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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

I just returned from a weeklong trip to India, having spent a few days each in Delhi and Bangalore to meet with local entrepreneurs and investors. Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. I had only a few connections in India before this trip.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

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The offering is a managed service, priced at $7,000-$10,000 for a one-time setup fee and a $2,500-$3,000 per month maintenance and services charge. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On India

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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. It would be much cheaper to acquire customers this way. Subscription Carpool Service.

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Finding new Market Opportunities in Food Business: A Case Study of GOPA Pakistan

Where to Play

In 2000, they included tentage into their portfolio and since then they have established themself as a premium brand in marriage event management. Most of their business growth was vertical by focusing on food, tentage, and decoration for marrying couples and their families. Opportunity Nr.

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Review: Transformify Recruitment CRM vs Naukri.com

Transformify

In India, people are used to searching for jobs using popular job portals like Naukri.com, FreshersWorld, etc. Our clients source candidates across all geographies and verticals. Advantages: An established brand in India used by a number of job seekers and employers. Naukri.com. RMS Consultant. RMS Referral.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

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And, as we brainstormed with today's audience, they suggested other excellent use cases, including one for product managers to discuss feature-function priorities with customers and prospects. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Taariq, please note!

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

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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. On to today's roundtable, we had five businesses, all of which, I believe, can be built to become sustainable companies.

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