Funding – Page 2 – Product Nation

Want to get our attention? Talk to the founders of our portfolio companies! – Blume Ventures #ThinkInvestor

January 29, 2014

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ThinkInvestor is iSPIRT and ProductNation’s new initiative to serve as a catalyst between Venture Capital firms, Angels, Angel Networks and Entrepreneurs. It is to go beyond brochure ware and dig deeper into the whole life cycle of a typical investment; from introductions, funding, styles of on-going engagement, to exits. And in the process, capture their views on global and local trends...

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The link between corruption & early stage venture returns in India

By Dhiraj Kacker

In Funding

January 13, 2014

5 Min read

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As everyone knows, venture returns are determined by building innovative products and services that reach scale. The operative words being INNOVATIVE and SCALE. Stuff that has not been built or tried before, stuff that delivers much greater “value” to the customer. We also know that India early stage returns have not exactly been stellar. I’ll present one framework here which tries to link...

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Indian Entrepreneurs & The Happy Confused Stage

By ProductNation Network

In Accelerators, Eco-system, Startups

September 14, 2013

3 Min read

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Last week, I met Sharad Sharma, an angel investor & the prime mover behind the iSPIRT, a think tank for software product startups. For those who have been into software products, he is a familiar face. We’ve met many times before but this time around, we talked about the dangers of mass entrepreneurship, which I’ll keep for a later post. That’s because I stumbled upon a more pressing issue...

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M & A – The most preferred option to grow in uncertain times

By ProductNation Network

In Funding, M&A, Startups

July 29, 2013

8 Min read

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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...

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India's Need For Entrepreneurs and the MindSet

By Sanjay Anandaram

In Eco-system, Funding, ProductNation, Startups

June 19, 2013

9 Min read

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In 1991, the second Independence of India took place – there was an opening up of the economy that led, in its own tortuous Indian way, to the opening up of the minds of a section of the population. The educated middle class that had till then either left the country for greener pastures or taken up jobs in the government or with the few MNCs operating then started looking around at opportunities...

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How to Become a Super Associate

By jigar

In Angel, Funding, ProductNation

June 8, 2013

5 Min read

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Being an Associate in a Venture Capital firm is a dead-end job*, that you can’t leap without entrepreneurial experience. And, entrepreneurs hate you for your pesky, clueless mails. Here’s hoping to help you out – and help ourselves. Dear Associate / Analyst, I know I took a big stab at you [1] and went public with it. I know you are trying to do your job, but the way you are going about it...

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How Much is your Company Worth? – A Valuation Toolkit for Software Product Startups

By Nari Kannan

In Funding, ProductNation

June 4, 2013

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When you see Yahoo offer $1.1B in cash for Tumblr or it pays $30M for Summly, the reactions around the world range from kudos to the founders and initial investors, to “I’ll have some of what they are smoking”! But most of the time, there is some sanity behind all that madness but there have been times when it has been more of insanity as at the peak of the Dot.com boom, in the...

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It’s time to open the gates wider

By Naveen Tewari

In Funding, iSPIRT, Policy, Startups

May 16, 2013

4 Min read

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There is a growing nervousness among foreign investors putting their money in India. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2012 revealed that India, Asia’s third-largest economy, ranked 74th out of 79 countries, making it an unviable country to start a business. There is a growing nervousness among foreign investors putting their money in India. Fewer than 150 start-ups are promoted...

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What should you expect from an accelerator?

By Mukund Mohan

In Accelerators, Eco-system, Funding, Startups

April 8, 2013

3 Min read

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I have written previously about how to evaluate accelerators and choosing the right accelerator since there are so many of them these days and also about what the goal of an accelerator is. I wanted to share somethings that entrepreneurs should expect from an accelerator from a perspective of a startup founder. I think the best thing that has happened is that so many accelerators have opened in...

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The Business of Accelerators

By jigar

In Angel, Eco-system, Funding, Startups

April 6, 2013

5 Min read

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Accelerators are in the business of creating Startups – or atleast taking the first bet. Its a startup of startups; Which means, everything they talk about as risk, in venture capital nicely gets bundled up and will get put on the head of what is the accelerator. Going back to the basics, Now depending on which accelerator you are involved with, there might be two or three key milestones...

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