AuthorAvinash Raghava

Why I’m doing what I’m doing!

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I’m forever being asked a question by the people I meet during my travels, events, etc. I usually smile and avoid it. Or let someone embarrass me by talking about how important and selfless my work has been and is being. But I’ve never really tackled that question on my own. Perhaps I needed to think about it myself. A few days ago, when I was looking back at three years of Playbooks, the action...

Announcing the first batch of 15 companies selected for @InTech50 2016

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InTech50, a flagship event of iSPIRT & Terenne Global, running in its third year, is a platform for showcasing of some of the most promising software products created by entrepreneurs from India. 50 companies are shortlisted every year, by an eminent panel comprising of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of global companies, VCs, and senior executives from Product companies. The chosen 50...

Calling all Indian B2B companies: InTech50 2016 – the global platform beckons again!!

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With two super successful events in 2014 and 2015, InTech50 2016 is back – bigger than ever before. For the uninitiated, InTech50 is a showcase of some of the most promising software products created by entrepreneurs from India. A panel of Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Venture Capitalists, and Product Leaders from previous successes will look out for fifty companies to make the cut to...

Nominations are open for MINT MIT Innovators Under 35

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If you have been reading Mint lately (and most people who read Product Nation do), you must have come across the Mint/MIT search for the Top 10 Innovators under 35. Organised by Mint in association with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the India edition will shortlist India’s top 10 innovators in the technology space to compete for the global awards. This is a prime opportunity...

Calling Startups and Young Entrepreneurs to connect with leaders of the Ecosystem-YESSS

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iSPIRT is happy to collaborate with and encourage YESSS – Young Entrepreneurs & Startups in Soaring Spirits. 08 to 10 December, 2015 ,The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru, YESSS is designed in association with various Startup networks. At YESSS, select startups  – with great business ideas offering unique technologies, products or services –  will be given an opportunity to pitch to...

Five reasons to attend #PNgrowth

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Ever since we opened registrations for #PNgrowth, we wanted to do a list of this sort, to make it easier for those who wish to  attend to have a look and decide whether this program is helpful for them. But somehow we never got around to it until now. #PNgrowth is now red hot, and we have three applicants for every place on the program. We still want to tell everyone about it because only a small...

SaaSx2 – The Afterword

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SaaSx2 just got over last week, and we’ve been talking to several people who attended about what they liked, what they didn’t, and what they might want more of when we plan SaaSx3. We have the ratings from the attendees and also several testimonials that we pored through to get these up for you. Fireside Chat 1 : Aneesh with Ahi & Asha Fireside Chat 2 : Girish with Sumanth Onething Series by...

The difference between iSPIRT’s Playbook RTs and what we have planned for the #PNgrowth Camp

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We are now only about 90 days away from what will be a first of many sorts in the Indian ecosystem. The #PNgrowth camp at the Infosys campus in Mysore will be the first long-term program ever initiated for product startups in India. That much has been established. But at the Google hangout we were in yesterday, where we talked about what to expect at #PNgrowth and the process by which we were...

Freshdesk’s Customer Happiness Tour : Gurgaon – Redefining the Customer Service Experience

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In the last few years, a lot of things have changed about the way we do business. For one thing, customer happiness is no longer an accessory to companies. It has become the matter of the hour influencing every aspect of a business, from the way we build the product to the way we support customers. Brands are finding it increasingly important to go the “extra mile” with their customer experience...

UXINDIA announces the UX Clinic 2015

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It’s an e-world now. Your website is the first point of contact for the consumer. The brand’s image/identity and positioning are completely dependent on the UI and UX on your website. To get that bit right may not just be necessary, but critical. UXINDIA, a pioneer of UX in India for over a decade, extends an invitation for the ‘UX Clinic 2015’. The UX Clinic is a platform that helps you get the...