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Indian Digital Radio Startup Gets Series A Funding From Ojas Ventures
2012-01-31 12:08:00 While our country is currently fixated on FM channels, there is definitely a digital revolution in the works in Bangalore. Digital Radio startup, Venturenet Partners Pvt. Ltd. has managed to get Series A funding from Ojas Ventures for their yet to be launched Digital Radio service, Radiowalla. Venturenet is a young one year old startup which already has one service, called Spot Radio under its belt. Venturenet launched Spot Radio last year in August, 2011 and it has been moving upwards ever since. Right now they have managed to partner with around 20 national retail chains with over 2000 sites in the country. They are expected to be present in 10,000 sites before this year ends. Radiowalla is their direct to consumer approach which will initially offer Internet audio channels for normal netizens. They are expected to launch this in April. The funding amount is as of now, undisclosed. Venturenet was founded by Anil Srivatsa and Harvinderjit Bhatia. Previously, Anil was the CEO of ...
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Jeff Fluhr?s New Startup Spreecast.com
2012-01-26 23:12:00 Jeff Fluhr’s a Bay Area entrepreneur and friend who is best known for his first big startup StubHub.com, of which my company Sports Business Simulations, was one of its first and best affiliates. Now, Mr. Fluhr’s launched another new startup that has promise: Spreecast.com. The idea of Spreecast.com is to promote video-based conversations between people. (Read More...)
Does Your Company Have a Winning Culture?
2012-01-16 05:38:00 I’ve been reading Bill and Dave (subtitled: How Hewlett and Packard built the World’s Greatest Company) by Michael Malone. He’s a great writer, and it’s an important business story; I heartily recommend it. Being an ex-HPer, I have tremendous respect, bordering on reverence for the “HP Way”, which was the basis for the culture at Hewlett ...
Extending Your Technology With Spinoff Products
2011-12-06 00:02:00 Many software and hardware businesses, particularly smaller ones, are religiously focused on a specific vertical market. As well they should; focus is one of the most important attributes that can bring a business from startup to a strong growing business. This is often one of the key areas I concentrate on with many of my ...
Seattle Startup Overcomes Trademark Challenge by Changing Its Name
2011-12-05 04:39:00 I came across this story on a Seattle startup. Bluebox Now is a Web-based marketing company. It had begun to build some momentum. It had a big customer and good prospects for outside funding. Then it was hit with what one of its founders described as a “doozy” of a legal problem — it got a cease-and-desist letter from an app host called the “Blue Box Group,” also based in Seattle. Bluebox Now says it’s changing its name. The founder said they thought they could win the trademark dispute, but they couldn?t afford to find out.
Customer Service Startup Freshdesk Pumped With $1Mn Investment From Accel P
2011-12-02 06:59:00 Indian Saas (Software as a Service) based startup, Freshdesk recently got an investment of Rs. 5 Crore from California based Accel Partners.  Their investment in Freshdesk will help them improve their Business Development and Marketing. They also plan to expand their product team. Accel Partner’s Shekhar Kirani will join the BoD of Freshdesk. Freshdesk was set up in late 2010 by Girish Mathrubootham, a former VP at Zoho Corp. Freshdesk has customers in over 30 countries and covers 6 languages. They offer customer support software to SME’s. They make this available through a Cloud Based interface and are one of the freshest Saas companies around. Typically their services start from around Rs. 500 per agent per month, making them attractive to SME’s to set up customer support. Commenting on the investment, Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk said,“The future of customer support is on the Cloud, and a good portion of it will happen on the company’s Facebook ...
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2002 Toyota Camry startup intermittent issue
2011-11-01 14:55:00 My 2002 Camry will start up sometimes with no issue. However every now and then I try to start up and will get a dead battery like response. No lights and radio. After repetitive attempts to start up by turning the key off and on the car will light up and the radio comes on and then will start up. T
Speed Up Startup With Startup Delayer
2011-09-27 09:00:00 Have you ever troubleshot a computer that took forever to start up after a user logged in? Nine times out of ten they probably had a heap load of stuff that started at login time. Stuff like instant messengers, software updaters, backup software, anti-virus, etc. You get the picture. Sure you can disable a lot of that from starting up at all when a user logs in, but what if they really need a programs to run at startup, they just need to be able to login and get to work faster? I found a nice little free tool that will let you delay essential programs instead of stopping them. Thus allowing a faster login time, and still be allowed to have processes that run at login. It?s called Startup Delayer from R2 Studios. You can set your own delay sensitivity when you first run the program. Make it so that nothing will start until the computer is idol, or even start fast and only take slight consideration to CPU and Disk usage. From their page: Startup Delayer gives you the power to...
