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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
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
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
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
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
... 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
Burrp turns sexy
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Burrp! was the first startup we profiled here on Startups.in/India and just like all other first things in life, burrp! would always remain special to us. Since our first encounter, burrp! has been through several changes so as to please its users and with the recent major face lift, it is looking all the more irresistible. Check it out - burrp! Mumbai & Bangalore. Please exercise caution. Be Warned - you might just fall in love with the new & sexy burrp! 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: Sexy , Turn
Cleartrip - Taking confusion out of the trip
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Cleartrip, an online travel site intends to make travel a pleasant experience and its founder has a clear strategy to do so. Focus on customers, not competition is the secret of success in any business says Hrush Bhatt, founder of travel site cleartrip.com Here is the first part of our interview with Hrush Bhatt. 1. What exactly is Cleartrip.com? Why the name Cleartrip? Cleartrip is an online travel site which lets Indian customers book domestic flights and hotel rooms easily. Cleartrip is a great name, we selected it from over 70 contenders. We loved the name, Cleartrip, because it conveys everything that our company is about immediately. Our mission is "Making travel simple" and Cleartrip says it all. 2. What motivated you to start Cleartrip when in fact quite a few such sites seem to already exist while few more are reportedly in the works? Stuart, Matthew and myself have been working within the Indian travel space for many years at different organizations. I w... More About: Fusion , Confusion , Trip , King , Clear
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
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
Jambav - India's Magic Kingdom On The Web
2007-03-08 11:55:02 What do you get when you put together a team that has a former cook from a five-star hotel, an ex CTO who wants to stop churning out software and start teaching kids, an advertising professional wanting to start a playschool, a creative copywriter from a zoology background donning the role of a story teller, an adult who is a kid at heart to lead all these people and loving parents to fund all of this for a cause ? Well, you'd get a recipe for success. You ask how? We have it all below for you. 1. What is Jambav all about & why the name Jambav? Jambav is a team of software professionals dedicated to developing edutainment games and tools for children, with an inclusive focus on children with special needs, especially autism. All our ga 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: Kingdom , Magic , The Web , King
Exceptional thoughts of an exceptional entrepreneur - Ram Shriram
2007-03-08 11:55:02 We've recently interacted with Ram Shriram who like the Sherpas often dons the role of a guide and commands the utmost respect; the only difference being that he guides the explorers of the entrepreneurial world whilst the renowned sherpas of Nepal guide the explorers of Himalayas through its extreme conditions and towards success. As he is looked upon as a role model by several entrepreneurs, Indians in particular, we requested him to share with us a list of "golden rules and guidelines" for startups in India. In return, we've got a wealth of information from his real world experiences, all of which (and also listed below) can be found well documented at Sherpalo.com o 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: Entrepreneur , Thoughts , Thought , Exception , Exceptional
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
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
Appscale - Simplifying HR management with SaaS
2007-03-08 11:55:02 "Let's salsa SaaS to stay in shape and cut down the weight expenses" seems to be the current philosophy for many a business. "Shrink-wrapped" software solutions seem to be 'out' while "Saas" solutions are 'in'. But on a more staid note, "SaaS" isn't just another buzz word or a fad. We believe it is here to stay. Please be with us as we take you through what we think to be an interesting discussion with T. E. Gautham, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Appscale Technologies, makers of HRWorks, a SaaS solution for businesses to manage HR/Payroll processes. 1. Could you please tell us more about HRworks and the company behind it? HRWorks is a software-as-a-servic 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: Management , Men , With , Simp , Cale
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
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
Webyog - Impressive MySQL Interface from India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Anyone who ever used Webyog's free MySQL interface claims it to be more intuitive than any other competing product in the market. Since it is "Made in India " we were obviously intrigued and wanted to know more about this startup and the people behind it. In the process we also found out how to make a million without winning a lottery. Read ahead to learn more. 1. For starters, what is Webyog.com? Why the name Webyog? The name was coined in the dot-com days by me and my friend. At that point in time, everybody wanted to own a catchy domain name - just for the heck of it! "Web" was a very hot word those days and "yog" gave an Indian touch to it. So we went ahead and booked the domain. When the company was formed it al 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: Inter , Press , Face , Mysql
Back from hiatus
2007-03-08 11:55:02 We've received a significant number of updates during our two weeks of hiatus and while we did respond to quite a few of you earlier, we still have few more to go. So, please bear with us while we catch up with all of it and thank you for being with us. 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: Back , Hiatus
