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Wanna-be an Entrepreneur? Get Started

Nothing teaches and prepares you to take on the World better than your own experience. So don't wait. Just Get Started, the moment you think You wanna be an entrepreneur.   These are a few books, PDFs, Podcasts, Presentations etc from my notebook, I believe will be a great help to get started. Get a hint about Markets: Future of Web Applications (Podcasts) Annual MIT Venture Capital Conference Videos ( Videos , List ) See What Others Are doing: Proto.in   ( Links , Videos ,  Notes ) Demo Techcrunch Understand What it Takes: The Art of The Start by Guy Kawasaki ( PDF , Video ) Cost of BootStrapping ( PDF , MP3 ) Go for it: Getting Real ( HTML ) How to be Creative ( PDF ) OnStartups ( Blog ) Its not that easy and all. But its a good start. Stay tuned for more. If you have a link to a resource that You think will be useful wanna-be's please add to it. ( Add as a comment or message to me). Technorati tags: inspions , startup , entrepreneur

BW: Outsourcing Heads To the Outskirts

This is what really makes a difference to a wider India. So far, growth has been confined to a few cities and causing chaos in terms of infrastructure. Its quite natural extension of oursourcing to go to rural areas, any corner of the world infact. The growth must go to Rural areas, to bring IT to everyone in India. And this is a big and hard step forward, but worth every penny and second spent. Location is not important for most functions of any IT work, and doesn't make sense to do it only in a city. I believe we have talent every where, and with littel tuning and training, we can leverage vast resources of Rural India.  If MNCs move to India for cost advantage, why not move it further to Rural India where the Cost Advantage becomes a much bigger advantage. Not just that, it would bring entire country on to a similar level of growth and expowerment. I do not think at this point, there is any issue of Quality of work that can be done in Rural areas.  Its as good as what can be d

Flickr Photos of Proto.in 2007 Conference

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Photos of Proto.in Around 100 photos of Proto.in 2007 Conference     Source: Flickr: Search Web Clips Notes Here is my Google notes on the event. This page is getting updated every few minutes. So Stay tuned to see more notes on the event at the URL: Proto.in 2007 Participated Companies : Presentation Here is a presentation made by Amit Ranjan describing in brief about each startup that was showcased at Proto.in 2007. Here is the URL to Presentation. Video Presentations at Youtube More videos of Proto.in 2007 Presentations have been uploaded by Proto.in team. You can access all 23 of them (at this point) in One Play list here. Technorati tags: proto.in , india , inspions , software , startup , web2.0

Startups Showcased At Proto.in 2007

Here is a presentation made by Amit Ranjan describing in brief about each startup that was showcased at Proto.in 2007. Here is the URL to Presentation. Here is my Google notes on the event. Stay tuned to see more notes on the event at the URL: Proto.in 2007 Technorati tags: proto.in , inspions , india , software , startup

Blog/Press Coverage of Proto.in 2007

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Missing to attend in person to Proto.in, first Conference in India to showcase Entrepreneurial spirit of new India, I tried to find out by searching at Google how the first Proto.in conference went. I already posted a link to Video Presentations of the event uploaded by the Proto.in team in a previous post. Here is my Google notes on the event. I just had Blogosphere and News Search results in the notebook. Stay tuned to see more notes on the event at the URL: Proto.in 2007 Technorati Stats of Proto.in Coverage in Blogosphere, just showing 100 posts in last 30 days. I took a snapshot today morning. There are only couple posts added to it later in the day. You can actually see the clips of all new items and blog posts in my notebook.   Technorati tags: proto.in , software , inspions , india , startup

Proto.in 2007 Video Presentations

More videos of Proto.in 2007 Presentations have been uploaded by Proto.in team. You can access all 23 of them (at this point) in One Play list here. I understand there may be some more videos to be uploaded. Technorati tags: proto.in , inspions , india , software , startup , web

