Posts Tagged ‘startups in india’

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 […]