Spent the noon today in Startup Buddies meeting.
Startup Buddies is an initiative from Amit Singh of HeadStart - In Amit’s words - “Startup Buddies is a community initiative where 5-6 entrepreneurs meet every month to acknowledge what they have accomplished in the previous month and declare what they are taking on for the next. This way [...]

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Just come across a recent web startup using quite a few “dummy” sites (that only have a blog) to create inbound links for their main site. Am sure it would have improved their pagerank - but wondering how “ethical” is this SEO practice? While one may call it as a part of marketing - is [...]

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Finally, the first product from our (mine and one more ex-colleague’s) yet-to-be-named venture’s stable is out few days back - doe check it out @ apnacomplex.com.
The vibrant, yet extremely simple logo for Apnacomplex and the home was designed by Dotline Designs. They seem to have done a good job - have got quite a few [...]

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Started by two grads from NIT, Trichy - interviewstreet.com takes the preparation for interviews to a new level. The idea is very simple - making me wonder why it has not occurred to me earlier any time :-).
In simple terms, the product provides a platform for interviewees to attend mock interviews. While the interviews are [...]

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Anyone who has a kid at home knows how “useless” it is buy a toy - most of time the toy becomes useless from the next day it is bought home as the child quickly loses interest in the toy after the initial exploration. Now starts the trouble for parents  - first the toy is [...]

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I came across this start up - TrackEveryCoin.com. The website name tells it all. This is basically a way to track the money one spends. The product/service is yet to be launched. As per the website, there are two ways to use this service -
1. Download a app on to your mobile (needs GPRS) and/or
2. Buy [...]

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If you have a dream of leaving your well paid job and then starting something on your own you MUST read this one on Sky Diving (hopefully before leaving the job :)  ) - Sky Diving.  Too good.
I could not find a better summary of the thought process that goes in the mind of a Entrepreneur.
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