Updates From First Proto.in

Proto.in , the first Premier Conference to Showcase the Latest Startups from India and Network with Venture Capitalists and Investor community came to an end yesterday. Eagerly waiting to see some analysis and podcasts. I don't see Podcasts at podtech.net   yet.  And there is no official update when they will be made available. A link has been posted that refers to a different blog that has links to a few videos of Presentations made at the conference. The link in the Proto.in blog entry is wrong. Here is the correct URL . You can also see a one/two liner impressions of the Author about each Startup participated in the Conference. Here are links to a couple of Videos. Will include links as and when they are available. Stay tuned.   Technorati tags: proto.in , videos , india , software , web2.0 , entrepreneur , startups , inspions  

The Transformation of AT&T to at&t

Watch this video about the World's Greatest Transformations of a Business, AT&T to at&t. Technorati tags: AT&T , Cingular , SBC , Bell

TCS hits US $1B mark in a Single Quarter

TCS, the Indian IT Power house reportedly hit US $1B revenue in  a single quarter ending with December of 2006. And is on its way to hit its best in Annual revenues.  INDIA's most valuable technology company, Tata Consultancy Services, is on its way to a record $US4 billion ($5 billon) annual turnover after notching sales of $US1.1 billion in a powerhouse December 2006 quarter. The results, including a quarterly net profit of $US252 million, were above estimates. TCS, which is controlled by the diversified Tata Group through its Tata Sons holding company, said revenue jumped more than 40 percent from a year earlier. It also reported closing five big multi-year deals worth $US450 million during the quarter, including one for $US90 million with Australian airline Qantas covering application development and support. It said at least another 10 big deals - each above $US50 million - were in the order pipeline. Unveiling the results in Mumbai earlier this week, TCS chief executive S.

Nokia Goes USB For Charging

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  The Nokia CA-100 allows for charging your Nokia device while using your laptop or pc.  The CA-100 is compatible with 2.0 mm charger connector of compatible Nokia devices such as the newer Nseries.   The Nokia CA-70 allows for charging as well as PC Suite connectivity and data transfer.  The CA-70 is compatible with 3.5-mm charger connector on devices such as the 6630, 6600 but can be used with  the Nokia Charger Adapter CA-44 to charge enhancements that have the smaller 2-mm charger connector such as the newer devices. With the cable, you can connect a Nokia device provided with a Pop-Portâ„¢ connector to a computer equipped with a compatible USB port. The functions available when using the cable depend on your Nokia device and the PC software that you use with it (for example, the Nokia PC Suite).              CA-70 supports the USB 2.0 specification. The actual data transfer speed achieved depends on the phone, used services and network properties. Source: Darla Mack: Noki

gapingvoid: millionaire or artist

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A very smart compromise, if you can't decide between two. Source: gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": millionaire or artist

Backup Your Data Online - Dell’s New Service

It has been a serious problem for a while for many of us to backup data from devices, primarily Laptops. Mostly to survive any crash on harddisks, which is quite typical these days with heavy applications wearing out and challenging the limits of harddisks. Another reason for having a backup is to migrate to a new laptop with ease. At work, I use a network based service, where complete image of my laptop including all installations and data are backed up every now and then on to a network based server. So even if I loose everything on my laptop for some reason, a new laptop can be brought to the exact same configuration with all those applications and files within minutes. Apple But at a personal level, the solution is not that easy. Apple has first (to my knowledge) announced such a feature part of OS X to do it automatically without user having setup anything. Just connect a new storage device and in  a few clicks your personal backup service is ready. Windows Home Server and HP

Convert And Encode Video Files Online

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Convert your Videos From literally any format to any format, ONLINE. Quite useful for short length movies without having expensive software to do the conversion for you. The newly launched web-based service, which requires no software downloads or lengthy registrations, allows you to immediately start transcoding your preferred video files into just about any video file format you may need, from Quicktime .mov to Windows .wmv and to the increasingly popular Adobe Flash .flv video format. Source: Convert And Encode Video Files From And To Any Format: Hey!Watch - Robin Good's Latest News

New PC Free Cordless Phones for Skype

More New Skype PC Free Phones, that will let you talk on Skype without a PC. NETGEAR’s Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D) – This dualmode DECT cordless phone simultaneously connects to a user’s home network router and phone line wall jack, enabling users to place and receive both traditional phone calls and Skype Internet calls from a single cordless handset without needing to be tethered to a PC. Philips’ VoIP841 Cordless Phone – This advanced DECT cordless phone harnesses the power of Internet calling via Skype without requiring a PC. Winner of a CES Innovation Award for its outstanding design and best-in-class feature set, the VoIP841 allows users to make and receive both free Skype Internet calls and traditional landline calls simply by connecting an Ethernet cable and phone line to the phone’s base. Thomson's newly announced GE DECT 6.0 Embedded Skype Residential Phone (no information link available; model no.28310EE1) which won a CES Innovations

Why did Bharti Airtel Reverse-OutSource?

