Read, learn and imbibe from the guru

August 21, 2008 · Posted in Entrepreneurship · 4 Comments

Jason Calacanis (a master at link baiting and PR tactics) has an amazing writeup on how to do good PR for your startup.

Startup or no startup, I would advise everyone to bookmark his piece and definitely imbibe some of his mantras.

Thanks jason for this brilliant post.

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Eximius - Entrepreneurship Summit at IIMB

August 18, 2008 · Posted in Entrepreneurship · 4 Comments

Eximius is IIM Bangalore’s inaugural entrepreneurship summit to be held on 22nd - 23rd August.

Some of the events included:

Ingen - Invites innovative business ideas in the field of education. At stake - huge cash prizes, and an opportunity to get your idea completely funded.

Innovation Challenge – Have an idea that will Transform India but don’t know how to take it to the next level? Test your idea amongst hundreds of others – and, if you get selected, present it to an elite panel of judges in front of a critical audience to earn invaluable feedback and recognition. And cash!

Genesis – Nurturing a business plan and that needs VC funding? What you need is constructive feedback from VCs in a simulated setting, a dress rehearsal to enhance your chances of winning that pot of cash.

Panel Discussion - Social Entrepreneurship is a buzzword today but what does it really mean? Find out from the people who are dedicating their lives to it. Get inspired by eminent personalities such as DR Mehta (founder of Jaipur Foot), Varun Sahni (Acumen Fund India director) and others.

Additional details can be found at their website: http://www.iimb-eximius.com/

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Kreeo - semantics based knowledge manaement

August 18, 2008 · Posted in India Web 2.0, reviews · 3 Comments

Kreeo is an interesting Bangalore based startup working on sematics based knowledge management. Their goal is to create a platform where users can discover new knowledge, share their knowledge and collectively harness the knowledge gained from the social interaction. Think of it as Mahalo, the human powered search engine, but with added semantics.

In Kreeo, the core concept revolves around a BOK - aka, a Body Of Knowledge. The BOK framework is simply a set of predefined common terms. Each BOK item is a knowledge item.

For example, consider the following screenshot about the BOK on AJAX Programming. Not only does it have various knowledge sections related to AJAX like Introduction, History of AJAX, Features of AJAX, advantages- disadvantages, popular AJAX frameworks etc, it also has various sections like Questions related to AJAX programming, quick examples, tips & tricks, links to external news and blog items etc.