ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support.

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India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. And yet, most regional development efforts are still floundering - at best, moving slowly, and not very surely - and we need to understand why.

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Silicon Valley Ireland India Entrepreneur 124

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. The product has won a national award from the president of India for its empowerment of people with disabilities. Interviewstreet.com. Quantum Arc. ET Interactive.

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India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Today she is operating at a 30,000 feet level, and I am concerned that unless she gets down to earth and develops more granular and specific strategies, she will not get anywhere. Now, e-commerce has had extremely slow penetration in India, one of the key reasons being the lack of reliability of the delivery and logistics chain.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A country that is in the process of moving from a developing to a developed stage is considered an emerging economy or market. But today, these nations with rapid economic development have a growing impact on the world economy and are responsible for driving more than 50% of world economic growth. on average.

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Global Brazil Russia Singapore 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs.

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Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. I deliberately wrote a highly controversial series of articles in 2008 [ Death Of Indian Outsourcing ] to provoke a debate on the topic. Saagam.com.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur India Technical Review Los Angeles 118

www.peterdrew.net

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Peter Drew Internet Marketing Tools Online Blog Home Recieve an Email for Each New Post Here Contact Peter Drew You are here: Home / Internet Marketing / How to find a good programmer or web developer How to find a good programmer or web developer October 1, 2007 By Peter Drew Leave a Comment 1. Protect your asset. and is online a LOT.

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Web Development Coder Web Developer 40

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. The list of applications to engage, empower and organize citizens continues to grow, and will be one of the most defining legacies of 2011.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Subscription Carpool Service.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Vertical 116

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

And over time, I envision that eco-system after eco-system around the world would learn how to use this program to do effective and precise entrepreneurship development, not spray and pray, which is largely what goes on today, with huge amount of resources being wasted. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt.

Costa Rica 114

Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Socioclean already has about 25,000 users, and has good interest from a dozen colleges and universities who want to offer white label solutions through their career development offices. Being a domain expert in the biomedical field, and not having much experience in marketing and sales, Satish is hitting the wall on business development.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware. While credit was relatively easy to obtain in the developed markets for much of the last 20 years, the 2008 economic crisis made it more difficult for even the middle class and small businesses to obtain loans.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Currently we are only operational in Mumbai, India and focusing on cooking and baking classes in the city. The first is that I come from a background of teaching and education, and I wanted a new career that would afford me the opportunity to continue to teach, educate, develop and mentor others. A mobile app is on its way.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur India Cofounder Technical Review 48

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

from a trip to India and spoke of places with pigs and cows roaming around and no plumbing. But I did write a letter to Indira Gandhi, then prime minister of India, in 1982 before my first trip there. And how much of it was based on luck, and how I could easily have been that child in an orphanage in India.

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Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Unlike societies like India where the extended family is deeply integrated into the fabric of society, and where domestic help is affordable and abundant, Western societies tend to consist of more nuclear families. This is a bias that both nature and society have developed from the stone ages. Men are supposed to hunt.

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Silicon Valley Utah India Massachusetts 266

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

Mesopotamian entrepreneurs prospered by expanding their landlocked trade routes east to the Indus Valley (modern-day India) and west to Egypt and beyond. What worried them more was where the money would come from for the mammoth research and development efforts that would be required to make space travel both comfortable and affordable.

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New Mexico Albuquerque Mexico Egypt 138

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

As it happens almost every few years there was a new normal developing. I refer to this as The Venture Spiral (blog post from 2008). Venture capital is, and should remain, a boutique industry (See The Venture Boutique , blog post from 2008). Stop living in denial. Scaling venture capital breaks it.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. So, in Gio's situation, it is clear to me that he is able to get customers to buy. I personally have nothing against venture capital.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Austin Startup

JANUARY 9, 2017

From running around Manhattan in 2008 selling to restaurants while the world economy was in tatters, to the first hire of a startup based out of Estonia, to my current role in Austin, Texas it sure has been a windy road. Like any major city in a developing country, it is loud, polluted, and impoverished.

Pakistan 48

Pakistan Technical Review Fiji Estonia 48

Transformify

AUGUST 2, 2017

Many of the users of the forum are based in India or Asia in general which makes the form of choice for those interested in the specifics of the Asian labor market, local regulations, and HR practices. CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development. HR Bartender: Started: 2008. TalentHQ: Started: 2008.

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Aggregator Asia India Community 40

ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. Besides the fact that he is from London, I could not figure out why; instead of expanding the franchise in India, it makes sense to jump to London. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Learn a little something about innovation when developing and marketing video games from the co-founder of Fine & Dandy Games, whose Goop proved successful on the iPad and iPhone amongst hefty competition. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Aneesha Raghunathan at Raising CEO Kids , Dec. Chuck Feeney at RTE Radio 1 , Jan.

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

First up, Raj Sheth from Bangalore, India, presented Recruiterbox , a SaaS recruitment management tool for small businesses, with co-founders Raghu Kancherla and Girish Redekar. Last up was Ayesha Hazra from Kolkata, India, discussing Magne Consulting, a retail strategy consulting firm.

Acquisition 115

Acquisition SEO San Francisco India 115

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. Also, folks, remember, the Microsoft India Startup Grant application deadline is May 31. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories. Don't miss it!

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Affiliate India Nevada Silicon Valley 117

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Business Intelligenze. IndiaCollegeSearch.

India 115

India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. Ekjaa Foundation.

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Affiliate San Francisco Entrepreneur India 130

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

First up, Vrushali Humnabadkar from Pune, India, presented Penworks, a technical documentation outsourcing service. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

Next, Abinash Karana from Bangalore, India, pitched 10Screens , a software for capturing specs for software projects using visual screen shot mapping and workflow definitions. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Abinash is preparing for the Microsoft grant application, and is a 1M/1M premium member.

Incubator 114

Incubator San Jose Silicon Valley India 114

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Next Badri Badrinarayanan V S, from Chennai, India, pitched DiaSof , a software-based solution for disease management of diabetes patients in India. Apparently, India has 50 million diabetic and another 40 million pre-diabetic patients. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Jay does not have that yet.

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Early Stage India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 116

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

And it also applies to many different parts of the United States where startup activity is still a relatively small portion of economic development. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Incubator 128

Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

If you are a content producer or a freemium app or game developer, you would know, instantly, what I am talking about. In 2012, one of the greatest unaddressed pain points for the mobile and online industries is this overabundance of eyeballs that publishers, software, app and game developers are struggling to find monetization models for.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

In 2008 Frykman founded Driptech , his for-profit social venture located in Palo Alto, CA, with a mission to create extremely affordable, water efficient irrigation solutions for small-plot farmers in developing nations.

India 128

India China Internet Cost 128

Brandanew

JULY 20, 2016

In 2008, I was in India working with one of the world’s largest consulting firms. Developing a brand strategy requires precision, thinking, better stories, empathy and sometimes an outside-in approach to take a step back from the products and see the big picture. What are you doing to win?

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Detroit Product Customer India 100

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This strategy needs to be developed for ISA, and they have to pick a specific market to go after, rather than going global. Math-Quest.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114