StartupCentral-Medianama Round Table: Before & After (Starting Up) – Part 1

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

The world has changed quite a bit since last November when Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama, and I pulled together an eclectic bunch of entrepreneurs for a round table discussion, the venue for which was Sequoia Capital India’s sea-facing boardroom (free of charge) at Worli. Our theme was ‘Before & After (Starting Up)’ and the attempt was to discover how five randomly…

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Poonam Bir Kasturi on why composting needs to become a national habit

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

Bangalore-based Daily Dump has set itself a tough task. It wants to bring about far-reaching social change gently. The company offers services and solutions to convert household waste into high-quality compost, defined as a bio-degradable, nutrient-rich material that enriches soil. The idea is attractive. Will it be commercially viable and sustainable over time? At this stage, even founder Poonam Bir…

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Helion invests Rs 20 crore in YLG

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

The small details can be very important in forming first impressions. My first impression of You Look Great (YLG), the Bangalore-based personal care services offering from R&R Salons which has just picked up Rs 20 crore from Helion Venture Partners, is that they are weak with spellings. According to their website, they offer a service called ‘Personlisation’. A couple of…

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iAccelerator 2009: bigger and stronger

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

We started this startup camp in 2008 and that was when I was recruited and gifted this awesome program. I totally loved the six months which went by in planning and executing the program, shortlisting the teams, ensuring time schedules were maintained, taking care of logistics and ending the program to perfection. When we started iAccelerator, the focus was on…

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Missing links in business plans

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Snigdha Sengupta

Wiki defines a business plan as a “formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals.” Two phrases in this crisp definition become important to us – why goals are attainable and the plan for reaching them. We have discussed two basic factors below which help in…

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