Startup Saturday, Bangalore
The theme of Startup Saturday, Bangalore, was “Scaling a Services Startup.”
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Ajay Shankar Sharma, the CEO of Srishti Software, was the first speaker. He shared some insights on taking the plunge at the right time and anticipating roadblocks in terms of support and finances.
The next talk was by Madhav Raju, the COO of IIHT (Indian Institute of Hardware and Technology). Madhav talked about developing the course curriculum, the idea of franchising as an effect of people’s queries, and hiring extremely talented people by compensating them extremely well.
Lightning pitches: Praveen and Avinash pitched 99tests.com, their crowd-sourcing platform that is a testing solution for projects. Arjun spoke about Taazza, a new location-based discovery and delivery service for India that brings local news and deals to you. Sharath from Ferdinand Wealth Management talked about cash flow and helped us understand the difference between managing money and controlling money. The event ended with a presentation on L-pad, a virtual startup incubator based in Chandigarh that comprises of a group of entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors.
Startup Saturday, Hyderabad
Startup Saturday, Hyderabad, was based on the theme “Startup Idea Validation.”
The first speaker, Nirmala, spoke about the HydCubator program (similar to iAccelerator) that comes along with an offer of incubation apart from the multifunctional support that is provided during this three month program.
Murthy and Atul, cofounders of Ozonetel, gave a talk on how they validate and embark on ideas. Ozonetel is a startup building a telephony platform with a lot of interesting cloud-based use cases. Irene K then spoke about the licensing of software products when they use existing open source projects or components. Kiran Kumar and Yashwant, cofounders of an online gaming company, talked about their trials and tribulations while operating in the competitive space of online gaming.
The next talk was by Arpita, founder of Buttercups, telling us about how she got into the unlikely space of specialty lingerie and how partnering with two international majors is helping her creates a new label for India.
Mustaq and Anupam, founders of Sure Energy Systems, talked about how they developed their idea of alternate low cost photovoltaic cells.
The event ended with an inspiring talk by Ewan about Teach for India, and an interesting talk by Farhan about La Makaan, which provides a venue for cultural and social events.
Startup Saturday, Kolkata
This one kicked off with an initial open house debate on how to find ideal cofounders. Anindita Paul then gave a presentation on “Benefits of usability to businesses.” She spoke about the significance of making products, services, and websites user-friendly.
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The first presentation was by OnlineLLP.com, a startup that incorporates Limited Liability Partnership, the most recent corporate structure introduced in India.
The second presentation was by Ramanuj Mukherjee and Abhyudaya Agarwal from iPleaders, which provides legal risk management services.
The next presentation was made by Abhinaba Dey on his venture AVOW Creations, an advertising agency that provides 360 degree solutions for advertising, brand promotion, and photography services.
Next was an interesting presentation by KyaKare.com, the first ever event aggregator in India. The company already has its presence in Singapore, and now they are planning to launch their services in UK and USA as well.
The event ended with a talk by Aninda Das from Nasscom about the upcoming Nasscom EmergeOut Conclave in Kolkata on 21st January, 2011.
Startup Saturday, Kolkata, has launched SSgenie, an initiative to connect entrepreneurs, service providers, and experts. Need beta testing? Want an expert to come down and help you review your business model for free? Write to SSgenie on Facebook.
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Startup Saturday happens at eight cities (Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, and Chandigarh) every second Saturday of the month. Join us if you have the faintest inclination towards starting up your own business (or any business), or if you have already started up. We can assure you that you will meet many of your ilk and will take away loads of inspiring ideas. Signing off folks; let’s create more startups and make existing ones more productive. Join us @ www.headstart.in or follow our tweets @headstarters.
Contributed by Ramesh Loganathan, Ramya Rajan, Abhinaba Dey,
Swati (editor).
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