ramco – Product Nation

A personal introduction to #SaaSx4, and why I believe Chennai is the place to be right now for SaaS startups

March 17, 2017

9 Min read

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I have worked with iSPIRT for many years now and one of my key lessons has been around the dynamics behind community and ecosystem building. I have learnt that just having a plethora of startups in one geographical location doesn’t make that place the natural epicenter or capital. There is something more to it, an X factor that goes beyond mere arithmetic. This X factor is something that I think...

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India B2B Software Products Industry Clocks Solid Growth from 2014 to 2015

By Dev Khare

September 3, 2015

3 Min read

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India’s B2B software product industry has grown nicely since we published the first edition of this index in November 2014 – the top 30 companies are valued at $10.25 billion (₹65,500 crores) and employ over 21,000 people. The index has grown 20% in USD terms and 28% in INR terms from October 30, 2014 to June 30, 2015. There has been an acceleration since 2010 in the pace of creation of B2B...

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No. 10 : product manager is for successful products, let’s explore 10 success tips

By Muthu Ranganathan

In Product Management

September 8, 2014

5 Min read

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Keeping with the world cup fever, where No.10 is center of everything for success, thought of writing this post on success of product managers, who are the No.10 for success of products. Here in plan to share 10 tips for successful product management. This is based on my dozen years’ experiences in the function, working in Ramco, Hyperion and SAP, rolling out both successful and not so successful...

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Clearing The Air: 3 Roles Indian IT Providers See as Product Management

By ProductNation Network

In Product Management, ProductNation

September 27, 2013

3 Min read

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The Indian IT industry is over $100bn, but still struggles in creating global IT products. While there has been the occasional Tally, Ramco, or Finacle, there is not much else. One critical reason I attribute this to is that Indian IT companies do not really understand how Product Management can create long term customer value and business sustainability. While one can argue that there have...

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Fifth iSPIRT Playbook Roundtable: Product Manager, the Skill in Demand

By Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy

In Playbook RoundTable, Product Management, Startups

June 12, 2013

8 Min read

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It is a cliché to say product management is both art and science. The product manager’s function encompasses a range of tasks, only limited by the company’s vision. Deep Nishar, Senior VP, Products and User Experience, at LinkedIn, told the audience at Nasscom Product Conclave 2012 that, “product managers should have brain of an engineer, heart of a designer and speech of a diplomat.” The product...

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