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Articles from Ashish Sinha

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  1. UnPluGGd – The Event for Entrepreneurs

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Feb 25 2010)

    Ah well, before you ask me, why another startup event?, here is the core philosophy behind the event: Focus on Business – Over the last three years, we all have seen great products not going anywhere. Some of the companies who became the next hype, are now figuring out the survival route. Ofcourse, [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Star

  2. Introducing - Startup Ecosystem

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Nov 19 2008)

    Reaching out to Venturewoods community to share an update from pluGGd.in Am glad to introduce the Indian startup ecosystem – a neutral entity that serves as a platform for startups to connect to other startups/VCs/entrepreneurs etc. We launched the startup directory around 5 months back and based on the feedback we received from users , we have revamped [...] (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  3. Indian Mobile VAS Numbers

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Aug 11 2008) Mobile

    Author: Ashish Sinha | Aug 11 2008 | Indian Telecom Industry | Email This Post Email This Post Mobile VAS Numbers for India: Key Numbers as of March 2008 * Total Mobile subcribers - 250mn * Avg. ARPU : Rs. 250/ * Prepaid connection comprise 85% of total subscriber base * VAS constitutes 7% of the total total telecom revenue for Indian operators. * Digital music (including CRBT and ringtones) constitutes 35% of VAS revenue * Almost half of Indians use ULCH (Ultra Low (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  4. Dashavatar Partners with Mauj Mobile and PringOO

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Jun 13 2008) Bollywood

    Author: Ashish Sinha | Jun 13 2008 | | Email This Post Email This Post Dashavatar, touted as the ‘grandest animation film’ ever made on the Indian screen has partnered with Mauj mobile for downloading content ranging from ringtones, themes and animation based on the film’s visuals. Mauj has also generated voice portals in Kamal Hassan’s voice that double up as curtain raisers for the film.via]. Pringoo (read our review) too has partnered with (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mauj Telecom   Ashish Sinha   Mauj Mobile

  5. Partnership Roundup: Dashavatar-Pringoo, Dashavataram-Mauj Mobile

    Explore Article Indian Startups (Jun 13 2008)

    Author: Ashish Sinha | Jun 13 2008 | | Email This Post Email This Post Dashavatar, touted as the ‘grandest animation film’ ever made on the Indian screen has partnered with Pringoo (read our review) and one can now choose from over 100 Dashavatar designs to personalize and get them printed on the merchandise of their choice. The name rival (even we got confused! :D), Dasavatharam has partnered with Mauj mobile for content downloa (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mauj Telecom   Ashish Sinha

  6. Why SnapFish’s acquisition of MeraSnap doesn’t mean much

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 23 2008) Acquisition

    Why SnapFish’s acquisition of MeraSnap doesn’t mean much MeraSnap has been acquired by Snapfish and while this could be termed as the first successful web2.0 exit, I really don’t think that’s the case. MeraSnap’s business model wasn’t really different from several other online photo printing service and if you look at their Alexa’s traffic (I know Alexa is not even close to correct, but let’s look at relative traffic), MeraSnap stands on the lowest section of the traffic graph. I believe it was more of "this is not going anywhere, lets move on" sale and that’s why the merasnap founders aren’t joining the snapfish team (as reported by ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Tatas   Corus   Travelocity

  7. Hosting Tips for Startups - Shared or VPS? What’s the right choice?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 23 2008)

    [Guest Post by Prateek Dayal, founder of Muziboo - bangalore based startup focusing on music collaboration. What started as an experiment/hobby, turned into serious gold and Muziboo has been able to get users from across the world, to collaborate and create music. In this post, Prateek shares his hosting experiences (and very useful tips) while running (and maintaining) Muziboo servers.] One of the first lessons I learnt was that $10 hosting is so cool is very misleading. If you do a quick search for cheap hosting will throw up lots of sponsored and unsponsored results. Providers would offer you 100s ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Prateek Dayal   Jason Calacanis   Ashish Sinha

  8. Startup Disco - Details

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 22 2008)