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Should Your Sales Reps Cold Call?
2011-04-11 22:53:00 In this article we’ll take a look at arguments on both sides, and recommend when and how much cold-calling makes sense. This is an age-old question in sales. Some would say that’s what sales people should be doing. Others believe that if sales reps have to cold call, it’s an indication of poor marketing and very ...
Building The World?s Greatest Startup ? Mealcloud
2011-02-22 22:50:00 For a couple of years and the owner of a fish and chip shop I have been frustrated with the Epos options available to the fast food market. Most of the systems on the market offer very little in the way of productivity or functionality which in my opinion is costing the industry a small fortune. After talking with ...
WATSummit Highlights : Panel 4 – Startup V/S VC Perspective
2011-01-17 14:00:00 The fourth panel at WATSummit was one that was bound to attract a lot of attention and interest – Startup V/S VC Perspective. And it didn’t disappoint. Moderated by Alok Kejriwal – CoFounder and CEO. Games2win, the panel included Sasha Mirchandani – Managing Director, Blue Run Ventures India, Rahul Khanna – Director , Clearstone Venture Advisors, Sateesh Andra – Venture Partner, DFJ India and Sameer Guglani – CoFounder, The Morpheus. Alok started the session with a quip about how the entrepreneur was standing while all the investors were sitting. He then began off by asking the panel if it was necessary for an entrepreneur to behave in a certain manner to get funded. While Sasha Mirchandani said it depended on whom he was pitching to. Sameer Guglani gave his own example of raising money in semi-formals. But he stressed it was important to project yourself as you were. Amidst all the light hearted digs that Alok took at the panelists he did ...
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Salesforce Buys Indian Startup DimDim For $31 Million
2011-01-07 05:15:00 Salesforce.com has said that it has acquired web based, real time conferencing startup DimDim for $31 million – in cash. Salesforce said that it would use DimDim’s technology for Chatter – its answer to Yammer, an enterprise social network. Chairman Marc Benioff wants to replicate Facebook’s success at combining real time collaboration and communication into an integrated service. Here’s what he said – “Facebook has fundamentally changed the way we communicate in our personal lives. The acquisition of Dimdim will help salesforce.com deliver to the enterprise the same integrated collaboration and communication experience that made Facebook the world’s most popular Internet site”. DimDim was founded in 2007 by DD Ganguly and Prakash Khot. Its technology allows users to host web conferences without having to install any software. DD Ganguly said “Salesforce.com gives us the opportunity to apply our expertise and align our vis...
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Choosing an Advisory Board for your Tech Company
2010-12-08 00:11:00 Advisory Boards have become a very chic addition to software and hardware companies over the last 5 or 10 years. So what are the key criteria you should use in putting together an advisory board? Well examine this issue below. Prior to the 5-10 year period mentioned above, it was rare to hear of a company ...
The Morpheus Invites Startup Applications For Batch 5
2010-11-08 16:15:00 The Morpheus – A “gang of serial entrepreneurs and around 65 startup founders and growing” – as they call themselves is looking for applications for its fifth batch of startups. Recognizing the fact that the first 12-18 months is the most important and perhaps difficult stage in the life of a startup. Calling it the ‘Valley of Death’ , Morpheus looks to battle this Startup Mortality Rate through an intensive Business Acceleration Program (BAP) followed by a long lasting commitment to the selected Startups. The deadline for applications for Batch 5 is 14th November 2010. And program itself will be carried out through December 2010 – March 2011. Short listed startups will be invited for a 2 week interaction. From these 10 companies will form batch 5. Morpheus will look to take up an equity varying from 7-12% and invest INR 5 Lakhs. The application process consists of answering some very interesting questions(Download Here). Applicants are not...
