Just a couple of months I did a Q&A with Deepak Shenoy of Moneyoga and their online business model for their financial startup. Deepak was quite gung-ho about his startup and was looking to raise money. But, within a few weeks of publishing the interview I got a note from Deepak that they had to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘startups in india’
By Kamla Bhatt • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Start-ups, Technology
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Entrepreneur Interviews, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Start-ups, Technology, YouTube Videos
Rajiv Poddar is a Bangalore-based entrepreneur, who is bootstrapping his second startup. His first startup Sedna Wireless is in the process of being wrapped up was probably the first Indian startup focused on delivering a VOIP-based phone. But, After 2 years of working on Sedna Wireless Rajiv made the difficult and tough decision to take [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Chennai/Madras, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Start-ups, Technology, User Generated Content
Local search is the new battle ground for startups and VCs in India. “But, local search is an oxymoron,” says Deepak Srinivasan, Internet marketing guru. “There is no such user experience called local search. It is a local directory business,” he adds. “Local search is often used as a proxy for local points [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Start-ups
Dr. Girish Saraph is an academician turned entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Vegayan Systems. Two years ago Vegayan was one of the winners of the first TiE-Canaan business plan, which is when I first met Girish. Vegayan is a funded startup based in Mumbai.
In this interview Garish shares his experience on what it [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Interviews, Start-ups
In India entrepreneurship has got a lot of attention and buzz, especially in the IT and tech sector. Is there such a thing as youthful optimism when it comes to entrepreneurship? Do you need to be in “the” location for your startup to succeed? Does your startup have to be in the IT and tech [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom India
Travel portals are a hot segment in India and have received a good chunk of change from investors. Quite a few of the well-known travel portals are in the airlines and hotel reservation space, but there is another low-hanging fruit in the Indian travel segment that is gaining momentum: bus travel. Every day millions of [...]