India’s innovation problem is not something that an award can fix. But its a step in the right direction. The department of science and technology is calling applicants for the “National Awards for Commercializable Patents,” in a bid to make more innovative products available to the society [source]. The awards were first introduced two years ago. The program seeks to recognize the innovative...
ProductNation is pleased to support Techcircle SaaS Forum, now in its second edition, which will be held on August 7 at Chancery Pavilion Hotel in Bengaluru. The conference will host a special session called Techcircle Runway where handpicked SaaS products and companies will be showcased. Techcircle Runway presentations will cover product details, innovations, market opportunities, business...
Start-ups in their mid-growth stage are usually faced with an inflection point, where they find themselves standing in the middle of a transition – from having a bright product idea endorsed by a handful of people (usually investors & early customers) towards a scalable solution that can be sold to anyone. Geoffrey Moore’s work in the book titled ‘Crossing the Chasm’ is pertinent...
It is a typical Monday 9 AM! Ready to kick-start another challenging week! Fine day in Chennai !! Not so hot like a typical Chennai climate. But, for first generation entrepreneurs it is an ordeal to pass thru weekly pressures of Cash flow, Attrition, New business and opportunities etc. etc. This experience is collectively described as “Monday Morning Blues”. The growth dilemma There has always...
My First playbook roundtable. iSPIRT’s first initiative at Hyderabad, was a 4 hour insightful RoundTable that was organised by the ProductNation free of cost for the attendees, which most Hyderabadi entrepreneurs gave a miss and are sure to be regretting the missed opportunity and the learning possibility that it offered. Sridhar Ranganathan, ex-VP of InMobi, a Product Guru and Aneesh Reddy, the...
The Product Management Playbook roundtable repeated last week with an intent to check progress. The mentors – Amit Ranjan & Amit Somani were keen to know the problems product managers faced while they executed on ideas discussed in the previous episode. We could guess this would be one power packed session, especially from the conversations that ensued over lunch. There were active...
India is one of the leading victims of cyber-crime and the cybersecurity market is estimated at around US$218 million. Indian cybersecurity companies have developed indigenous products to address rising cyber-threats, but, with limited success. By contrast, Israel is famed for its prowess in developing innovative solutions for fields that encompass agriculture, medicine, clean-tech, hi-tech etc...
3 founders, 25 good listeners and a rainy Delhi afternoon. Topic: “Get to millions of visitors without spending money”. It was a perfect setting for sharing of experiences by those 3 doers (Ankur@Akosha, Rajat@Socialappshq, Pallav@Knowlarity) about their own experiences of getting users, when they started. Keeping in its tradition, Avinash and Nakul organized this month’s meet-up in the office of...
We all know quite well the value of Design to business, and Design Thinking to problem solving. But what remains a bit fuzzy for many start-ups, organizations & individuals is the gap between thinking and doing or making it happen. In this time of volatility and complexity, the role of design to drive meaningful innovation and change is growing and while there are multitude of factors that...
I had the opportunity to attend iSpirit Foundation’s #PNMeetup: Design great products through experiments – Product Leadership Workshop on 20th April 2013 at TLabs in Noida. Avi from iSPIRT put together a delightful, half-day session that brought together a smattering of product people from Delhi-NCR region. In addition to product managers, CEOs, and senior executives from a wide range of...