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OpenStudy.com ? An Educational Startup Blog
2010-10-19 17:10:00 OpenStudy is a real time, give help, get help study site, where students connect, collaborate and learn more effectively. It is funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Georgia Research Alliance. The goal of open study is to bring a more social learning experience to students on MIT OpenCourseWare ...
How Soon Should Your Software or Hardware Company Go International?
2010-10-12 19:08:00 This is a question that frankly doesn’t come up often enough at early stage tech companies. There is usually an assumption that you first conquer your home market, and then sometime way down the road, when you are already flush and successful, it will be time to expand internationally. US-based tech companies are most guilty ...
Ekoing Loud And Clear – A Startup Review
2010-09-04 10:30:00 A few of the top words doing the rounds in the Indian economic scene this past year are microfinance, mobile revolution, financial inclusion, social responsibility, sustainable solutions, etc. There is one startup that will emerge from a mash up of these words – Eko India Financial Services Private Limited. Based on the idea of providing accessible banking services to the financially excluded and unbanked section of the society, Eko has left a very impressive mark on me. Eko provides a low-cost banking platform – SimpliBank – which ensures real-time cash transactions over a mobile phone. Considering the fact that their target group is the middle and low income population in India where cash transactions on a mobile phone will bring up substantial trust issues, they have come up with a brilliant solution. Eko appoints local retail outlets (kiranawalas or chemists) as its Customer Service Points (CSPs). They have cleverly leveraged existing distribution networks and their intera...
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Saturday Startup Review: Get Group Offers With GrOffr
2010-08-14 14:12:00 Offers and deals, two words that are music to any Indian’s ears. We all love to find good deals, and it is a known fact to most that making offers in groups or buying in bulk is always a guarantee for great deals. Cashing in on this idea, GrOffr has decided to offer such deals for customers online. One sentence description: It offers group deals for customers in real estate, automobiles and electronics. About Startup: GrOffr is derived from Group Offer. They promote group buying by aggregating buyers with similar interests and make negotiations with developers / car dealerships / electronic stores to provide a discounted price for all the interested buyers. About Founder: Not known Funding Status: GrOffr is owned by Mumbai-based ICSPL WAT’s HOT: What a great idea! You can get your house, car, and electronics for your house for cheap by joining hands with buyers who are looking for all the same things. You don’t even have to do the dirty job of negotiating with dea...
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Starting and Growing a Software Company in a Difficult Fundraising Environm
2010-08-09 00:22:00 Some would say that it’s ALWAYS a difficult time to raise funds for a startup company. In general, I’d agree. With the exception of a few brief moments, such as pre-Internet Bubble in the late 90’s where money was being thrown around like air, fundraising is hard. There are a few lucky folks that don’t ...
Saturday Startup Review: ScanCorner.com – Now Digitize Your Memories
2010-07-31 14:44:00 Have you ever got annoyed with bad scanning quality of your old childhood photo or your grandparents wedding photo, or scratches on photos that put off its impact? Scancorner is emerged as an outsourcing company to scan and restore old photos, negatives, slides and any other offline media. One sentence description: You can now preserve precious moments by digitizing old photos, negatives, slides and other offline media. About Startup: Scancorner was started in April 2010 and is operational in Switzerland, Spain and India. They remove dust and scratch, and also provide color enhancement. The company also makes backups of all pictures on their secured servers to make it available for customers if ever needed in the future. Charges Media Resolution Price 35mm Color Negative 3000 dpi 9 INR 35mm Slides 3000 dpi 9 INR Paper Photo (Individual or In Albums) 600 dpi 9 INR Black & ...
