The first 2 editions of Validation Tank have yielded better than expected results. True to the name, it has served as the platform for idea and proto-type stage entrepreneurs to validate their product idea. The entrepreneurs got an opportunity to present their idea to a CIO panel comprising of Darshan Appayanna (Happiest Minds), Sudhir Reddy (Aricent), Yatendra Kumar (Gokaldas Exports), Vijay...
June 9, 2015
Have a product idea for the enterprise? Validate it with @InTech50 Validation Tank
09June
June 8, 2015
The next RSPCT is scheduled for 13th June to discuss the problem of technical education…
08June
According to the latest Mary Meeker report the number of internet users in India is second largest in the world , only behind china. Sometime this year we overtook US We see this happening: “India will exceed the U.S. in the number of software developers by 2017, ” But software companies are constrained by a lack of qualified technical talent. And the formal higher education...
June 5, 2015
2015 India Technology Product M&A Industry Report: M&A and Investment landscape in India
05June
iSPIRT, India’s software products think tank, SignalHill, technology focused M&A advisory boutique firm and Microsoft Ventures, accelerator program for high potential technology startups released the much-awaited 2015 India Technology Product M&A Industry Report. The report highlights key trends in the Indian technology M&A and funding landscape so far as well as predictions for...
June 4, 2015
A conference of the products, for the products and by the product leaders
04June
Indian startup space is on a roll and while there is a lot of money being invested, we strongly believe that one needs a lot more talks on products – ranging from product management to marketing / growth hacking et al. Product Nation has partnered with NextBigWhat for its upcoming conference, ProductGeeksConf. At ProductGeeksConf, you will hear various product leaders share...
June 4, 2015
'I initiate therefore I am' – Success mantra for the 21st century
If you don’t have a high degree of initiative, you don’t have much of a future in the corporate world. 17th century philosopher Rene Descartes said – ‘I think therefore I am’. With all due respect to him, I am inclined to revise this for the 21st century as – ‘I initiate therefore I am’. For me the world is truly binary, people who take initiatives and people who don’t and that...
June 3, 2015
Building Marketing & Sales Engine for Your Global B2B SaaS Product
03June
Recently, India has seen many success stories of product startups in the SaaS category, which are building products for the global market. Here is what we did – Suresh Sambandam, Founder and CEO of OrangeScape (the company behind KissFlow), in collaboration with the iSPIRT team, conducted the 49th #PlayBookRT on building SaaS products for the world. Sokrati (Pune) played a gracious host for...
June 2, 2015
Chief Economic Advisor is Infected Positively by the Irrational Exuberance of Indian Product Startups.
02June
Mr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of INDIA, has been named as one of the world’s top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. After stepping into the shoes of Dr. Raghuram Rajan as Chief Economic Advisor, he is also a widely cited expert on the changing Balance of Global Economic power, as it pertains to INDIA & China. He is also the author of...
June 1, 2015
Era of Open APIs
01June
APIs are important public goods that must be done right. They must not be held captive to commercial interests. This is why iSPIRT is helping Government in this area. iSPIRT’s work is inspired by Open Source movement and IETF methods. It fits with our charter of creating public goods without public money. Our Open API effort is based on some core principles: – Like IETF, iSPIRT is not...
May 29, 2015
CISO Platform Decision Summit to Showcase Innovative IT Security Start-ups
29May
India’s startup ecosystem has climbed another step towards becoming the largest in the world. It is the fastest growing and third-largest in the world. Though we have more than 3000 start-ups in India, we are way behind in terms of IT Security start-ups. With the growing concerns of Cyber warfare, India as a country needs to have significant indigenous capabilities in the field of cyber security...
May 28, 2015
Roadmap To A Cashless Country
28May
Denmark is well on its way if not already the first country in the world to go 100% cashless. Sweden is not far behind either and in fact may be ahead of Denmark in cashless behaviors. The governments of the two NORDIC countries are enabling and encouraging cashless mechanisms through legislations. That means, all payments towards a cup of coffee or a house will be through cards or mobile wallets...
