Fachak Mashbox: Create an embeddable playlist of videos, slideshows, documents …

May 23, 2009

Fachak, the Delhi based startup that is backed by Morpheus Ventures has rolled out a mashup that I would describe as a VERY SMART piece of widget engineering. Its called a mashbox and it allows you to create an embeddable widget containing a sequential playlist of youtube videos, slideshare presentations, documents, images- all rolled into [...]

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Startups : File your nomination for Proto’s upcoming sixth edition at Pune

May 22, 2009

Proto’s sixth edition is happening soon. If you are a budding startup and wanting to hit it bigtime, this could be the best chances the Indian tech startup ecosystem has to offer. Head here to file your nomination, which ends June 15th. This Proto is being held at Pune on July 25th. The venue is [...]

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How to make pitches at startup showcase events?

May 22, 2009

There’s a plethora of startup showcase events at the national & international level. The format at each of these events is almost the same – you get a few minutes to convince the world about your product and the business opportunity around it. The time is always short and it is always a rushed experience. [...]

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Blogertize does a MillionDollarHomepage for Indian blogs

April 12, 2009

Blogertize is like old wine in a new bottle. Remember MillionDollarHomepage, the British website that shot into limelight in 2005. Blogertize is a controlled version of that same story with a few additional hooks that attempt to create a network out of its participating blogs. How does it work? If you are a blogger, you [...]

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Akamai State of the Internet Report for Q4 2008…

March 31, 2009

Most things on the web are free and in abundance. Something that bucks this trend is data about internet usage, web traffic trends, specially what’s dependable and comes from a credible source. In my day job with SlideShare, this factor has caused me so much heartburn, that it’s just not funny! Come Akamai and their [...]

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Startup Viagra: How to Give a VCs a Hard-On

March 22, 2009

This is possibly the most sensational presentation you would have seen on startup funding and investor pitching. Delivered by Dave McClure (bio here) at the first PresentationCamp organised at the SlideShare office in San Francisco yesterday, this presentation is a freaky (though somewhat racy) take on the courtship between startups and VCs. DO NOT MISS [...]

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BJP’s IT vision document: Supports open source, unrestricted VOIP, broadband at cable TV prices

March 21, 2009

Elections in India are hotting up and the internet is now increasingly becoming a playground of the political forces in reaching out to the (urban) voters. Check out the BJP’s IT vision document that was released a few days back. Someone uploaded it to SlideShare. The document lays out the party’s views on various aspects [...]

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Yauba: World’s first Privacy Safe™ search engine… does this make any sense?

March 10, 2009

Yauba, an Indian/British search engine company has rolled out what it describes as the World’s First Privacy Safe™ search engine. Its USP lies in protecting users’ safety, security and privacy online. Yauba believes in the somewhat purist standpoint that global internet companies are grossly violating their users’ privacy. On its part, it assures users that [...]

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Free V/s Premium : The eternal debate continues…

March 6, 2009

In Jan, I was in Bangalore participating in Proto’s fifth edition. I was involved in an on-stage discussion on Free v/s Premuim business models. The video for the event has just been released, so sharing it here. This could be useful to lots of folks reading this blog.

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Startup “Moments of Truth”

March 4, 2009

I chanced across this minimalistic slide deck on SlideShare. This is a bunch of the best startup mentors sharing their mantras in a single quote. While each quote is probably standalone, putting all of these together turns the deck into a inspirational masterpiece. Check it out… Startups in 12 Quotes View more presentations from Lance [...]

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