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Saturday Startup Review: Rentoys.in – Rent Toys For Your Kids
2010-07-24 11:01:00 Blame it on all the cartoons, or blame it on Disneyland itself, kids and toys are inseparable. Parents have to go through the ordeal of buying a toy and later realizing that their kid just doesn’t like it. To add to parental woes, toys by good brands like Funskool, Fisher Price etc. have become quite expensive. So what will the parents do? The answer lies in Rentoys.in. One sentence description: As the name suggests, it lets you rent toys. About Startup: Rentoys is a Bangalore based online toy rental company offering toys on rent for kids in the age group of newborns upto 6 years. The company’s toys portfolio includes toys from leading toy manufacturers like Fisher Price, Vtech, Okplay, Funskool, Baby Einstien and Playschool. About Founder: Neeta Verma, the founder of Rentoys attributes the inspiration to this company to her toddler . She is also a graduate in life science and focuses on early development of a child by playing with toys via Rentoys. Funding Status: N...
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Startup Review : VoiceTap – Search and Connect with Experts !
2010-06-09 15:31:00 Voicetap is a young startup – and yet a veteran. The fact that it is only a year old makes it young and the fact that it is the youngest ever Red Herring Global Top 100 company makes it a veteran. Earlier, Voicetap focused on education, career, finance and health. But now Voicetap is expanding to tons of new services. Earlier – it was limited to inbound voice calls but now you can connect to experts through SMS and the Internet. I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to Beta test this startup’s new and revamped platform. So what is Voicetap ? Voiceatp lets you connect with people relevant to you. You have a query? Want to talk to someone? Want to sell something? Have knowledge and want to share? Just SMS or search via Internet and it will automatically connect you to relevant people. This service is extremely easy to use. You just need a mobile phone and thats it. Lets take few examples, my friend just passed 12th grade. He has no idea of what he wants to do in ...
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Growing from a Startup to a Mid-Market Software or Hardware Company
2010-06-08 20:22:00 Every stage of a company’s growth holds unique challenges. In my opinion, startup to about $2M in revenue for a software company, and startup to $10M for a hardware company is the hardest phase of all. But growing a business is almost always hard, and there are several natural revenue levels where companies tend to ...
Growing from a Startup to a Mid-Market Software or Hardware Company
2010-06-08 20:22:00 Every stage of a company’s growth holds unique challenges. In my opinion, startup to about $2M in revenue for a software company, and startup to $10M for a hardware company is the hardest phase of all. But growing a business is almost always hard, and there are several natural revenue levels where companies tend to ...
Startup Saturday: Experience Vs Risk!
2010-04-10 09:29:00 If you ask any successful person his/her reason for being successful, 99 out of 100 would answer experience as one of the most common reasons. Not many would say that risk taking capability has make them successful, though if asked no one would deny that. But there are some genius or super-lucky people like Mark ...
Nominate Your Startup For TiE Delhi’s StartUp conclave SmashUP
2010-01-06 10:00:00 TiE Delhi is organizing SmashUP an exciting event for startups on 23rd Jan at IIT Delhi. The event will showcase 10 startups with innovative products out of the nominations. The Panel discussions  will feature renowned entrepreneurs on startup challenges like customer acquisition, ownership structure, hiring co-founders, financing/funding, etc. Reportedly the event is unique as the topics have been finalized based on inputs from the TiE entrepreneurial community. To register and for more information on the event click here. Related Posts Event Updates – TIECon Chennai ‘08 & TechFest IIT Events Update : TiE TiEGER ‘08 Event and Zapak Gaming Summit @TIE-ISB Connect Hyderabad – Internet and Mobile Session Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com
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WATShow With Satya Prabhakar – CEO – Sulekha.com On Startup Fun
2009-12-28 13:26:00 We caught up with Mr. Satya Prabhakar, Founder & CEO- Sulekha.com and spoke to him about team building and the challenges in convincing investors from US for startups in India.This and more in the exclusive WATShow below: Find more such exclusive interviews on WATShow.com Related Posts Saturday Startup Interview: Maddy Reddy Of Content Syndicate On WATShow New Launches -- EYantra Goes B2C With Foostor.com & Carazoo Launches Arababul.com In Turkey Morpheus Venture Partners Announce 10 New Portfolio Companies Venture Capital Beliefs & Views On Indian Internet Space -- (Must Read For Online Startups) Google Launches Google Ventures -- A Venture Fund For All Kinds Of Startups Follow us on: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Orkut Our Network: WATShow.com | WATJob.com | WATGame.com | WATPR.com
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Saturday Startup Interview: Maddy Reddy Of Content Syndicate On WATShow
2009-12-05 11:29:00 This is part of an ongoing startup series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. We interviewed Content Syndicate founder Maddy Reddy on his business model and funding plans. For more such videos log on to WATShow.com —- This WATShow Is Supported By About Sun StartUp Essentials Program: Joining is free and there are no hidden agenda’s. What Startups get on joining the program Free Technology Consultation from Sun Engineering team. Help on architectural level issues , porting , benchmarking , scaling issues etc. Deeply discounted Sun Systems and Storage products Discounted web hosting from our Web Hosting partners Open Source Software Know more here Related Posts Interview With Pankaj Agarwal CEO Of Clickindia.com -- Insights On Online Classifieds Industry WATShow With Ashish Gupta On Slowdown, Its Impact & What He Looks For In Startups? 10 of the Most Watched WATShows in 2008 Lessons To Build A Successful Startup -- WATShow With Bhavin Turakhia -- Founder...
