This was one of the questions posed as a challenge to all startup founders at the #PNGrowth Camp last week. We all thought that we had the magic sauce or the unfair advantage that will help us build category leadership companies, only to realise that most of us did not. 200 startup founders across the country, spanning different domains had participated in the PNGrowth Camp at the Mysore Infosys...
January 14, 2016
"What's your Unfair Advantage ?" #PNgrowth
14January
January 13, 2016
Making SMEs loans a breeze with Capital Float
13January
Typically, choosing to finance the SMEs looking for working capital loans, is not easy. First, the SMEs have smaller ticket size. Then they expect quick service and have high operational costs associated with it. ProductNation interviewed Shashank Rijyasringa and Gaurav Hinduja who started Capital Float in early 2013, a digital finance company that serves the loan requirements of SMEs in India...
January 12, 2016
Le lo PANGA- Let’s make India a Product Nation
12January
I am Amit Mishra – running a SaaS venture Interview Mocha, a pre-employment skill testing company. In this blog I am sharing my experiences from PNgrowth 2016 and how it transformed the way we (Indian product startups) think. Brief about PNgrowth PNgrowth helps you redesign your startup to win. 2 1/2 days resident full-time programme organized at Infosys Mysore campus from 8th Jan 2016 to 10th...
January 11, 2016
Netneutrality & the fairness for innovation by OTTs
11January
Here is a great rendition of what the evolution of #netneutrality” needs to be and fairness to OTTs with protections against monopoly. Applies equally to the Internet here in the US!
Courtesy: Drs. Rohit Prasad & V.Sridhar, IIIT Bangalore
January 11, 2016
Top 10 Observations of #PNgrowth camp
#1. Volunteers: They deserve beyond a standing ovation. They have not only just volunteered- they passionately executed – Awesome job, and hats off. #PNgrowth thank you volunteers @sharads@skiranipic.twitter.com/Yswrgk81c0 — Prabakaran Murugaiah (@prabamurugaiah) January 10, 2016 #2. Participants: They are the best part of this program. Everywhere there is energy, and everyone wants to meet...
January 8, 2016
Kamal Rajini Analogy : Entrepreneur vs Intrapreneurs
08January
There is heavy pressure in our industry for everyone to get on the train of entrepreneurship or startup, startup mode is on, Govt is supporting this, communities are on it, and now even banks are starting fund startup. This is all great news. But should everyone having a entrepreneurial spirit, become an Entrepreneur? Not necessarily. Many prefer to be, but different circumstances in...
January 7, 2016
iSPIx is a Public Good that will help us in our vision of making India a Product Nation.
07January
The Indian Software Product industry has undoubtedly become a burgeoning sector. It is on way to claim a significant share of the global mutli-billion dollar enterprise software product industry. iSPIx-B2B is an initiative from iSPIRT to put exact numbers on this exciting growth story. iSPIx stands for ‘Indian Software Product Industry Index’ and read as ‘i-specs’. The index...
January 6, 2016
Chart your Growth curve to be relevant.
06January
Growth through innovation is much discussed these days as most other paths for growth have been exhausted. The innovations that get easy acceptance are those that create significant value for the Customer. This value should be the basis of product differentiation. Most of the innovation initiatives in the industry are targeted for growth by extending into the technology or market adjacencies. The...
January 5, 2016
Scaling Revenue Roundtable
05January
Enterprise Sales, Marketing & Inside Sales Team Build Out, First International Customers Acquisition, Enterprise Pricing etc. I understand, we have heard these topics in multiple events & conferences, so why this round table be different? The difference is gyan vs hearing from real person with real experience which sometimes exactly what you want to hear, even reading 10 books will not...
January 1, 2016
A new year, a new dawn: Startup INDIA, Standup INDIA
01January
Sh. Amitabh Kant, Secretary of DIPP brainstorms with iSPIRT. He is the author of the book Branding INDIA, a key driver behind many successful branding INDIA campaigns like Make-In India, Incredible India, and Athethi Devo Bhava (Guest is God) campaigns. He is a decision maker par excellence and above all the Secretary of DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion). Mr. Amitabh Kant...
