don’t forget about Hotmail and the free e-mail concept they have given rise to (* I ofcourse agree it didn’t start in India)

What about RedBus???

The reason there ain’t many innovations is b’coz of the broken ecosystem .. its a cycle.. wen u get encouraged u innovate…

With regards,

Samir

But its not just the offline country – its also the powers that be in various domains. E.g. do the folks playing in the education space know/have access to info about what direction things are moving in ? What are the big players focused on for the coming year ? What’s paining the schools, students, colleges in your target segment ? Does the government have a policy change in the offing that presents opportunities ?

Like I mentioned, I think there are voices from outside the current set that need to be in here that will help a lot.

As a set, there’s a lot of disconnect from how various businesses work on-the-ground, what are the motivations people have (e.g. would most of us be able to imagine selling enterprise software as a status symbol?), what are deals hinged on, why traditional marketing or PR may not work and why pure online marketing isn’t enough for all. These, and many more such issues in the finance, resources, sales, marketing, communication, PR, and sometimes even the tech space, etc, need advice/information and insights rooted in reality. There are numerous myths so many of us accept as the truth that have reasons that can be worked upon (“Its tough/impossible to work with government departments ethically” to give you one).

The limited set of voices also provides access to a limited set of models to work with. [ I'll try doing a post on a whole lot, just in IT itself, thats been missing! ]

It would be cool if you and others could expand the participation to have a few folks who can both share their experience in these, as well as provide services so people can focus on what they do well without necessarily having to learn in depth all 28 facets of what it takes to run their business.

We also provide resources for startups like blogs, job boards, event listing etc. In a small way we are trying to help solve the problem that is described in the article above by Sameer.

If we keep up with the pace and continue to report each other like this, I think in 2-3 years we will be right on track of powerful entrepreneurship.

With regards,

Samir

Disclaimer: I dont work for zoho.But,yes i am a happy paying member for some of their products.

What a business needs first is a model then customer, then revenue, then scale…the ecosystem must focus on getting start ups the right mentoring, visibility to customers/users, alpha customers, help during gestation period…reaching out to VCs for funding is never an issue…But in a non cohesive ecosystem it can not be achieved…all this while we are increasing redundancy in the ecosystem and reducing effectiveness…

Indians innovators to dominate the world should first discard the “Me too” attitude and focus on what the world needs and then try to localize the requirements… I was very upset that “Me too” portals like Guruji, Asklila etc are getting copious amount funding for doing something which already exist out there while companies like “Bling Media” get screwed. Not sure what to expect and how to correct this situation.

What India doesn’t need is having fragmented ecosystem. However if you folks are going to do excellent different stuff, all for it. My only ‘not-good-feeling’ abt Pluggd.in is – it is someway biased and showcases certain starups often. Hence I worry that big fish will beocme big here.

The impact is short-term driven and is measured by how many tweets/blog posts/media coverage happened over a period of time, rather than something more useful.

You are being unfair to these events.

>> and are of no help when running a business.

I think entrepreneurs are on their own on this one, as it ought to be.

These events get the right people together in the right environment, thats all. They stop way short of direct depositing money in the company account.

Regards
Vidhu

I agree that this is an excellent post. Indian startups should be more liberal in sharing their ideas. Ok go have it copyrighted and have the IPR’s in place.
What i also feel that startups take a very ad hoc approach, in its operations, marketing and other functions ( my friend started one, so i guess i know) such as HR etc. A process centric approach is very valued by VC’s and stakeholders alike.

Apart from info. sharing, following processes the companies should keep innovating. Thinking out of the box is required.

Regards
vidhu

I feel even now ( after 7 years ) if one shares his experience / expertise i could sense the value of it. Generally budding entrepreneurs are also young ( hence lacks the realworld experience). I dont think someone has to take a lead, rather let us make a beginning.

Let us ensure that every one of us start by mentoring or atleast counselling the young minds when ever we come across.

The article is an eye-opener.

My 2 cents

I was thinking very hard why can’t this be replicated to Indian Web startup domain

Collaborate,somehow I find pluggd.in is very interested in self-promotion.