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Lessons To Build A Successful Startup – WATShow With Bhavin Turakhia
2009-11-28 10:59:00 This is part of an ongoing startup series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. We caught up with Bhavin Turakhia the CEO of Directi who spoke to us about Lessons for startups and 8 key principles on building a successful startup. —- This WATShow Is Supported By About Sun StartUp Essentials Program: Joining is free and there are no hidden agenda’s. What Startups get on joining the program Free Technology Consultation from Sun Engineering team. Help on architectural level issues , porting , benchmarking , scaling issues etc. Deeply discounted Sun Systems and Storage products Discounted web hosting from our Web Hosting partners Open Source Software Know more here Related Posts Saturday Startup Review – SalenOffers.com – Online Sales, Deals & Offers! Microsoft Launches BizSpark -- Takes On Sun’s Startup Programme New Launches -- EYantra Goes B2C With Foostor.com & Carazoo Launches Arababul.com In Turkey Saturday Startup Review I: BlogAdda --...
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Saturday Startup Review: BillsReminder.com – Now Remind Yourself To C
2009-11-14 10:04:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Billsreminder.com All entrepreneurs would agree that collections is a single largest problem they face. Given how many bills we deal with in our lifetime its surely quite a tough job to remember different due dates and constantly remind our customers to pay them up. This is exactly the pain point that our startup for today is looking to solve. One sentence description: A easy to use bill reminder service About Startup: BillsReminder is a product by the startup Flexiidea based out of mumbai. Billsreminder is a service which lets you import dates and details of your bills and set alerts as reminders for their due dates for collection. About Founders: The company is founded Vivek Khurana, Gaurav Manik, Shachii Manik who come from having worked in some of the world’s major technology and service organizations Funding Status: Not known WAT’s HOT: This is a big pain po...
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Recipe for a Great ?Startup?
2009-10-23 23:57:00 This post is based mostly on an interview I’ve given to Outlook sometime early this year. I’ve long wanted to publish it on Startups.in but for the other things that keep me occupied. In any case here we go. Before we get to the interview, there is one thing that I’d like to mention. There is no ...Benefit from the Indian startup community. Join us at the Indian startup portal Recipe for a Great “Startup” is a post from: News, Views, Reviews & Interviews of Indian startups Related Posts Startup Advice You Could Use
Startup Events You Must Attend
2009-10-06 00:57:00 No matter who you are -- a startup entrepreneur, student or someone thinking about forming a startup, a service provider or an investor actively pursuing entrepreneur communities, these are some of the events you don't want to miss.Benefit from the Indian startup community. Join us at the Indian startup portal Startup Events You Must Attend is a post from: News, Views, Reviews & Interviews of Indian startups Related Posts Quarter Million Dollars in Funding For Mobile Startups
Saturday Startup Review II: ContentSyndicate – Syndicating The World&
2009-09-19 04:18:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Contentsyndicate Ever wondered how much content in text and pictures is created across all publishers large and small? Also how much money they spent in creating this content? Would they buy this content if it was cheaper to do so? Would a french tech newspaper buy and syndicate content from a niche Indian blog? Well this is what contentsyndicate is trying to achieve.. One sentence description: A Global Content Syndication Marketplace About Startup: Contentsyndicate aims at providing on time, on budget and on demand content by building a platfom for content providers i.e. publications, blogs, agencies etc to those who might need this content. Hence they are in the business of providing a platform for buying and selling content that is news, feature articles, translation, brochures, journals, press releases, white papers, websites and marketing campaigns across platforms,...