The tale of a FOURpreneur
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Doing what it takes to pursue, not just one or two, but all of your dreams and ideas with zeal and succeeding at them involves lot of effort, time, a bit of luck and may be loads of money :). Vivek Pahwa, a born entrepreneur has all of these and is driven to succeed. Learn more about this go-getter and his interesting ventures below. 1. As of now, you are managing 4 ventures concurrently which is quite amazing from our perspective. Could you please elaborate a bit more on your ventures? That is correct. Currently, Pahwa KBS (Knowledge Based Services) has 4 different websites, catering to different consumer needs. All four are in the consumer Internet space. The 4 we 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: Four , Tale , Rene
(Book) By Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs
2007-03-08 11:55:02 There are startup founders who turn an idea that they dreamt of into success and then there are those who take a step even further to ease the roadblocks that they earlier faced on their path to success, so as to help the future entrepreneurs. "Make the Move" book is one such attempt by Ishan Gupta & Rajat Khare to demystify the world of entrepreneurship. Intrigued? Keep reading to see what Ishan Gupta says on entrepreneurship, the book and more... 1. The tag line of your book "Make the Move" says Demystifying Entrepreneur ship. We're obviously intrigued. Could you give us a synopsis of your book? How does it help demystify entrepreneurship for someone trying to succeed as an entrepreneur? "Make the Move" is a book written for fellow entrepreneurs. Starting with inspiring words from the President of India to young visionaries, to Sabeer Bhatia's foreword, the book leads the reader to a stimulating start of dreams being turned into reality. ... More About: Book , Entrepreneurs , Rene
Startup 101 from CampusChai
2007-03-08 11:55:02 On his birthday last November, just when his wit started to reign, Sunder Iyer turned wise and decided that he will either create, start or do something that will impact people's lives in a positive way before his next birthday, failing which he vowed to eat a whole A4 paper sheet with his birthday resolution printed on it. Next week is his birthday and having looked at his work, we think he is going to succeed - no, not at devouring an A4 paper but with his startup Camp us Chai.com where "Campus Recruitment is done better" and targeted exclusively at Indian market. We've asked Sunder to share with us his startup experiences and he has b 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: Startup
Startups.in/dex - Index of Startups in India
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Evidently, someone had ample time to spare :) and dished out this neat index of startups in India . Check it out. Take a careful look. You'd notice the majestic India in the backdrop. 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: Startup , Tart
HumSubka - Online (My)Space For all of us
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Social networking has become ho-hum says who? If one were to go by the discussion at the recently concluded India Brand Summit, as of September this year, there were close to twenty social networking sites humming with activity with new ones still popping up and getting funded. MySpace and other such sites from the West would not really entice the Indian population until and unless they take into consideration the disparate cultural and other local factors that exist in Indian market. Orkut, once a popular destination is slowly losing its charm owing to the increasing negative publicity that it is receiving in Indian media of late. Point being, Indian social networking sites are making a high pitch hum as they race forward to capture this market and cash on the ever increasing online population in India. HumSubka.com 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: Online , My Space , Pace , Line
Got an idea? Need cash? Get funded upto $250K
2007-03-08 11:55:02 Do you have a great idea at work but struggling for funds? Then this could be the perfect opportunity to get up to $250,000 in investment with very few strings attached. To qualify, all it takes is just two of CRV's five general partners to believe in you idea and give a go ahead. Charles River Ventures (CRV), one of the most respected and successful early-stage venture capital firms in US with approximately $1.8 billion under management has just launched QuickStart Seed Fun ding Program. This program makes it very easy for startups to seek up to $250K in working capital to finance the work necessary to build out their ideas and better explore market potential in preparation for raising a first formal Series A equity round. "Getting a big idea off the ground takes a lot more than innovative thinking. It takes time, resources and c 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: Idea , Need , Cash , Fund
Guruji - The swadeshi search engine
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 11:55:02 If Gandhiji were alive, he'd have been extremely happy (using) seeing Guruji. What if it doesn't yet rank his website on the top, it at least is not just some search engine developed by firangis. Being a champion of "swadeshi", our beloved father of the nation would have been happy on seeing the indigenously developed search engine and the people behind it who are working arduously to make this product better each day. Follow us as we take you through the thoughts of Anurag Dod, co-founder of Guruji.com, the first ever Indian search engine aspiring to showcase the "Indian" content to the world. 1. As we understand, Guruji.com is a search engine focused only on mining Indian content. But for the benefit of our readers could you please elaborate on the need for a country specific search engine? Guruji.com is India focussed search engine which crawls the India relevant information and adds Indian context to the queries e.g. if user is searching for 'Preside... More About: Search , Search Engine , Engine , Ades , Wade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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