Home » Archives for Indian-startups

Indian-startups

payment-gateway

Arun’s Note: I got this email in my inbox today from an entrepreneur detailing out his frustrations regarding the how ecommerce startups are at mercy of Indian Payment Gateway providers – This is not the first time I have heard and more or less most early stage startups are experiencing this kind of frustration! I [...]

{ 7 comments }

Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [22-28th Aug 2011]

by Arun Prabhudesai
India Funding MA deals Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [15 21st Aug 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 22nd  August. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Aug 22nd  to Aug 28th 2011] …

Continue Reading →

Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [1-7th Aug 2011]

by Arun Prabhudesai
India Funding MA deals Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [25 31st July 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 1st August. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Aug 1st to Aug 7th 2011] Funded Company / …

Continue Reading →

Proto.in Mumbai Edition – Whats in store?

by Arun Prabhudesai
proto.in Mumbai Edition

We are now just 3 days away from 7th Edition of hugely popular startup event – Proto.in. Here is a sneak preview of what’s in store in this edition of proto.in. The main feature of this event – Startup Showcase – will have 16 shortlisted Indian startups take the center …

Continue Reading →

Capital deprivation and startup strategies

by Arun Prabhudesai

[Post by Abhijeet Vijayakar] One of the most important uses of capital is in discovering new markets. With a sufficient pool of capital, new markets can be quickly discovered, probed and exploited; the viable markets invite a rash of competing companies, and unviable markets are neglected and wither. In India, most companies are …

Continue Reading →

Startuppable Markets

by Arun Prabhudesai
startuppable-markets

[Guest post by Abhijeet Vijayakar] What environmental factors are necessary for startups to flourish? This question has been examined by several authors, and most have come to the conclusion that a place that looks a lot like Silicon Valley is the natural answer. In other words, take a couple of technologically sophisticated cities such as [...]

Continue Reading →

Questions to Twitter based startups

by Arun Prabhudesai
Twitter_DDOS_attack

On August 06,2 009 , an update on the Twitter blog read "Denial of Service Attack" This led to a frenzy in the online world which has gotten addicted to Twitter. I am no exception and experienced withdrawal symptoms too. Twitter has gone mainstream in a very short time and has people hooked like …

Continue Reading →

Top 50 Emerging IT companies in India

by Arun Prabhudesai

Nasscom recently released EMERGE 50 – Listing the top emerging IT and Software services companies in India. We present you the list of these emerging stars of tomorrow. EMERGE 50 looked at following parameters to arrive at top 50 Emerging companies in India Differentiating service offered by the companies Products – …

Continue Reading →

Anatomy of an Entrepreneur

by Arun Prabhudesai
Typical Entrepreneur

Do you know what is the Family Background or Motivation of Typical Entrepreneur?

Here is your Typical Entrepreneur

  • He is from a middle-class or upper lower-class background, and very few come from backgrounds of extreme wealth or extreme poverty.
  • He is usually well educated, with only 5 percent or less having a bachelor’s degree.
  • He likely to be better educated than their parents were, with half his fathers and a third of their mothers having at least bachelors’ degrees.
  • He performed well in high school and in college, with the vast majority ranking average or above in their respective institutions.
  • He necessarily does not come from families of entrepreneurs; slightly more than half are the first in their families to launch businesses.
  • On average, he tends to be the middle child in a three-child household.
  • He is significantly more likely to be married and have children when they launch their first businesses.
  • He is far more likely to have worked for an employer for more than six years than to have quickly launched their own businesses.
  • His primary motivation for launching a business are to build wealth, to own his own company, and to capitalize on a business idea that he has.
Continue Reading →

One of the reasons why Entrepreneurship does not grow in India!

by Arun Prabhudesai
failed-Indian-Entrepreneur

Yes, I know, I may raise a few eyebrows with that title – But it is a fact that cannot be overlooked. I will explain you with a real-life example, read on… I was sitting with a serial entrepreneur friend of mine today at office and as usual our discussion veered towards Entrepreneurship. He was [...]

Continue Reading →

Startup ecosystem and the fate of non-IT startups

by Sriram Vadlamani

Indian startups off late are in a boom kind of thing which was witnessed in Silicon Valley in the 90′s. I know boom is a dangerous word, but that is the best word I could use. Venture capitalists abroad are willing to invest in India. Most of them are expats who wanted to give something [...]

Continue Reading →

Are startups a better bet?

by Sriram Vadlamani

Sensex off late is going in a range bound manner. It is neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Just like investors, sensex is also confused. To add to the confusion is the recent developments in corporate India or as it is mostly called India Inc. Corporate governance suddenly became the spotlight - thanks to the Satyam scandal. Wipro [...]

Continue Reading →

How to write a Business Plan ?

by Arun Prabhudesai

If you are a startup or thinking of starting up (yes, even in this recession), there is no better place to start than watching this video by John Edmonds. What a gem !

Most of the entrepreneurs think that business plan is required, only if looking out for funding. Yes, a good business plan does help in secure funding, but more so it helps you granularize your thoughts and get clarity in execution of idea – probably the most important ingredient for a startup to become successful.

This video is long, one hour and twenty four minutes to be precise, but it will be worth every minute of it. If you do not have time right now, bookmark it and watch it later, but do make it a point to see this !

You see the first 5-10 minutes and I am sure you will see it till the end.

 

Let me know what changed for you after watching this video !

Continue Reading →

Myntra goes big with $5 million funding

by Arun Prabhudesai
myntra

myntra Its time we had some funding news for Indian startups. Myntra has raised a cool $ 5million funding led by NEA-IndoUS Ventures and IDG Ventures along with Accel India Venture Fund. Vani Kola, Sudhir Sethi and Gagan Kumar from NEA, IDG and Accel respectively will come on Myntra board.

This funding validates that online Tee and other gifting items printing is a fast becoming a big business. Myntra were seed funded earlier and this series A definitely a shot in the arm, especially considering recent no-so-favorable market conditions.

Continue Reading →

Hottest Indian Startups Review: Vakow

by Sriram Vadlamani
vakow logo

We will be featuring reviews of some of the Indian startups that have been nominated at hotteststartups – The startup awards for innovative and successful businesses in India – jointly organized by Tata and NEN.

vakow logo

SMS market is really heating up. Few days back I blogged about enabling search through SMS and how much of a killer application that is. There are many more things, which can be done through SMS. SMS has been the best way of communicating during disasters. So what else can we do with this beautiful technology? Blogging. Micro blogging has been a fad only recently. Twitter has glamorized micro blogging so much that it is hard to find a service or a website related to micro blogging every other day. Even Reliance has introduced micro blogging and Mr. Bachchan has been using it profusely. SMSGupShup, MyToday are few other companies in this space.

Continue Reading →
Page 1 of 3123
who's online