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Saturday Startup Review I: Zoomin – Print, Share & Personalize Ph
2009-09-19 03:34:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Zoomin.com There are always times when we want to instantly share our photos with friends and print them and send them as gifts. These are the times when we look for a simple and quick solution as well. Zoomin tries to be that solution.. One sentence description: Zoomin.com enables people around the world to share and print their photos and create personalized gifts About Startup: Zoomin.com enables customers to store, share, and print their digital photos. Customers can upload unlimited photos, order photo prints or personalize gifts with their favourite photos. The photo’s/gifts is delivered to any doorstep in India, the US, UK and Canada. About Founders: The company is founded by Sunny Balijepalli Founder & CEO who is a Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Half.com (an e-commerce site acquired by eBay), Ketan Sanghvi Co-Founder & COO and Phiroze Hav...
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Startup Advice You Could Use
2009-09-18 21:08:00 The Funding: Try to get Angels involved. Going for Angel investment right away is a prudent course of action for small teams with great ideas. Get someone in with a network, who can help you open doors. But remember that, ultimately, you?ll be doing the work yourself. There aren?t many people who can help with ...Benefit from the Indian startup community. Join us at the Indian startup portal Startup Advice You Could Use is a post from: News, Views, Reviews & Interviews of Indian startups Related Posts No related posts were found, so here's a random one: Centilian.com – Enabling Mobile Monetization.
Startup Mistakes by Software and Tech Companies
2009-09-15 02:17:00 Starting a company, any kind of company is the hardest thing to do in business. Sez me. It's also one of the most rewarding and fun, if you're built for the startup experience--though not everyone is. Technology startups have their own unique challenges. There are many different ways to drive off the road, some of which I list below. Keep in mind that no startup is perfect, and mistakes will be
Saturday Startup Review II: Seeders – Seeding Startups In India
2009-09-12 04:16:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup Incubator: Seeders Well we have been reviewing startups but today we shall review a newly launched startup incubation firm. The name is Seeders One sentence description: Startup Incubator for Tech Startups About Startup Incubator: Seeders is an incubation firm that focusses on internet enabled startups only. It is based out of Kolkata and would provide infrastructure, mentoring, handholding as well as investments of 5-15 lakhs to startups in India. They currently have a fund size of 2 crores for startups. About Founders: The company is founded by Abhishek Rungta who is the founder and CEO of Indusnet Technologies, a firm that specializes in all things Internet – design, development, market, training and Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder of InfoSoft Global, the company behind FusionCharts. Funding Status: Self Funded WAT’s HOT: This is by far the closest model to...
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Saturday Startup Review I: BlogAdda – Where Indian Blogs Hangout!
2009-09-12 04:01:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Blogadda.com There are always people who ask me how many bloggers are there in India? And I am always looking for answers. The other question I get is where can I find quality blogs to read? Well Blogadda tries to answer all this and more and has been doing so for over 2 years now. One sentence description: A Blog Aggregator In India About Startup: Blogadda is a blog aggregator which is over 2 years old. As it happens with startups with age comes traction. By virtue of being around for two years blogadda has attracted a lot of bloggers and offlate created buzz via twitter as well. About Founders: The company is founded by Nirav Sanghvi and currently he heads a team of 5 people at Blogadda. Funding Status: Self Funded WAT’s HOT: The space is growing each day and there are newer unique and focussed blogs being started in India. So blog discoverability is forever going...
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Business Plan for a Startup Business
2009-09-11 21:59:00 This business plan is a generic model suitable for all types of businesses. However, you should modify it to suit your particular circumstances.