Everybody wondered Why Bharti Airtel oursourced to IBM. Though in later press announcements and discussions, they conveyed a message that 'IBM is an Indian company' and all that spin, but the real reason is lack of capability and confidence in India's own outsourcing giants. Well, Sunil Mittal says it all, why they did it. What's truly innovative about Bharti's approach is that it reverses the stereotype about outsourcing - that it's something Indian firms do for big U.S. and European multinationals. Mittal says he never seriously considered solving his growth problems by partnering with Indian firms. "I can't risk it," he says. "They've never done this kind of thing. They're new, I'm new." Source: Asia businessman of the year: Sunil Mittal, Bharti Airtel - January 22, 2007 India’s Bharti outsources to IBM in a $100 Million deal When you hear the word ‘outsourcing’, which country comes to your mind? I bet, it is I

Booming Foreign Private Equity in India

The PE boom isn't just for American corporations -India's economy is on a roll and foreign private-equity investments have exploded over the past two years, says Fortune's Yassir Pitalwalla. Foreign private-equity investments in Indian companies doubled to $2.2 billion in 2005 from the previous year, then increased in the first nine months of 2006 to $5.4 billion, according to industry newsletter Venture Intelligence Source: Foreign private equity investment in India is increasing - January 22, 2007

The Big Six Challenged by Indian Tigers

Indian Software Services companies have been challenging the Big Six outsourcing companies for a while, some of them infact keeping them as Role Models. The current reports are saying that they have succeeded to an extent and on the way to make their dreams a Sound Business Reality.  The so-called 'Big Six' outsourcing companies (Accenture, ACS, CSC, EDS, HP and IBM) are winning a decreasing proportion of those deals valued at over US$50m, according to TPI.  Their share of the market globally by total contract value has fallen from 71 percent in 2002 to 46 percent in 2006. Those service providers based in India, such as Wipro, Tata and Infosys, are reaping the benefits of the trend towards single-process and specialist deals. These providers, alongside the 'Big Five' in Europe as well as other smaller and niche providers, are encroaching on the Big Six's market share, TPI stated. .... "India-based providers are clearly considered an attractive and credible

Evolutionary Smart Phones vs Revolutionary iPhone

I was amazed at the cool and elegant interface iPhone brings to Mobile Phones which are so far equipped with cluttered and bulky interfaces. For once, the whole Wireless Community is shocked at the amazing free style and quite intuitive interface Apple designed in iPhone. Many immediately reacted with natural tendency to find faults and failures to write it off as a fancy but useless phone or almost to that effect. There are two reasons for many people to do so. One to stand out from the crowd. Other genuine reason, I guess, is to hide their lack of Imagination and capability to design such an cool interface. Its a damn shock for a typical evolutionary mind, which boasts of incremental changes all its life so far and still got to be respected in the world as an innovative mind. I see it in many places, articles about Why iPhone would not succeed. Whatever they say, I truly believe that iPhone has truly reinvented the phone with a revolutionary interface. Whether iPhone succeeds in t

Evolutionary Smart Phones vs Revolutionary iPhone

I was amazed at the cool and elegant interface iPhone brings to Mobile Phones which are so far equipped with cluttered and bulky interfaces. For once, the whole Wireless Community is shocked at the amazing free style and quite intuitive interface Apple designed in iPhone. Many immediately reacted with natural tendency to find faults and failures to write it off as a fancy but useless phone or almost to that effect. There are two reasons for many people to do so. One to stand out from the crowd. Other genuine reason, I guess, is to hide their lack of Imagination and capability to design such an cool interface. Its a damn shock for a typical evolutionary mind, which boasts of incremental changes all its life so far and still got to be respected in the world as an innovative mind. I see it in many places, articles about Why iPhone would not succeed. Whatever they say, I truly believe that iPhone has truly reinvented the phone with a revolutionary interface. Whether iPhone succeeds in t

Why SMS Message Prices Are Going Up?

