "put their money where their mouth is". That's exactly what Cricketology is all about. The real highlight of this prediction game is the Bonus Factor multipliers that are on offer, which are pretty similar to Odds/Ratios. Every right prediction, earns you multiple points based on ?Bonus Factors' which change as the game progresses. Users accumulate points by making predictions for all World Cup matches and finally redeem them for big prizes at the end of the Championship. Billed as the ?Ultimate Cricket Game on Earth' and aimed at Indian arm-chair... More About: Gaming
Sangeetix - India's own Napster - Webjay?
2007-03-09 11:56:02 Name one site where you can search for India n media content with very high relevant results without having to use complex search queries; one where you can also tag the results and share the playlists? No, neither of Google, Yahoo, MSN would give you relevant results. Disagree? Go ahead. Try it out. Let us suppose that you want to hear to "mein hu don" from the movie Don. Just click the hyperlinks above. Now let's try out the new star Sangeetix. What do you think? Super cool and smart, isn't it? Of course, we didn't include "mp3" as part of our search query on the other three search engines but we haven't on Sangeetix either. But being a specialized vertical search engine that it is, it was smart enough to do so for us. Interested to learn more about this new vertical search engine? We have it all below. 1. As we understand, Sangeetix.com is a search engine focused only on mining and playing Indian music. But for the benefit of our readers could you pl... More About: Napster
... and the winners are ...
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Do excuse us for the delay but the contest results are finally here. Ashish Kumar, Deap Ubhi and Preeti Shah have been kind enough to carefully read and judge all the entries. So without further dawdling, the winning entries are of Alok's and that of Himanshu. The winner of lucky draw(Contest#2) is Nigam's Entry#1. Winning Entries For Contest#1: Entry#8 by Alok: Score = 4/5 Judges say: "Excellent generalization, Well organized into various sections and I liked the explanations. Some better formatting of the content would have made it even better to read." Innovative thought / analogy and the points are for the innovation. But the way the post got structured - this looks like a missed opportunity to write up something really interesting. Excellent breakdown of what is an interesting way to think about recruiting - but the big assumption here is that the under performer actually cares that others know she or he under performing." Entry#10 by While we decide on p... More About: Winners , Winner
Please Help Save a Life
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Prabhakaran, an young engineering college student in a cruel twist of fate, had a terrible accident and is now admitted into the Critical Care Unit at Apollo, Chennai (Madras), India. The estimated hospital expense is close to Indian Rs. 8,00,000 (approx USD. 18000). Any monetary help would be greatly appreciated by the boy's family. While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Life , Help , Please , Save , Lease
Printing and sharing your emotions with care
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Entrepreneurism is all about realizing an idea, swiftly and smartly. The founder duo featured here in this interview are doing just that with their startup, SnapGalaxy. Find out more ... 1. As we understand, SnapGalaxy.com is a self-service website that facilitates digital photo print & delivery. But for the benefit of our readers could you please elaborate a bit more? Do you provide any other services such as customizable souvenirs etc.? Sure. SnapGalaxy.com is an online digital photo printing and sharing service where quality of prints and customer satisfaction come first. Registered users can send photos to anywhere in India, USA & Canada using SnapGalaxy.com and SnapGalaxy.in.In fact, I would describe snapgalaxy a While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: With , Emotions , Your , Care , Print
Get "The Art of The Start" for free - Autographed by Guy Kawasaki
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Thank you all for the entries. The contest has ended. The entries will be screened and winners will be announced on this site as well as contacted by email. The Giveaway: In the spirit of upcoming holiday season, we're giving away 3 brand new hardcover copies of "The Art of the Star t : The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything" book, authored and autographed by the Golden Guy Kawasaki . As founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, the "Golden" Guy has field-tested his ideas with dozens of newly hatched companies and in "The Art of the Start", he takes you through every phase of creating a business, from the very basics of raising money and designing a business model through the many stages that will eventually lead your company to doing the right thing and giving back to society. There could have been nothing more appropriate than his widely read book as a giveaway for this contest. The Contest#1: Write an entry on y... More About: Free , Auto
Tutors, Writers, Developers and more ... Jobs at startups in India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Require extra cash? In need of a part-time job? Bored at your current job? Looking for a challenge? Whatever it might be, check out the interesting yet diverse jobs being posted on the job board at Start u.ps. Listed below are some of the jobs posted by all types of startup companies in India - conceptual stage, early stage, bootstrapped, venture backed, stealth mode, beta or pre-launch, funded by founders or even in spin-offs from major corporations. 1. Tutors at Unique Tutorials in New Delhi, India 2. Software Developer s in Bangalore and Hyderabad for a seed funded startup focused on the US consumer Internet services market. 3. Sr. Software Engineer at Cavium Networks (India) Pvt Ltd in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. 4. Programmer for Campfire in Gujarat. 5. Graphics Designer jobs in Bangalore for Picsquare.com 6. Content Write r for Picsquare.com in Bangalore. 7. While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short ... More About: Jobs
