WATBlog reported yesterday that Sameer Guglani and Nandini Hirianniah, founders of DVD rental company Madhouse.in (acquired by Seventymm), are starting a YCombinator like incubator called Morpheus Venture Partners, to assist other early stage startups.
Ashish has a good QnA with them about their latest venture.
At this point, it looks like the incubator will be more targeted […]
Are you someone who continuously gets ideas ? Does it happen often with you that you see a particular startup and go “Damn - I’d already thought of it” ? Do you easily get swayed when you see someone else’s startup idea ? Feel overwhelmed by the number of ideas ? Too many ideas, too […]
KickStart.in is organizing a day long conference for current and aspiring entrepreneurs - “Conference for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs”.
The conference will be held on June 15th at The Auditorium, IIMB campus from 9 AM - 6 PM.
Agenda includes topics like Idea Validation, Business Plan - Basics, Technology and IPR, Product Management and Marketing, Legal aspects of […]
The following is a two part series by Saurabh Chandra, founder of Bangalore based startup Neev Technologies. He has a pretty interesting blog at Bootstrap in Bangalore. Check it out.
In the part I of this guide we discussed the externalities of starting the office - location, rents, surroundings. Now that you may have found the […]
The following is a two part series by Saurabh Chandra, founder of Bangalore based startup Neev Technologies. He has a pretty interesting blog at Bootstrap in Bangalore. Check it out.
Now that you have finally overcome the inertia of being in a job and have adopted the think local, look around principle, its time to look […]
Entrepreneurship is hard for one single reason - unpredictability. This unpredictability makes entrepreneurship a risky affair and not everyone has the same appetite for risk. Depending on your age, personal situation, financial resources etc. you might be able to sustain less/more risk than some one else. However, it is essential that you identify what your […]
Based on my research and conversations with entrepreneurs, it seems that hiring is one of the most difficult jobs for a startup. Be it Silicon Valley or be it Bangalore, finding the right employee can be one of the most challenging and often, one of the most time consuming jobs. The early employees are really […]
If you follow the Indian startup scene closely, chances are that you would have already heard about Proto. For the uninitiated, Proto is an event that brings together entrepreneurs, startup enthusiasts, VC’s, technologists, media professionals and students at a common platform, where they can interact, network and startups get a chance to showcase their […]
The incubators at Trivandrum TechnoPark and the ICICI Knowledge Park have been awarded the “Best Technology Business Incubator” for 2007. The national award has been instituted by the Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
In the TechnoPark incubator, 71 startups have been incubated, of which 35 have graduated and moved to bigger premises, while […]
A distant friend asked me this question during a conversation yesterday:
What Indian city is best conducive to entrepreneurship ?
Based out of a tier - III city, his town lacks reliable broadband access, human capital is not appropriately skilled and there’s a lack of exchange of intellectual ideas amongst his peers. He’s contemplating moving to […]