Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Keeping a blog has been great because so many entrepreneurs have written me with questions about their companies and I’ve gotten to know many of you personally through the process. At my first company, which was based in London, we decided to set up a development facility in India.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

… Medium is a blogging platform and you can start a blog in a matter of seconds rather than investing time in WordPress which I did later. — For Reetu, coming to America from India marked a watershed moment: I always felt I was a misfit in India. ” … Women (in India) were not safe.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore, India, presented Evolutech Networks, a company that manufactures wireless energy monitoring devices for the smart home. The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

I noted in the blog post that Jugaad is “now an acceptable management technique…and also applies to any kind of creative and out of the box thinking which maximizes resources for a company and its stakeholders”. Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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. Another issue is that India has had no catalog shopping industry, so the consumer psyche is not used to buying products that would be delivered later. Photo by brokenarts.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. Anupam has serious segmentation issues. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2011

Internet entrepreneur Evan Carmichael has put together a list of the top 50 Startup Blogs for 2011 and we’re in again this year under the category of “Niche Startups&# ! is one, and Jordan-based ArabCrunch being the other).

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I fell in love with the blogging community, traveling, and cooking (plus eating) new foods and flavors. India has been known for 1000’s of years for health and beauty routines /ideas like Ayurveda/Yoga, which have derived inspiration from Nature. Thanks to Jessica Randhawa, The Forked Spoon ! #7- Photo credit: Ashwin Sokke.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

I’ve been using Chartbeat for over a month now to track performance of my blog and I find myself looking at Google Analytics much less these days. The next user down is from India and came to me from India. The next users after that is reading a blog post that I wrote nearly 9 months ago. Let’s see.

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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. In India, five of the seven major metros are seeing significant improvement in entrepreneurial energy. Let's look at today's presenters.

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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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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

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. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

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Brandanew

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Recently I had a quick look at Quora and found out that users were still talking about whether or not blogs are for them. While you’ve heard enough insights and stats on blogging itself on our blog, this post is starting from the start. So, ultimately, blogging can bring you new clients and consumers.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 28, 2018

In addition, Weebly offers SEO functionality, email marketing services, blogging capabilities, and eCommerce services. WordPress : A small business favorite, WordPress is one of the easiest website/blog building platform for tech-savvy people. Now we all know that blogs are the best options to keep your flow of content fresh , always.

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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. For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. 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! Irony, hey?). In 2006 we sold the company to a French services company.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 3, 2013

I’ve now been blogging for six and a half years, posting just about every day that I’ve worked, only pausing for holidays and weekends. I don’t usually write to let you all know when I will be away and not blogging because I don’t want to tell the world that my house will be empty (as was the case last week). Announcement'

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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. Other discussions on India's need for product companies have also been equally controversial. I like this business very much, and believe it can be a large, and important company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. I call this process “ triangulation ” and highlighted it that blog post I wrote on the topic.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 12, 2018

Blogging can be a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of time. And it isn’t worth all the time you put into a blog if you don’t have plenty of readers! However, it’s those dedicated readers that will provide you with the support you need to keep your blog afloat. For example, gift cards for India readers should relate to your blog.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2013

With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. by Malcolm Pinkerton, Senior Director and Senior e-Commerce Analyst from Planet Retail. That’s not the case.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. Suresh has an Application Platform-as-a-Service (APaas) business that already has a number of multinational customers, albeit all acquired in India.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Periodically I get backlogged with “stuff I want to blog&# that I never get to along with a handful of “links from today that are great.&# a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class. a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., Remote teams are a great thing if you do it right: a team in India, a team in the U.K. If there is no talent to be found in the valley, why not hire in Europe, Asia or India? and a team in the U.S. Large corporations are seen as black holes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic. I added a dev team in India to spearhead new initiatives and design our future UI. That’s why when you hear Steve Blank talk about lean startups you can hear his experiences ooze out of him in real-life examples of 8 startups.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

You can find more on the topic on my blog at Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade. Uma is a member of the 1M/1M premium program , and has already started validating his idea with several online classified players in India. Then Umashankar Balasubramanian of RDimensio pitched an SMS-based classified service.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Vinay and Asha live and work in Goa, India. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

ARMMAN , a nonprofit based in India, built an AI-based predictive model that evaluated the risk of expectant mothers who were likely to drop out of telehealth outreach programs. The program identified women at risk and sent voicemails describing preventative care to the expectant mothers’ mobile phones.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Rajeev wants to build a BPO firm in a place called Bolpur in West Bengal, India. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative. Next, Rajeev Pareek discussed his rural BPO idea.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

I am originally from India but have been away from the country for almost 16 years. As a result of cross-cultural integration, I could no longer identify myself with the traits of the Young Indian lad who left India at the age of 21. It’s a vegetarian and vegan recipe blog. The name of my company is Charming Love Ltd.

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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.

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Transformify

JULY 4, 2018

In India, people are used to searching for jobs using popular job portals like Naukri.com, FreshersWorld, etc. Free blog posts. Advantages: An established brand in India used by a number of job seekers and employers. Is it just the technology that has been used or there is more to it? Job Posting. Resume Database Access.

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Transformify

AUGUST 2, 2017

In all cases, there are HR Forums and and HR Blogs you may follow to expand your expertise, receive answers to your questions or simply network with HR experts. Author: Jessica Miller-Merrell ( Guest Blogging ). Author: Meghan Biro ( Guest Blogging ). Transformify HR Blog : Started: 2015. Guest Blogging.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt. 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. Ten people paying $37.50 ResortHunt.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2011

In the spirit of Fred Wilson’s awesome blog series MBA Mondays , I’ve decided to write a series of posts about this and asked for suggestions. Last week I expressed my frustration with the current lack of financial literacy that I see all around me. Now he is slated to enter Booth at the University of Chicago in the fall.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

I noted in the blog post that Jugaad is “now an acceptable management technique…and also applies to any kind of creative and out of the box thinking which maximizes resources for a company and its stakeholders”. Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware.

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