Look, Hooeey's here to help you
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Look, who is here to help you. It's Hooeey! "Hooeey who?", you say? Well, should we just say it is a browsing history manager or should we say a bookmark manager or rather should we say it is a social network? Our first impression was it is Google Personal Search + del.icio.us + MySpace. We were so confounded that we did not know which category should this post go into! Bookmarking or Social Networks or something new? But hey didn't we also say "Hooeey is here to help us". So, here it is. Hear it in the master's own words. About Hooeey "The user's interaction with the web is changing - the web allows far more participati While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Help , Here , Look
Dating/Matchmaking site for startups
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Andrew Ive, a startup veteran came across the idea for his next startup while serving as a member on the board of entrepreneurs at Small Business Council, established by the Government of UK. As a board member he was responsible to advise and input into policy and thinking as it related to Small Businesses. While at it, listening to the summary of some research on small businesses, a point was made that there is plenty of funding available but unfortunately most of the startups and small businesses were not 'investment ready'. That got the cogs in his brain working and he was trying to understand why were small businesses or startups not investment ready? And how could they be made ready? The outcome of that thought process is AdvisorGarage, which bills itself as a dating site for business owners and investors as well as advisers. 1. What's the story behind Advisor Garage? How did it come to be? Advisor Garage came about through one of those typical ?Aha' moments that m... More About: Dating , Site , Start , Star , Startup
IIT Kanpur's Megabucks - Impresario, The Entrepreneurial Expo
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Editor Note: If you are a startup or an incubated company and would like to be showcased at this event, then kindly leave a comment with your contact information or contact the organizers ASAP to be briefed further about the opportunity. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is celebrating its Annual, International Business and Entrepreneur ship Festival, Mega bucks from Apr. 6th - 8th this year and we would like to associate with your company in this. We invite you to participate in Megabucks Impresario - the Entrepreneurial Expo that has been designed to serve as a networking podium for the exhibitors taking part in this event. Impresario, the Entrepreneurial Exhibition, sets the stage to bring together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, trade associations, technocrats, incubation hubs, start-ups and the academic fraternity. The focal point of the event is to foster close interaction and exchange of information of exhibitors with prospective investors as well as prospective empl... More About: Bucks , Buck
NeedGrub.com - The Restaurant Guide for India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Needgrub.com is "The" guide for Restaurant s In India . You need to know about your dining options in your city. The website provides a wide range of information and awesome search tools to help find that perfect restaurant. NeedGrub.com has some cool features like 1. Find restaurants by City, Locality, Zip, Features, Types, Cuisines and much much more 2. Maps to locate the restaurants 3. Editor Reviews and Ratings 4. User Ratings and reviews 4. Ability to add your comments and save your favourite restaurants. 5. Create a profile on the website and add your reviews and become a Star Reviewer of the week. 6. Photos of restaurants 7. and much more... Start finding restaurants now! Start writing your reviews about restaurants and share your thoughts to all the food enthusiasts, and give the visibility to those little eateries you love in your city. Share the fun and secrets of Dining in Indian cities. While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at ht... More About: Rant , Guide , Need
Internet and Mobile Connect event by Venture Intelligence
2007-03-08 11:55:02 India is experiencing growth in Internet and Mobile space. This presents a huge opportunity to deliver many Internet and Mobile based Value Added Services to end users. But this opportunity also presents significant challenges to Service Providers in coming up with business models, valuations etc. In this context, leading VC investors and top executives from several Online Services and Mobile VAS companies are coming together for Internet & Mobile Connect on March 15 at The Le Royal Meridian in Mumbai, to network, discuss and share best practices. Specifically, the panels at this event plan to feature discussions between investing and operating executives on the following issues: o How are these sectors going to shape in the next few years? o What are the business models that have worked in other markets? Will they work in India? o What are some of the India specific opportunities? o How can investors differentiate the winners from the crowd? o What are the challenges for inv... More About: Venture , Event , Intelligence
Podcasting with pizzazz