Sprint that started it all First it was Sprint increased the SMS messaging price to 15 cents per message for all subscribers that haven't bought a SMS Messaging bundle plan. Effective from 21st of Jan, 2007 Cingular customers also must pay 15 cents per Message unless they subscribe to one of the messaging bundles. Now its turn of Verizon to follow the suit. Effective 1st of March, 2007 Verizon customers, unless subscribe to a messaging package, must pay 15 cents per message.  Verizon's Notice of Text Messaging Increase: Notice of Text Messaging Increase, which only applies to customers without a Messaging Package. If you are not currently subscribed to a Messaging Package, beginning March 1, 2007, the price for sending TXT Messages to the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico - as well as the price for receiving TXT Messages from anywhere - will increase from $0.10 to $0.15 per message. The price to send an International TXT Message will remain $0.25 per message. If you do s

Future Pervasive Mobile Applications Video

I came to know about this video about future of pervasive Communication Application that makes your Location relevant and irrelevant and adapts to your moving between devices and locations, while reading a blog entry at Martin's Mobile Technology Page . Here is the Video Link .   ..this interesting video which shows the vision of the Daidalus project for pervasive communication in the future. There is lots of talk in the industry lately on voice call continuity, i.e. switching a voice call between circuit and packet switched networks. The vision of the Daidalus project goes one step beyond and shows how a call could be switched between different networks and devices and how additional information such as video streams and textual information are automatically included in the call when the current device allows and the situation requires. The roots of this concept are also known as "rich call". Source: Martin's Mobile Technology Page: The Daidalus Project: Video On

Future Pervasive Mobile Applications Video

I came to know about this video about future of pervasive Communication Application that makes your Location relevant and irrelevant and adapts to your moving between devices and locations, while reading a blog entry at Martin's Mobile Technology Page . Here is the Video Link .   ..this interesting video which shows the vision of the Daidalus project for pervasive communication in the future. There is lots of talk in the industry lately on voice call continuity, i.e. switching a voice call between circuit and packet switched networks. The vision of the Daidalus project goes one step beyond and shows how a call could be switched between different networks and devices and how additional information such as video streams and textual information are automatically included in the call when the current device allows and the situation requires. The roots of this concept are also known as "rich call". Source: Martin's Mobile Technology Page: The Daidalus Project: Video On

Go Spicy! Stay Healthy!

I found another reason to go Spicy :-)))) To stay away from cancers. London, Jan 10 (IANS) A daily diet rich in spices may offer protection against cancer and other illnesses. This may be the reason, researchers say, why Indians suffer lower cases of many cancers. A chemical called capsaicin, which gives spicy food its kick, holds the key to the next generation of anti-cancer drugs, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. Timothy Bates and other researchers at the University of Nottingham found that capsaicin can kill cancer cells by directly targeting their energy source, indicating that people could control or prevent the onset of cancer by eating a diet rich in capsaicin. 'This is incredibly exciting and may explain why people living in countries like Mexico and India, who traditionally eat a diet that is very spicy, tend to have lower incidences of many cancers that are prevalent in the Western world,' Bates said. Researchers tested the compound in a laboratory on hu

Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet

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    At the CES conference in Las Vegas today, Nokia introduced its next generation widescreen Nokia Nseries multimedia computer, the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. The sleek Nokia N800 combines a truly personal Internet experience with easy wirelessconnections, high resolution display and support for a wide variety of Internet applications. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet has been optimized for enjoying the familiar Web experience anytime, anywhere. The Nokia N800 is built to be constantly in use. Internet calling, instant messaging and email keep you in touch with friends and family. With stereo audio, media support and new ergonomic design the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a portable Internet entertainment device; you will enjoy streamed or downloaded content free away from fixed location. Building on the success of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, the Nokia N800 introduces faster performance, full screen finger qwerty keyboard, easier continuous connections through Wi-Fi or via Bluet

