An important policy agenda for iSPIRT is to reverse the exodus of technology startups. About 75% of the funded technology startups are redomiciling outside India due to regulatory irritants. iSPIRT has a Policy Expert Team – called Stay-and-List-in-India – working only on this area since December 2014. This is the policy team that worked closely with SEBI on the “startup bourse” that was notified...
“No matter how many times you explain, customer just doesn’t get it” “We expect user to use our product in X way, but they use it in Y way” We do ‘this’, but they think we do ‘that’ and starts comparing us with something ‘that’. If this is your Kaifiyat (frustration), then you are not alone. Most of the startup entrepreneurs and marketers face this challenge every day. “How to position your...
Over the last two decades, India has created a number of world leading companies of global scale. Many first scaled in India before taking the first international flight and now many of them are focussing on global markets right from the start – Day One Global. “Gravity” defying Prime Focus is now Hollywood’s VFX powerhouse and a world leader in the media and entertainment industry. Gurgaon based...
Indian regulators have, in recent times, been talking a lot about creating a conducive environment for businesses, specifically startups, given the recent exodus of some renowned startups to foreign shores to take advantage of friendlier business policies and regulations. In order to create a thriving ecosystem, they are taking inspiration from places like Silicon Valley, considered globally to...
October 24, 2015. A Saturday after Dussehra, and 59th roundtable of awesomeness in lively office of Zapty. Not only Sanjay (founder of Zapty) was great, offices of Zapty welcomed us with a lot of natural light. Then, introductions happened and people started to get comfortable around each other. It was Samir, founder of Shop Socially, who flew from Pune a day before, was going to share the things...
Perseverance or persistence are the 2 most important characteristics for an entrepreneur, says Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Dinnepu, the Chairman and CEO of KisanRaja. In an exclusive interview with Ashutosh Ranjan and Ragavendra Prasath of iSPIRT, Vijay shares how he came out of the monthly salary mania and started working to solve the problem of farmers. Here is the edited excerpts from the interview...
Celebrating AnthahPrerana – the deep driving desire and self-motivation of an entrepreneur. You are what your deep, driving desire is As your desire is, so is your will As your will is, so is your deed As your deed is, so is your destiny BrihadAranyaka Upanishad (4, 4.5) AnthahPrerana is a TiE Bangalore initiative that recognises entrepreneurs for their articulation and the path to realising...
I am Amit – running a SaaS venture Interview Mocha, a pre-employment skill testing company. In this blog I am sharing my learning from SaaSx and how it helped me achieve product-market fit and grow my company fast. As they say, “a startup’s life is a roller coaster with ups and downs”, this ride has not been easy for me either. Just to talk in numbers, in the first 1.5 yrs of our existence, we...
We are very excited to share that the city of Pearls – Hyderabad will be embarking its journey towards Product Leadership for the first time ever, at a one of a kind Conference – Product Leaders Forum (PLF) on Oct 30th 2015. PLF – a not for profit initiative has partnered with NASCCOM, PMI, HYSEA, ISB and TIE to organize a one day Conference that cultivates and enriches product mindset and...
iSPIRT regularly organises Playbook roundtables to help startups succeed by learning from successful entrepreneurs. One of such roundtable was conducted at GS Lab in Pune on 10th Oct 2015. This PlaybookRT was focused on Product startups (B2B) who are keen to sell to the global market. The PlaybookRT was facilitated by Samir Palnitkar, President of ShopSocially.com. Samir hosted a highly...