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Ever found yourself stuck listening/watching to the routine scripted stuff on Radio/TV? Ever wondered why a very personal event like Ash-b wedlock is the only relevant news on most of the Indian new channels for two consecutive days? Ever wished there was an option? Aditya Mhatre and Abhishek founded Indicast back in 2005 to provide an alternate source of entertainment for these very reasons and are currently based out of Mumbai. Indicast has been podcasting for over a year now and has been very well received so far as per its founder duo. They are so impressed with the response that they have decided to make a living out of it. Anand from Startu.ps recently met with Aditya and Abhishek to learn more about Indicast and their entrepreneurial thoughts. Please follow the informal chat below. 1. You've mentioned that Indicast is an Indian Pod cast where topics are discussed from an average person's point of view. But for the benefit of our readers could you please elaborate a bit ... More About: Podcasting , Pizza , Podcast , With
Bu.llet.in - Capturing and Organizing Bullets of Information
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Bu.llet.in (Bulletin) is an attempt to organize information in a concentric fashion under Organization, Cities, States and Countries (aka GEO). It provides you place-holder to post and share information attaching keywords (tags) and placing them under various Categories like Movie Review, Business Talks, Recent Happenings etc. In addition, it crawls Blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Yahoo Answers, Eventful to display information under Cities, Countries, Tags. This is called as MASHUP. You can notice socializing element where you can see People information under GEO - and can scrap them, add them to your friends list, search their posts and interact with them. Bu.llet.in is first of it's kind service to emphasize on Geographic organization of information, bringing relevant information to the users. Interview with its founder will follow soon. While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Information , Info , Inform , Ring , Informa
Startups Insights: Kick-start to become a Web2.0 entrepreneur
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Insights is a series of articles written by individuals with interest in or involved with startups. If you'd like to contribute a thought provoking article and be featured here, kindly contact nag.b at startups dot in Insights of Seshu Karthick Tanveer This article talks about the road map I follow to accomplish my dream of becoming a web2.0 entrepreneur. It exemplifies the one-man effort to get started on creating web2.0 applications. It is targeted at all those who wish to think like an entrepreneur... all those individuals who wish to get started in creating a startup. Who am I & What did I do? I'm Seshu Karthick, a full-time Software Developer at a US-based company and I reside in Dallas (Texas). Having s While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Star t ups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Sights , Entrepreneur , Insight
Announcing startups in need: Startups.in/Need - friends inDeed
2007-03-08 11:55:02 More specific details will follow soon but to give you a quick summary, we're launching Star t ups.in/Need for the startups in need of investment or other resources. For now, we'd be listing the requirements of the startups in need along with the listing of funds that are readily available for investment or a listing of development and other resources you could leverage for your own venture. We plan on adding more features but for now this is how it'd work: If you are a startup in need of funds or some other kind of help, please email seekhelp [at] startups [dot] in with the following details at the minimum - 1) Name of your startup including your name While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startup s.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Friends , Friend
TechMirchi.com, A NewEgg.com fill-in in India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 We strongly believe that there is HUGE opportunity yet to be tapped by serving niche markets in India especially by way of leveraging the power of Internet, and Tech Mirc hi.com, a Chennai based e-commerce startup seems to have understood that very well. Follow our conversation below with Vaseem Thabrez, Founder of TechMirchi who transformed his hobby into a growing business. 1. What is TechMirchi.com in a nutshell? Techmirchi.com is India's first online shopping portal dedicated for computers and technology related products for Indians. 2. Reasons you decided to launch a startup and the motivation behind developing a dot com? How did you get the thought? India has an immense potential for E-commer While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Fill
Dhingana is all about Gana(Songs) Masti(Joy/Fun)
2007-03-08 11:55:02 While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Fun , Songs , Song , About , Gana
CTO, Engineer, Blogger ... Jobs at startups in India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Working at startups is always a great way to gain experience that is rewarding both professionally and personally. It is heartening to see that more and more startups in India are opening up some challenging and rewarding positions for people who want to make a difference. Listed below are some of the jobs posted by all types of startup companies in India - early stage, bootstrapped, venture backed, stealth mode, beta or pre-launch, funded by founders or even in spin-offs from major corporations. 1. Chief Technical Officer for a multi-national Web2.0 company who would be willing to be a part of the company on a profit sharing basis. 2. Maverik Developer for Zealous Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. 3. JAVA/J2EE Technical Lead at FIABLES IT, Hyderabad. 4. Project Manager/Solution Head to be part of core team at Fiables and undertake assignments at on-site in Spain. 5. Technical Support Engineer to resolve technically complex, mission critical and sensitive customer issues for a MN... More About: Blogger , Jobs , Blog , Start
What is an Elevator Pitch?
