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D-Day at InTech50 (2015 edition)

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Finally… Here is wishing all of you – happy pitching, selling and buying… Today, ‘fantastic fifty’ Product Founders will showcase their solution potential, and work collaboratively with buyers, investors and partners to shape, and create a plan to take their solutions to global markets—a true sign of India’s potential in innovation. We are satisfied to see not only...

Announcing the 5th and final batch of 10 companies @InTech50 2015

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Happy to announce the final and last batch of finalists (out of a total of 50) of InTech50 2015, a flagship event of iSPIRT and Terenne Global. Congratulations to them all! The first, second, third and fourth batch of finalists has already been announced in our previous blogs. Here is the final list – Crayon –  MAYA is a personal concierge, powered by Crayon’s SimplerChoices™...

What make ‘enterprise sales’ challenging for startups?

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Getting a startup anyway is hard. But when you have a software product aimed at enterprise customers, you have to be prepared for even more daunting challenges, and to overcome those challenges, entrepreneurs have to have a plan in place. Enterprise customers are not accustomed to buying from startups, and hence their buying process is designed to deal with large enterprise vendors. Here’s a look...

Announcing the 4th batch of 10 companies @InTech50 2015

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InTech50 2015 (a flagship event of iSPIRT & Terenne Global) is happy to announce the fourth batch of 10 finalists. Congratulations to all the following finalists…listed alphabetically. The first, second and third batch of 10 companies has been announced before. Accelpro Technology – transforming better technology ideas into business growth and better economies while addressing the much...

Announcing the 3rd batch of 10 companies @InTech50 2015

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InTech50 2015 (a flagship event of iSPIRT & Terenne Global) is happy to announce the third batch of 10 finalists. Congratulations to all the following finalists…listed alphabetically. The first and second batch of 10 companies has been announced before. 42Gears – 42Gears Mobility Systems Pvt. Ltd is software company based in Bangalore, India.More than 5000 companies in 50 countries...

Announcing the 2nd batch of 10 companies @InTech50

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InTech50 2015 (a flagship event of iSPIRT & Terenne Global) is happy to announce the second batch of 10 finalists. The Jury had a wonderful time in going through this process of selection – of curating the best product startups in India. They deep-dived into their business models, teams, future plans, etc. and were completely overwhelmed with the quality of their ‘products.’...

Announcing the first batch of 10 companies shortlisted for @InTech50

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InTech50 is a flagship event of iSPIRT & Terenne Global. It is a showcase of some of the most promising software products created by entrepreneurs from India. The top 50 companies that will make it to InTech50 are selected by an eminent panel comprising of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) of marquee companies, VCs, and senior executives from Product companies. These chosen 50 companies will...

In conversation with the Founder of RippleHire – Sudarsan Ravi, participant – @Intech50 2014.

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RippleHire is a SaaS-based employee referral product. Tell us about RippleHire – your journey so far… We help companies automate their talent sourcing by leveraging their employee pool. We spent our first year working with the ecosystem getting feedback and crowdsourcing problems on hiring. Only then did we begin our sales process and that too with the top global brands, so that we get the...

InTech50 – helping software product companies connect with influential CIOs from across the world

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In a recent article in ET, Mohandas Pai and I suggested that if India does not produce enough product companies, our economy will not be sustainable in the future. The data is compelling. To quote from that article, “Boeing and Airbus alone generate almost as much profit as all global airlines put together. Pfizer’s profits are more than those of the top 100 hospitals in the US. Cisco’s profits...

‘Finding’ Innovation

In a highly competitive market, and one where market dynamics are changing faster than ever, innovation is the key to long-term sustainability and success. History has proven that companies that have a culture that encourages innovation stand a far better chance at sustaining their leadership position or emerging as market leaders. Harvey Firestone, an American businessman, and the founder of...