A lot has been written about Google’s foray into wearable computing – Google Glass over the last year since its announcement at I/O last year. This year at Google I/O, I had a chance to actually wear the Google Glass and give it a go first hand. There has been so much hype about it [...] Read More
Now that another edition of Google I/O has finished, it’s time to step back and look at what new and interesting things are happening beyond the hype of the event itself. Google I/O this year was, as usual, a big and spectacular event with over 6000 people attending, several exciting new product announcements and free [...] Read More
After having raised a 20 million$ round from Phenomen Ventures and AB Kinnevik, co-founder Rohit Chadha has now taken over the responsibility of product head for India, along with his previous designation for managing director for the country. In a recent press release, Rohit said, “I see a lot of scope in making Foodpanda the medium through which people [...] Read More
Madeira, a SaaS solution for Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a Visual Integrated Management Environment (VIME) for cloud applications. It has today announced a Series A funding of $1.5 million from Sequoia Capital. The company also announced full support for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
We just launched the TechSparks 2013 campaign this year and the response has already been overwhelming. With every passing year, TechSparks is getting bigger and better, and our goal this year is to make TechSparks 2013 the most useful it can be to entrepreneurs and startups. We looked back and asked ourselves – “What is [...] Read More
We’re excited to announce the launch of TechSparks 2013 – India’s biggest tech startup discovery platform this year. In its 4th edition, TechSparks 2013 will be an 8 month, 7 city campaign where we plan to bring together the local startup eco-system of every city and connect them with the best of the startup world -
Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ competition is part of a major international marketing push to promote tourism opportunities provided by Australia’s Working Holiday Maker (WHM) program. There were six job categories – outback adventurer, taste master, lifestyle photographer, chief funster, park ranger and wildlife caretaker and the applications closed on 10th April for which they got 600,000+ entries.
Let’s begin with a cliché: Social Media has created a lot of hype of late. Everyone knows this and is well aware of the importance of a social media presence. But is creating a page and a profile good enough? Gautam Gandhis and Nikhil Pahwa’s session- Social Uncoference at the India Internet Day took an interesting turn when the audience wouldn’t budge from the topic of fake comments.
Entrepreneurs in Pune came to MCCIA Trade Tower Pune, to listen Anand Lunia of India Quotient talk about VC funding and demystify the VC termsheet.
For any startup CEO, contacts and connections can make-or-break deals. A big part of a entrepreneur’s job is to network with people – With prospective customers, investors, potential employees, media and many more! And the best place to network is at an event or a meetup that has a high density of people that you want to network with. Here are some simple tips that you can use the next time you’re at a startup event to network effectively.
