Bend Me, Shape Me, Anyway You Want Me – Long as you love me, It’s alright! – goes the catchy song from American Breed in 1968. It captures the essence of Responsive Design! Do not make people adapt to your web or mobile experience on various devices.. You make the user interface adapt to the device that is being used. And talk about adapting? Watch the drummer also play the...
November 6, 2013
Bend Me, Shape Me, Anyway You Want Me – Responsive Design in Action!
06November
November 5, 2013
First Look – #PNCamp Day 1 (Discovery Hacking)
05November
Exactly a month away from the inaugural #PNCamp and as schedules and attendees are being finalized, we are getting a lot of questions about what exactly is going to happen on D-Days, especially since we have told everyone we are not going to have one-to-many speaking sessions and workshops that have been the norm. I spoke to Pallav Nadhani(FusionCharts) today, who is planning and designing the...
November 4, 2013
Demystifying SaaS conversions – a pragmatic approach to improving your website
04November
The biggest challenge a start-up faces in its first year is not discovery but assertion. Assertion comes from customers agreeing that the product is of value and can provide RoI for both time and money. While advertising dollars can bring your audience to you, only quality can keep them engaged and interested. As a SaaS based solution, your website is THE most important avenue for your customers...
November 1, 2013
22nd #PlaybookRT – Solving a customer’s problem in a way your competitor is not doing, is the most memorable thing for your customer or partner.
01November
The Pune Round Table on Lean Sales (26 Oct 2013) could not have had product leaders with personalities as different as Kailash Katkar @QuickHeal and Pallav Nadhani @FusionCharts. In this difference lay the magic. The magic at this Round Table was in full force. Thank you Kailash for hosting us all. Round Tables are not about story telling. It’s about getting to know specific challenges of the...
October 31, 2013
MyParichay – Find jobs by leveraging your network
31October
MyParichay is India’s Largest job search and career network on Facebook. The company consists of a dedicated group of successful entrepreneurs, HR professionals, and computer scientists that want to capture the spirit behind a Parichay (an introduction) from a known person to transform how people achieve their career potential and companies find the best quality talent. The company’s...
October 30, 2013
What India needs is a bootcamp for existing Product folks
30October
PNSummit just pivoted. But only in name. And it was to reflect the true nature of what this first-ever bootcamp for product folks is all about. Many ProductNation friends asked why it was called a Summit because… hey, it is not a conference. Its more intense than a conference and much more meaningful for a product startup. This led to the pivot and thus was born #PNCamp – the bootcamp for...
October 30, 2013
Speaking at PNCamp – Dhiraj Kacker(Canvera) and You
Get to hear speakers at conferences every day, don’t you? Delivered over the mike, broadcast mode. Speak speak, no listen. It won’t happen. Not at PNCamp Because when folks like Dhiraj Kacker are at PNCamp, it’s not to share their story but to listen to yours. And to help you make your story the stuff that conferences are made of. Dhiraj is going to be at PNCamp. Are you? Apply...
October 29, 2013
ProductDossier – An integrated platform for project planning and execution
29October
ProductNation interviewed Sandeep Kumar, Founder of ProductDossier, a company focused on providing integrated project management software solutions to customers worldwide. Read on to understand the genesis of the company and the learning from the experience gained in selling to different sectors of B2B customers… What factors led to creating ProductDossier? During my professional career and...
October 28, 2013
21st #PlaybookRT – 13 Sales Mantras for Product Selling in India – Part 1
28October
Last weekend, we had a playbook roundtable on sales(mainly B2B) at the Ozonetel systems office in Hyderabad. Aneesh Reddy from Capillary led the RoundTable. The focus of the roundtable was on sales in product companies. This included early stage sales as well as issues faced during scaling sales. A lot of points were covered and the participants were involved in very lively discussions with...
October 26, 2013
Agility Flexibility For Software Product
26October
[ There is an interesting discussion in ProductNation on Customizable Product : An oxymoron which triggered me to write this post] I find many people use these words interchangeably. However the distinction is important and source of value. Agility can be engineered with proven techniques and best practices. With advancement in software engineering there is convergence on the tools and techniques...