Nokia Adds Vox to its Nseries Multimedia Computers

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Another announcement from Nokia from CES, Las Vegas.  Video sharing, photo sharing and blog posting directly from your mobile device Las Vegas, USA - Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, and Six Apart, the world leader in blogging, today announced cooperation to bring Vox ( www.vox.com ), a free personal blogging service to the Nokia Nseries multimedia computer product range. The two companies will make it easy for people to upload video and photos, and update their blogs directly from their compatible Nokia Nseries devices to the Vox blogging service. The cooperation is an important step in making Web 2.0 mobile and enabling people to create and share their experiences with friends and family on the go. The Nokia N93i, also announced today, is the first product to include the integrated Vox service. Source: Darla Mack: Nokia Adds Vox to its Nseries Multimedia Computers

Why I Love Google Reader The Most

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I spend significant part of my time (after office hours) in reading blogs. And after reading blogs from My Yahoo, Bloglines and BlogBridge I fell in love with this simple and Elegant application the moment I tried it.  I switched to Google Reader a while ago. And I never looked back or looked out off it, As every day using this app is as exciting as it was on my first look. Few Key Reasons I switched and loved it so much in the order of priority: Keyboard shortcuts Fast to load and Highly Responsive Unlike other online readers, all items in a page are not set to 'Read' the moment I open. I must go to the item to update the status. That way, I never miss a post again. I don't have to clip or post or bookmark some thing I like. With the press of a key, the post I liked is shared. My friends subscribe to the feed, instantly get to see what I liked. Easy of adding new feeds & navigating & Managing feeds Today, there is another reason to Love it More, a new featu

Proto.in - High Expectations And Mixed Signals

Right from the moment I heard about Proto.in, I set my expectations very high and love to see them met in entirety. I truly believe in India becoming the Innovation Power house of the Flat world. And as mentioned in the words of Vijay Anand , what we really need to create that edge are solutions that are revolutionary rather than evolutionary and Proto.in will mark the beginning of the journey. I believe what we need for this country is not evolution, but a revolution. This event will mark its initiation. -- Vijay Anand( Source ) I am not sure what is in store for me at Proto.in's first ever conference, but I was sadly surprised and shocked from mixed signals in announcements in the last 48 hours. Following an announcement by Proto.in team last week about releasing initial short list of Companies participating in the first conference, I have been watching its blog eagerly with great expectations . For sure there was a big suprise. The team of Proto.in declared that the list won&#

Proto.in Teaser - Realizing Dreams

Proto.in team hasn't yet released the final list of 45 Companies. Earlier in the week, the team has promised to release the list by end of 2nd Jan, 2007.   Talking about Proto, I have created this Teaser for Proto.in a while back (some time in Nov'06) and submitted to Youtube. I sent the URL to Proto team, particularly Vijay Anand wondering whether the teaser communicates the essense of  Proto.in spirit. Later on, I was caught up with work at office and a small project I have been working on and totally forgot about it. I inserted the video here: ( URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JWSrpPlxqIY ) If I get some time this week, I would create some more teasers with the same theme of Realizing Dreams by Entrepreneurship. Technorati tags: proto.in , inspions , infosys , india , entrepreneur , startups  

Awaiting New Breed of Indian Entrepreneurs

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The organizers of Proto , the first of its kind in India to showcase new products, technologies and companies from India will be releasing its Final list of Companies that will show case their products in this premier event any time now.   Before the clock strikes midnight tomorrow (02 Jan 2006), the initial 45 companies that are selected for Proto will be announced. 30 companies from that list will be presenting their product, team and company on a timeslot of 8 minutes on the 21st of January 2007 in IIT Madras, Chennai before an audience of VCs, Media, Entrepreneurs and Technologists. The list of the 30 companies that will be presenting will be announced on the 5th of January 2007. The remaining 20 companies of the first shortlist will be profiled as elaborately as possible and will be included as part of the kit that will be given to all the attendees and VCs for the event, to ensure that they receive attention as well. Source: Proto.in - Create. Collaborate. Contribute » Arch