Eventful Saturday Coming Up – StartupCity, Startup Saturday & Dig
2009-09-10 09:09:00 This saturday is turning out to be a very eventful one if you stay in Mumbai. This is because 3 events are lined up.. Here is a look at all three of them.. StartupCity – We had covered the last startup city that happened in bangalore and brought you the videos from there as well. Now the action moves to Amchi Mumbai and a similar carnival of startups is expected. Its a one day event happening at Rang Sharda in Bandra and the following is what can be expected.. The event will startoff with discussions on Building a Successful Startup, Opportunities in the Internet space for Entrepreneurs and Best practices of building technology companies. This would be followed by two startups showcases – one for internet and mobile and one for software and services. One can register here to attend this event. Startup Saturday – Startup Saturday like every month is happening across multiple cities in India together. You can attend one if you are in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hydera...
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On ESOP’s And What Should Startup Employees Be Aware Of!
2009-09-09 13:09:00 Guest Author – Alok Kejriwal – CEO Games2win.com In an increasingly alarming rate, I have begun to receive a panic stricken call from close friends who have been cheated of their esop/ equity/promised /founder shares in start up’s and VC funded companies. This is what is I keep hearing: * There was no paper work in place while I was there, and when I left * The CFO kept changing * I just received a letter stating that I have shares – nothing else was given to me * I was told that the company is incorporated in Mauritius and you have shares of an Indian company * Oops – once you left, your shares ‘expired’ * Don’t worry – when the company gets sold, you will be taken care off All this is ‘cockroach’ s**t. I say cockroach s**t coz even bull s**t is usable and hence valuable. Start up companies typically in the Internet space lure mainstream professionals to join their rocky, unheard of, highly risky and usually doomed to fail venture on 2 promises: * Be...
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Saturday Startup Review II : SutraJobs.com – Jobsite For Startups By
2009-09-05 07:37:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: SutraJobs.com Startups face a number of problems and besides for the lack of funding the other most common issue they face is that of lack of talent. This is because the bigger companies go to the campuses and hire the best talent and few startups have the kind of funds to hire the best folks. This is where the need for a specialist recruiter or a job site comes into picture. Sutrajobs is catering to this space. One sentence description: Jobsite for startup hiring About Startup: Sutrajobs.com is an online job portal focussed on providing a platform to opening in startup companies. The focus area seems to be tech, new media and digital advertising startups. The current job posting is free and I have personally also used Sutrajobs service and seen quite a few interesting resumes landing in my inbox. About Founders: The product is owned by SutraHR which is a full fledged recr...
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Saturday Startup Review I : MobiKwik – Recharge Your Mobile Online!
2009-09-05 06:28:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Mobikwik Well anyone who uses prepaid card on their mobile phones knows what a pain it is to recharge it each time your talk time is about to get over. One has to find a shop which sells recharge, scratch the card and key in the numbers etc. Its atleast a 30 minute exercise. But what if it could become a 3 minute exercise? Right from the comfort of your home? Well this is exactly what Mobikwik a new startup on the block is trying to achieve. One sentence description: Online recharge of mobile prepaid cards About Startup: Mobikwik is a focussed offering in the online mobile recharge space for prepaid customers. It currently supports all the major operators like vodafone, airtel, idea, aircel, bsnl, reliance and mtnl as well. It also offers users the features like a best prepaid plan finder and special offers if any from any operator. It also has the recharge facility avail...
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Saturday Startup Review II – Manageme7 – Manage Your Money!
2009-08-29 05:31:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Manageme7 Have you ever felt as if you have no idea where your money is going? At the start of the month you feel that you should be able to save a lot this month but by the end you are actually short of money! Well if keeping track of your money is concerned then Manageme7 does exactly that for you.. One sentence description: Online money management tool A.K.A Budget plannner About Startup: manageME7 helps you to manage your money 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. manageME7 is developed and promoted by Vinove Software and services, a 5 year old company with expertise in developing and promoting web based products and services. Vinove has in the past launched products like Merosys and Invoicera which like manageME7, offer an online solution to specific client requirement. The cost per month is anywhere from 6$ to 10$ based on the duration of subscription to the tool. About F...