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Watch the video for now. More on it later. While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: What , Hat , Pitch , Elevator
Pixrat - A Del.icio.us way to Dabble pictures
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Update(Dec 5 '06): Pixrat.com & Bixee got acquired by MIH (India) Web Private Ltd. What would be the best way to introduce this dynamic duo? Is it having the distinction of being the first startup in India to get Techcrunched or as daring entrepreneurs who ditched their lucrative jobs at Yahoo to pursue a passion or as people who've apparently launched the web's first photo bookmarking site. We can go on and on about this startup but we'll let you hear it directly from Ruban Phukan, co-founder of Pixrat. 1. What exactly is Pixrat.com? Why the name Pixrat? Pixrat is a social photo bookmarking site. It provides the huge online photo enthusiasts community an easy to use platform to co While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Pictures , Picture
Dimdim - The startup with a bright future
2007-03-08 11:55:02 "It's just amazing and easy to use even though it is still in alpha!" "Even our not-so-geeky parents can use this open source application that sports a very rich UI." "No way they could have done all this in 3 months." Those were some of our initial thoughts on being walked through the demo of this new application from an young startup called Dimdim. By the end of the demo we realized two things: one, Dimdim absolutely rocks! secondly, DD (no we are not referring to DimDim but its founder DD Ganguly) is an amazing person as well. Learn more about Dimdim straight from the person behind the team that developed this easy to use, yet powerful application. 1. What exactly is Dimdim.com ? What does Dimdim actually mean? Dimdim stands for Distributed Immersive Meetings, one DIM for you and one for me. I am joking of course. J. Dimdim is a brand name, it does not mean anything. The entire team sat down with thousands of domain names and found one that wo... More About: Future , With , Start , Star , Startup
Bangalore software professional launches an AJAX based web application serv
2007-03-08 11:55:02 This post is a result of a submission that we've received on Startups.in/India a few days back. It was about a service started by a software engineer working for a top global IT services company based in Bangalore . We checked out his website and the various user oriented services being offered and instead of simply publishing details about his venture, we wanted to find more about him, the reasons he established the startup, his goals, problems encountered on the way etc. Below is the outcome. His background: I am a software engineer, in one of India's top global IT services company, in Bangalore. I currently work in the Microsoft.NET technology. I am a deep Web2.0 technology enthusiast and have also fully authored a couple of whitepapers on Web2.0 and AJAX. For more on my background, an informal detail can be found at techslash.com/techslashers. Reasons for launching a startup: Well, I am a core technology enthusiast, especially towards computing and Internet. I have been s... More About: Software , Cat , Profession , War
A Small Big Company
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 11:55:02 We came across this startup that calls itself small BIG company. Know more about this startup & their experiences. We're sure you would find this interesting. We atleast did. 1. Your background (including partner's, if any)? I am a Software Engineer, started my career in Cognizant right out of my college and had a wonderful career experience at Cognizant. I was with Cognizant for 7 years where I learnt all the technical and corporate management which boosted my confidence to have a startup of my own. To know more about myself you can visit my blog. BTW, I Just started Blogging!!! My Partner Senthil Kumar called as PK is my college buddy who is from GIS background, did his Post graduation in While we decide on publishing the full RSS feed, please visit us at http://Startups.in/India or use our short URL http://Startu.ps More About: Company , Comp , Small , Mall , Compa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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