Comments on: My startup has been nominated to TATA NEN hottest startups

By: Nishant

Nishant — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:16:09 +0000

I agree on having less weightage for public voting. I’m not sure if it’s out in the public but Tata NEN have themselves admitted to participating startups that there’s been widespread spamming of the system. I stopped trying to get people to vote for my startup after that.

By: pranav

pranav — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:08:44 +0000

@A I’ve heard of a few other entrepreneurs also doing the same…I agree – staying focused on building a better product should be higher priority

By: A

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:41:38 +0000

True i wrote a similar post stating why tata nen is a hog wash, Incidently my own startup is nominated by a friend but i did not bother emailing my business associates to vote for me.

As someone pointed out here its better to focus on building a great product, though i have to confess i did login to their site once in a while to check my rankings

Its was decent for exposure though

By: pranav

pranav — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:42:39 +0000

Vardaan,

You dont need RedHerring or Web 2.0 expo’s to evangelize your product. First, if your startup/product is good enough, it will sell itself. Secondly, if you’re smart, you can market the service without having a “TATA NEN” stamp of approval.

The best of the breed will thrive no matter what.

-p

By: Vardaan

Vardaan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:59:15 +0000

Startups (Web Startups) scenario in India is different from US,Europe or even Israel …in India web startups are desperate to market their products anyhow…especially when only few could survive in span of hardly one year..some of them shuts down, some of them change their website model, theme – eyemany.com, IndiaMarks.com, SneakCast are some exmples in them.

Moreover, platforms or sources for appreciating a good startups are much less than US counterparts for eg. RedHerring or say Web20 Expo just held in New York..you wouldn’t find any such event of this much big platforms in India.

The above reasons justify your wandering question why startups nominated TATA NEN are so excited about the same.

To initaite & build a web startup in India is easier than to propagate and spread its awareness to end users among Indian online users. People tends to forget what they see unless some big name is associated with it.

By: Ajitesh

Ajitesh — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:08:37 +0000

I agree with Anindya. Instead of wasting the time in gathering votes and trying to come in top 30, one should try to focus more on building the product and create compelling values.

By: VIvek

VIvek — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:26:18 +0000

I agree absolutely.. moreover it kinda luks like a club of the biggiess..

By: Raghu

Raghu — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:10:59 +0000

Pranav, if they accept your recommendations… i would nominate my startup. without those filters… its a mess

By: Anindya

Anindya — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:54:47 +0000

Pranav, excellent post.
Instead of competing in this contest, many of these startups are better off spending time in building their product and/ or thinking off generating some cash.