When we as a ecosystem try to help our entrepreneurs, we make the mistake of always focussing on the mistakes others have made, and trying to steer away from those. This is evident even from the stuff we write on blogs and platforms with the specific purpose of helping others. Maybe it’s time we step away from that. In this new blog series from #PNgrowth, we are going the other way. Our...
October 9, 2015
The #OneThing Series with Sudarshan Ravi, CEO of @RippleHire @PNgrowth
09October
October 8, 2015
SaaSx2 rocked :-)
08October
I have read about startup founders who don’t (or stopped) attend events – justifiably so. In ecosystems where there is now an entire industry of events springing up (i.e. it feels to me that some people’s startup in itself is all about organizing events), it becomes very difficult to separate the wheat from the shaft. Overall, value gets diluted in a bid to make profit. SaaSx2 is in its own class...
October 7, 2015
The difference between iSPIRT’s Playbook RTs and what we have planned for the #PNgrowth Camp
07October
We are now only about 90 days away from what will be a first of many sorts in the Indian ecosystem. The #PNgrowth camp at the Infosys campus in Mysore will be the first long-term program ever initiated for product startups in India. That much has been established. But at the Google hangout we were in yesterday, where we talked about what to expect at #PNgrowth and the process by which we were...
October 6, 2015
The Freemium Business Model – What it is and how to make it work.
06October
Summer’s here! The sun, the vacations, the beach and last but not least, the lemonade stands. Those little kiosks on the roadside and kids standing beside each of them with jars of cold lemonade, glasses, and inviting smiles. So Joshua was among those 8-year-olds who had setup his own lemonade stand, for the first time. The stand was set, the lemonades were ready, he was good to go. Just then he...
October 5, 2015
What the Uber-Lyft war teaches us about success and failure in the on-demand economy
05October
This article is based on the book Platform Scale, written by Sangeet Paul Choudary. Platform Scale is available for free download for a limited period between October 5th and October 9th. To access additional bonus content, check the book website here. The on-demand economy is bringing together technology and freelance workers, to deliver us services in exciting new ways. We are increasingly...
October 4, 2015
The #PNgrowth Series 1 – The @Vidooly Secret to Scale
04October
When we as a ecosystem try to help our entrepreneurs, we make the mistake of always focussing on the mistakes others have made, and trying to steer away from those. This is evident even from the stuff we write on blogs and platforms with the purpose of helping others. The things ‘not to do’ always take a upper hand over things ‘to do’. Maybe it’s time we step away...
October 2, 2015
Why WebEngage's CEO @avlesh wishes #PNgrowth existed a few years ago?
02October
WebEngage is probably the most important product startup from India’s business capital Mumbai – it builds customer engagement tools for SaaS businesses, is very popular and successful, and is used by thousands of businesses worldwide. Avlesh is one of the original hustlers of the Indian ecosystem, and he has built a world class product company in a matter of just four years. When we talked...
October 1, 2015
UX and Design in India
01October
I recently heard of the demise of renowned MP Ranjan. Though I’ve never met him, my friends and colleagues who are in design, speak highly of him. It’s amazing how much design as a field of study and profession has progressed. And I’ve been fortunate to have worked with a lot of smart and talented designers over the past few years. This was not the situation when I started in the tech industry...
September 29, 2015
Why the CEO of OrangeScape thinks you should go to #PNgrowth
29September
Orangescape is one of India’s first true product companies. KissFlow, their workflow automation software for small and medium sized businesses was one of the first successful products made out of India. This makes Suresh Sambandam, the CEO of OrangeScape, a visionary who saw what was coming long before any of us even had an idea about it. As Suresh himself says, it was a slog for him and...
September 29, 2015
Julia – The Future of Numerical Computing and Data Science
First things first, we are really excited to announce our first JuliaCon India at Bangalore on Oct 9th and 10th. Julia Computing has partnered with Hasgeek for this event. For details and for registration, please visit . Julia is the future of data science and analytics. Julia is open source, and its research and development have been anchored at MIT since 2009. Julia can easily be orders of...
