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Proto.in Opens Nominations For Startups
Proto.in the premiere startup event has opened nominations of the 7th edition which is to be held in January in Mumbai. Proto has had 6 editions previously across cities like Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. This is the first time the event would be held in Mumbai. In mumbai Proto.in would be hosted in IIT [...]
WATBlog Panel Bangalore (Video) – Lessons from Failure for Startups
The WATBlog Panel Bangalore took place on 23rd Jan 2009 on the topic ‘Lessons from Failure for Startups’. One can view the Pics & Analysis here and here. We had promised a video of the same and here we are with a video snippet of the panel discussion. Its tough to justify a 2 hour [...]
Our Favourite Startups @ Proto.in
The recently concluded Proto.in had participation from startups around the country. We saw most of the startup presentations and picked out 3 of our favourite startups from the lot that presented.
Favourite no.1
Inkfruit – It provides custom t-shirt designs created by designers. It is building a designer community by providing incentives on sale. Inkfruit is angel [...]
Exclusive: Hover.in Gets Funding From Media2win
You are reading it here first: We have got tipped off from reliable sources that Media2win the agency which is part of the 2win group headed by Alok Kejriwal has invested in Hover.in an in text advertising tool which was showcased in the proto.in event in Jan this year.
The amount of investment is undisclosed though [...]
Events Update: Events To Attend In January!
January can be termed as a Startup month.. With two of the biggest startup events scheduled to happen in January and both of them are going to be in Bangalore at the same venue.
Here are the event updates for this month:
Jan 9th-10th – Headstart and Compute 2009 – NIMHANS Bangalore – HeadStart and Compute conference [...]
Event Update – Startup Lunch comes to Hyderabad on 23rd August
Startup Lunch, the recruiting event which is loosely based on the concept of speed dating, is finally coming to Hyderabad. The scheduled date for the event is 23rd August.
Proto.in Announces Startup Lunch – Lunch With Your Future Bunch Of Employees!
Proto.in the startup event that’s in its fourth edition now which is due sometime in july in Delhi has launched another innovative exercise which is trying to address the problem of startups i.e. hiring! Startup Lunch is a programme which is aiming to get prospective startup employees and startups together. They also have put up [...]
iXiGo.com Gets Funding From Singapore Based Fund!
I first came across iXiGo at the first proto.in event (which im a part of) way back in January 2007. I remember meeting Aloke and Dharmendra the founders of iXiGo and mentioning to them that I liked their presentation but I felt they need to look more like a search engine and less like an [...]
Myntra.com ties up with Ibibo, HolidayIQ, and Chakpak and Many More
Myntra.com was on of the companies that was presenting at Proto.in when we were in Chennai. Myntra is basically a company that allows consumers to create their own merchandise. Myntra.com is also a marketplace for designers where creative people can simply upload their designs and earn a royalty every time their design sells. In addition to that [...]
Post Proto Review – An Analysis On Internet Startups That Presented
Proto.in which concluded last weekend has some interesting internet startups strut their stuff on the podium. Some of them were unheard of but on presentation seemed like some very good opportunities catering to unattended markets. Here is lowdown on those startups and what we liked in them.
TheViewspaper – This is one startup that was bubbling [...]
Leveraging the Social Graph: Inside Facebook
Why Facebook was so interesting in 2007?
Well apart from the stake that Microsoft bought, Facebook had a free platform that allowed developers to create applications and basically distribute it through Facebook “virally”. This leveraged a lot of share of mind for consumers – socially.
Surojit Niyogi from Appizer lent some insights at Proto.in
Facebook I think is growing so quickly because of [...]
Managing Web Innovation: Product & Design
At the recently concluded Proto.in Summit, Chintan Mehta from Yahoo! shed some light on the above mentioned topic.
Mistakes that Innovators make:
1) They miss the product vision and user value. So there may be feature overload while the core value may be lost. So there may be products with multiple uses without any core value. One needs clarity of where [...]
India – The Technology Leader
The assumption is that India CAN be a technology leader.
Historically, India in the last 10 years has been an innovator.
Take the iPhone as an example. At the launch of the iPhone, Steve Jobs showed the audience that the iPhone flips the picture from portrait to landscape mode automatically. This was shown in India in 1999. [...]
Google Sponsors Proto.in
Google has lent a helping hand to Proto.in, a premier entrepreneurial start-up forum, by becoming the lead sponsor for the same. Proto is in its second year and has been a brilliant platform for over 40 companies to acquire clients, receive exposure, retain and hire talent, and in growing in market presence that quite [...]
Events Update Jan 2008 – IAMAI , OMCareers & Proto.in!
We had an events update for december wherein multiple events surrounding the web and startups were happening across India. The year 2008 has upped the events quotient even further as this month 3 events would be taking place which i think you should make on your calendar and make a point to attend (Or you [...]