At the same time, we also have seen several examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully bootstrapped their e-commerce companies without any external financing until much later in the game. Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Or, bootstrap longer.   . Facebook advertising. MORE >>

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. after a 24-hour journey from California. MORE >>

It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. don’t see a problem with this, especially since the services model generates cash early on, and he can practice our tried-and-true model of bootstrapping using services! At today’s session, therefore, all our entrepreneurs were pitching from Malaysia. MORE >>

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. On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event. Quadmo. MORE >>

It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. Her market penetration plan is to start with India, and she wanted to know what kinds of options / connections we could provide. Well, 1M/1M is focused on helping businesses generate $1M in annual revenue, whatever be the nature of the business. MORE >>