Daily archive Jul 31, 2008

1393 days ago sinha

Investment Roundup: Nokia Growth Partner Eyes India, IndiaGames founder launches seed fund..and more

Nokia has announced an Additional USD 150 Million (totaling the venture fund investment to $250mn) through Nokia Growth Partners which will be more focused on Indian and Chinese startups. Nokia Growth Partners will advise on Nokia's other venture capital fund investments. Read More →

Scrabulous shuts off, Founders launch Wordscraper

facebook

1393 days ago sinha

Scrabulous shuts off, Founders launch Wordscraper

Scrabulous shut down is all over the blogosphere and the founders have now launched Wordscraper, a word based game.

It's the only game on Facebook that allows you Read More →

Call your Twitter Friends with Phweet, Powered by TringMe

Interestingness

1393 days ago sinha

Call your Twitter Friends with Phweet, Powered by TringMe

Phweet is a recently launched startup that enables the already chitchatting twitterians to go vocal, i.e. have conf calls with your tweet friends.

Once you signin, you can send the PhweetURL via Twitter and your Read More →

How much attention should startups pay to customer support?

Entrepreneurship

1393 days ago sinha

How much attention should startups pay to customer support?

[Guest article by Sanjay Anandaram, an entrepreneur-turned-investor. In this article, he shares an interesting story that any startup could face - customer gratification vs. high cost incurred in customer service. Which one would you opt for?] The CEO of a leading Read More →

Workplace Ethics : Kolkata tops the chart, Pune-ites love to ‘blow the whistle’

Indian IT industry

1393 days ago sinha

Workplace Ethics : Kolkata tops the chart, Pune-ites love to ‘blow the whistle’

Staffing company,TeamLease carried out a survey (sample size: 401) to understand the work culture scenario in India, and here are a few interesting results:

9.30am - 5.30pm: Recorded Standard Time! – Nearly 45% people don't bat an eyelid Read More →