Comments on: You say lack of angel funding, I say lack of startups

By: Kashmir

Kashmir — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:58:41 +0000

I am Major Arun Kumar Jha, a 39 yr old serving officer of the Indian Army. Certain fully researched plans have evolved thru me by the grace of HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (founder of the ‘Art of Living’ Foundation) over more than EIGHT years after doing it’s Basic Course.

The plans envisage raising the domestic agricultural production of India thru the fertile plains of North Bihar (spanning more than 50,000 SQ Km). The plans envision a Private Project of a Legally registered Trust in Bihar; which would be funded – on the strength of its genuine activity and visible benefits – by High Net Worth individuals (Indian, NRI and across the world); Multinational corporations (Indian, NRI and across the world); Trusts and Foundations in India and across the world; International development agencies and all other possible sources of the funds.

The plans require minimum USD 10 Million (INR 450 Million) to be started. I am looking for funding (preferably Donation/grants) or even Angel or VC Funding to materialise these plans.

These plans can be pursued with full force after 13 May 2011.

I request all people reading this mail to give me suggestions or advice at jdfparunjhaatgmail.com at their earliest, but before that date.

By: Aldis

Aldis — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:36:56 +0000

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By: Manu

Manu — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:57:40 +0000

to all entrepreneurs – just follow your heart and keep working

VC are not always angels

if you have the fire in your heart you will succeed.

as for those who are just for fun, well you will soon learn and back down.

By: Achal

Achal — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:18:58 +0000

What you are trying to convey becomes simply obvious once someone has spread even a year and just exploring the idea.
I am in my final year and got attracted to entrepreneurship and initiated to entrepreneurial related activities in my first year. After being bitten by the bug and spending 4 years, doing exploration, listening to lectures, discussing ideas with friends, organizing b-plan competition, VC pitches, etc etc and after doing my intern at CIIE, helping an NGO to come up with a business model and all these years dreaming(fantasizing) about being an entrepreneur .. I have decided not to be one .. Simple reason I dont want to waste my energy building the next big thing online but want to do something more meaningful which I find myself not prepared to …

By: Gokarn

Gokarn — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:03:38 +0000

I agree in parts with Pranav. VC’s are not short of funds and they are looking for solid well thought out startups to invest funds into.
However, personally I feel India still is lagging behind in several areas that are conducive to an IT start-up. There are exceptions such as travel booking online which has done pretty well as it definitely addresses a major pain for customers who wanted an easier way to book tickets rather than just going every time to their agent. It also saves a lot of money.

Other than that, India is not very big on shopping online, or for that matter spending money at all online.

To compund the problem, cyber laws are weak, patent laws, copyright protection and such things are non existent. The challenges are huge and the bottom line is revenues.

For a successful start up the major problem is to address revenues and cash generation. Good paperwork, fancy ideas and graphs will not get you the money.

Solution : bootstrap, generate revenues and build brand presence if you want the big bucks.

By: Dhiren vyas

Dhiren vyas — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:15:55 +0000

agreed bhowmik ….

By: gautham prakash

gautham prakash — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:40:46 +0000

yaa i really appreciate the views of author but indian mentallity is to study well to get good marks and get good job, marry a lovely girl have a child , house, car broughtup your child retire from the job go tovarnasi or badrinath and wait for dead.

By: Concrete Molds ·

Concrete Molds · — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:55:33 +0000

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By: Arun 1

Arun 1 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:34:55 +0000

The plans require minimum USD 10 Million (INR 450 Million) to be started. I am looking for funding (preferably Donation/grants) or even Angel or VC Funding to materialise these plans.

These plans can be pursued with full force after 13 May 2011.

I request all people reading this mail to give me suggestions or advice at jdfparunjhaatgmail.com at their earliest, but before that date.

By: Complete Kitchen ·

Complete Kitchen · — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:58:34 +0000

well, i was enrolled at an online school and the curriculum is quite great”"

By: Fluorescent Lamp :

Fluorescent Lamp : — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:46:38 +0000

what would a girl ask for if not for a diamond necklace, diamond necklaces would always impress a girl”,;

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By: ameeruddin hudda

ameeruddin hudda — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:39:19 +0000

Here in hyderabad i am a financial consultant for one software company who recently developed a software solution related to ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE RECORDS, which will be mandatory in USA from next year. This is a very good product and for that this company are looking some angle funding and i highly recommend if somebody are ready with their investment. Company is also ready to give collateral security with a good returns. plz contact at 09391154564

By: Parag

Parag — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:01:43 +0000

From an IT services startup perpective ,I still think getting seed funding is very difficult.

Maybe because the idea of scalability in IT Software development is primarily either
a) Increase the number of employees
b) Increase the number of domains
c) Get your presence in the primary software markets – UK and EU

My experience in funding negotiations is bizzare –
“Prove your worth for 5 years with a 100% growth and then I will fund you” There itself I think there needs to be some education to be done for the funders as to what seed capital is , what working capital is and blah blah blah.

But they got the money and they are always right by that virtue.

My suggestions to the wannabe startups is to work on a startup full time rather than part time and stick to it through the ups and downs. Staying afloat will ensure you get opportunities now and then which you need to grab and see if it takes you through ..

By: Saurabh Garg

Saurabh Garg — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:21:36 +0000

If I have an idea which isnt new. Not new in the sense that it already exists in foreign markets but not in India. Will such an idea receive attention for seed funding.

By: Tarun

Tarun — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:57:01 +0000

Someone make a website about crooked indian politicians and lazy corrupt government clerks.

By: pranav

pranav — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:19:13 +0000

I’m not sure if you’ll be able to find such a consultant. A lot of this is groundwork that falls upto the entrepreneur.

By: Abhijeet Sojwal

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:11:22 +0000

I need a consultant, of course paid one. It is very important to present the project in a right way, I failed previously because of poor preparation of the project. However there are super flop projects that got Huge VC’s, some how I knew those before they started, but what VC’s looked in to it was that (1) That the Guys are from big universities, or (2) were working in similar setups in US and UK.

Yes there are kidos out there with super flop ideas with really huge dreams, like modeling websites, dating websites, online schools, Indian language translators to name a few, these kidos need guidance.
If anyone knows any consultant to guide me thru how to present the idea, and from where do we get the statistics like consumer profiles industry size, Market survey data etc please let me know.

By: Irfan

Irfan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:23:30 +0000

if you have the guts…. leave your job and come to the other side and then lets talk about lack of good startups….

it easy to say things from the sidelines….. people who are managing their companies full time …. face the music everyday, unlike people like you who put their blogs/ comments in their free time….

By: pranav

pranav — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:22:14 +0000

point taken..