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Saturday Startup Review I – Scopial – Design Your Tee
2009-08-29 04:29:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Scopial Have you ever shopped tshirts online? Maybe not because its possibly easier to walk to the nearest mall look and feel the clothes you want to buy rather than take the pain of shopping online with fears in your mind about quality. But what if the designs were unique? Would you then go online? This is exactly what Scopial is betting on.. One sentence description: Scopial is a online customized tshirts ecommerce site which is powered by an international designer community. About Startup: Scopial works on the works on the concept of mass customization wherein users from different parts of the world can submit designs and other users can vote these design on a scale of 1 to 5. Based on the voting a design is declared winner every fortnight and the designer is rewarded Rs.20,000. About Founders: Two brothers Mohit Yadav and Rahul Yadav have started scopial. The company ...
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Saturday Startup Review: Ayojak – Your Event Manager
2009-08-22 04:53:00 This is part of an ongoing startup review series supported by our sponsors Sun Startup Essentials. Startup: Ayojak.com India is an eventful country be it cities or towns there are innumberable conferences, meets, seminars, summits and even get togethers. Given that many of these are organized via email its a pity that India still lacks an online event registration and managing tool. So here comes Ayojak.com which aims at providing exactly this service. One sentence description: Ayojak provides easy to use online event management software solutions. About Startup: Ayojak enables to organize conference event, ticketing event, membership/group event and social event. Ayojak offers event registration, attendee management, payment processing, ticketing, reporting and promotion tools. Ayojak also provides event Services i.e. while planning an event you can search for venue, event planner for your event; you can post your need on marketplace. Ayojak’s customer support team can ...
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Windows 98 SE - Frozen Startup Window
2009-07-27 18:32:00 This is a new one to me....an HP Omnibook X3e GC, model F2117WT, running WIN98SE. My son apparently tried upgrading the video (S3 graphics) drivers to possibly the wrong version, this I am not sure of, but the computer wouldn't boot up. He tried reloading WIN98SE, which went well until the hardwar
How to Release the Network Brake of DSL Modem and Speed Up System Startup
2009-07-08 08:12:00 After installing a network card for the connection of a DSL modem, the PC boots up very slowly. It does not react for minutes together, and then suddenly everything starts functioning smoothly. This article explains Why it happens and how can you prevent it. The emergency brake in this case is the ?Dynamic IP address allocation?. ... Related posts:Simple way to Change your IP Address QuicklyHow to Wi-Fi Connect Your PDA Smart Mobile Phone And PC to Transfer FilesShare Folders on the Network Easily with Shared Folder WizardTips to speed up your computer4 Possible Ways to Enhance Speed of FirefoxHow To Set Up A Virtual Private Network / VPN
Prevent and Delete / Remove Startup Entries from Registering in Program Ins
2009-07-01 16:26:00 While installing programs, many more components are often installed which you do not want in the first place. It is annoying if, for instance, an endless stream of Startup entries slows down your system. Deactivating these entries is irritating and time consuming. Instead of manually putting the Startup entries out of action, you can prevent ... Related posts:How to Delete Files Blocked by a Program / Application using Process ExplorerCCleaner – A Freeware Cleaning Tool to Remove all Unused Files from your ComputerFree Revo Uninstaller – Remove Software Programs or Applications Completely from your ComputerHow To Turn Off User Account Control for Individual Programs in VistaHow to Prevent Irritating System Error Messages like “Out of Memory” by Increasing Desktop HeapHow to Remove / Delete Recycle Bin from the Desktop
Redgage.com - Startup Asks Creators to Share Content and in Turn Shares Rev
2009-06-05 15:25:00 RedGage is a content archive where you can upload all of your photographs, bookmarked links, blogs, documents, videos, etc. and make money from your material. RedGage allows users to upload all of their content in one convenient place. With an element of social networking, RedGage allows users to showcase their material and generate more traffic. This is how Redgage.com describes their website and what it offers. In an unnofficial tongue it means the photos you upload to Flickr, the posts you write on your blog, the videos you add to YouTube and the likes be shared on this site which in return will share its revenue with you. The revenue is as one can guess generated from advertising from various ad networks which then revolve around the content. There are no expectations on quantity or timing of putting up content with regards to the creators thereforee and the copyrights always remain ours. The easiest point against Redgage obviously would come from us bloggers who would wonder t...
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