Comments on: Red Herring 100 Global Winners – 10 Indian Startups made it

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[...] trust me, its not because I didnt want to come back. Its just been crazy this past month or so. The Red Herring Global Top 100, took me for the first time to the US, and I got to understand exactly why the Silicon Valley is a [...]

By: Sudhanshu

Sudhanshu — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:35:23 +0000

Maybe you tend you remain a startup till you go public.

By: hell-o

hell-o — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:00:20 +0000

http://www.herringevents.com/global09/index.html

it clealy says top 100 startups.

By: M Gupta

M Gupta — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:47:42 +0000

It is not true, we did not went US but recognised with award.

By: RM

RM — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:58:00 +0000

So I don’t know where all this “startup” talk has come from.

Here’s the eligibility for the Red Herring Awards, from their website at http://redherring.com/topcompanies

Applicants must be:
* A technology company
* Headquartered in the specific geographical region of the corresponding Red Herring 100 award program
* Privately held and not listed on any exchanges anywhere in the world
* Not a previous winner of a Red Herring 100 regional award – with the exception of Global where the applicant must be a previously selected regional winner or finalist.

Nowhere does it say that it is only for start-ups. Any company that is technology-driven and not public qualifies.

By: sumeet

sumeet — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:18:19 +0000

precisely. could not afford the prize.

By: RMan

RMan — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:10:01 +0000

Not a Big Deal.Mostof these companies like “pinstorm” and “Consim Info” does not deserve to be there. There were some “real” startups from India that qualified for Red Herring Asia awards http://www.redherring.com/Home/26233 which could not go to US (could not afford to) like Mahesh Murthy or Murugavel Janakiraman.

By: Revesh

Revesh — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:59:21 +0000

Omni Docs / Central images are products made by Newgen which citi has been using since last 8-10 years so the company shouldnt be classified as a start up.

Newgen products though are very good. Central image has been the best image based work flow that i have ever used.

By: arvind

arvind — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:02:56 +0000

Does anyone remember that Satyam got Golden Peacock award for World Class Management a few weeks before the “Asatyam” ???

Does anyone recall Nobel Peace prize to Osama nee Obama within a few weeks of election victory.

IMHO award seeking and distribution model will always fail coz such a process will always be depend on the quality of evaluators who decide the list.

By: abhishek manocha

abhishek manocha — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:39:02 +0000

Newgen in that list… starange?? but anyways good for Newgen, some footage at least.

Not quite exciting!

By: Kasi

Kasi — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:26:46 +0000

Yes. Bharat matrimony is known for more than a decade now in India… i think red herring is Hearing it now.

Someone when talking about American automobile industry has written “TATA Motors” as a start-up from India entering into western auto industry … what do you think of that?