Ever wondered if a Software could help business chart the next growth curve?. The marketplace is changing and the competition is catching up. Organisations need a new concept to break out to create the next growth curve and they depend on functions like Strategy, NPD ( New product development ), R&D Teams internally. Some of these organizations also use external consulting firms, crowdsource...
I have often heard people say that most men hit their mid-life crisis at 40. That’s when they run a marathon, try to reinvent their personal image or quit their job. Though, as a general rule, I do not believe in such lores, I must admit that it might have been true in my case. I experienced my ‘Eureka’ moment when I was merrily ambling towards my 4th decade. Sainergie was thus, borne. I am one...
And…we’re ready to accept applications into the third batch of our accelerator program (time flies!). As before, the 100 day program helps founders in the early stages of their startup do these things: Build products their customers will love Accelerate their progress; and Become investible faster. If you’re a startup building a technology enabled startup in one of the areas we like, and want to...
With only a few days to go for the Make In India week, the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) is set to announce a Rs 2 crore bounty along with Qualcomm. During the Make in India Week being held in Mumbai, the DIPP and Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, have announced India’s largest Startup prize till date will see the winner walk...
Every company in its inception is a start-up. However, excelling and remaining relevant in an ever changing, competitive market eventually transforms ‘start-ups’ into enterprises that follow a set of conventional/’safe’ methods of doing business in order for them to become profitable and remain so in the long run. Conversely, the current start-up buzz is posing fundamental questions to the...
At the Startup India event, our honourable PM shared that government’s impact is highest when it decides, intentionally, to stay away, and I agree with him. But we, as the citizens of India, can play a huge role. And we must. But as a co-founder of NowFloats, a startup, here are some of my asks to you, my fellow citizens, and you may fall under multiple categories: To Consumers: Sincerely, kindly...
Maker Culture’ and ‘Make in Universities Programs’ for creating a cultural change in Engineering Graduates; to be job creators rather than job seekers. Our nation is faced with an exciting challenge – it needs to create over 1M new jobs every month for the next 20 years to give employment to the 200M youth who will join the work force. These jobs will have to come from new companies; and...
I am surprised not to find a single Indian govt software being open sourced. This is despite the fact that most of them have horrible user experience and highly buggy. In all probability the code behind it would be equally poor. The govt. continues to spend crores of tax payers money to IT service providers to develop these abysmal portals instead of open sourcing it. Examples of some portals...
The Modi Government has made bold moves on the world stage. Its now time to make one at home! By Mohandas Pai & Sharad Sharma New-age startups are making waves. Flipkart has redefined retail. Ola is changing how we travel by taxis. PayTm is at the threshold of disrupting banks. Forus Health is attacking blindness with gusto. Eko is bringing financial inclusion to millions. Team Indus is on...
It is time for us to embrace new-age start-ups and local think tanks for India to prosper. Human development indicators improve rapidly when countries learn to provide health, education and financial inclusion more effectively. Incremental increases in expenditure on welfare schemes and subsidies do not bring about this change. Plugging the leakages in government distribution helps, but it is not...