    Startup Disco - Details So ladies and gentlemen, its time to announce the details of startup disco: When: Friday, May 23rd Where: Taika pub, Bangalore How much? Thanks to Yusuf, stags entry is allowed (he did the negotiation), and the entry fee is Rs. 300/ (which otherwise is 500/) Timing? 6:30 PM onwards Contact Details: Ashish (98452 06443), Yusuf (9901 172890), Timahiya (he is the taika guy). Why? Because you deserve this! Take time off your busy schedule and meet other entrepreneurs. Celebrate your hard work, perseverance, success, failures and just chill out. Listen and share interesting VC stories (I need fodder for pluggd.in ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   PHP Developers   UI Designers   Ashish Sinha

  9. After You, it’s .Me now - .Me Domain pre-registration starts

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 22 2008)

    After You, it’s .Me now - .Me Domain pre-registration starts The .Me domain will be launched in another few days and the booking has already started. Few details .ME is now open for trademark owners to register their marks. Anyone with a registered trademark or service mark applied for before June 28, 2006 is eligible to apply for a .ME domain. Applications will be accepted until May 20, 2008 - more The domain costs $59 a year, but you will be required to register for a minimum of 2 years, as mandated by the .ME Registry. Thus, you will be charged $118 for applying for a .ME Domain. Web 2.0 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   Microsoft

  10. ZeroStock - Retail Innovation with Zero Inventory Model

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 22 2008)

    Imagine going to an apparel shop that allows you to try out shirts, but not to collect the delivery (even after the payment!). That’s Zerostock! ZeroStock is an interesting retail startup that is attempting a breakthrough in supply chain. Their stores do not have any readymade apparel available, i.e. zero inventory model. All a customer has to do is walk into any of the stores, figure out the size which will fit them with the trial shirts on display and then select the design and the material of the shirt. Once the transaction is done, the shirt will be dispatched ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  11. Talisma acquired by nGenera - Consolidation is in the air?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 22 2008) Mobile , Acquisition

    The two bigwigs of the pre-bust era have been acquired - certainly a big news for Indian product companies. 1. Talisma has been acquired by nGenera The deal size is not yet known but am sure Talisma got the deserved valuation. nGenera will incorporate the complete Talisma CIM suite of applications as a set of composite on-demand applications into its customer offering - Talisma’s product suite will be integrated with nGenera’s web2.0 , SaaS offering that includes collaboration tools like blogs, discussion threads, wikis, interest groups etc. 2. Old news, but fits the context - MindTree acquired majority stake in ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha   MindTree Consulting   Disney

  12. Opera opens Widget SDK, DragonFly is Live

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 21 2008)

    Opera has launched Widgets SDK beta that also features the much awaited FireFox’s FireBug counterpart - DragonFly DragonFly, from the first look is quite appealing and is more detailed than FireBug. Opera Widgets SDK beta include: Widget emulator Instantly experience how widgets should appear and function across TV, computer and mobile screens, for easier cross-device development. Libraries Save time by using libraries for animation and other characteristics that will add compelling functionality to your applications. More on SDK and DragonFly Quite lately, I am using Opera more than the bulky FF (yet to try FF3 RC1 which is supposedly sleek). ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Opera   Ashish Sinha   Mozilla Firefox

  13. Negativity Kills good products and why not to deploy traffic police until you are building a road

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 21 2008)

    Negativity Kills good products and why not to deploy traffic police until you are building a road If you were building a video sharing site [say youtube], the first question that you will encounter is: “What if people upload porn and copyrighted material?” If you were building a photo sharing site [say flickr], the first negative question that you will encounter is “What if people upload porn or plagiarize other’s photos?” If you are building an ecommerce site [say ebay], the first negative question that you will encounter is “And what if people share their email/phone details and complete the transaction offline?” You can be successful only if you ignore these “what ifs” Let me ask you ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  14. UI Designers and PHP developers - Startup Opportunities

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 21 2008)

    Looks like lot of startups are looking for UI designers and PHP developers (I have received multiple requests in the last few days). If you fall into one of the two categories and can do a good job, you have a strong chance of building a good client base @ pluggd.in So, please hop on to the startup forum section, the startup marketplace section, introduce yourself and share details of your earlier projects. I suggest startups to keep a tab of that section. My only request is to keep your pricing reasonable - I have encountered UI designers asking $2-3K ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   PHP Developers   UI Designers

  15. Future Group forays into self-publishing

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 20 2008)

    Future group is foraying into self-publishing domain and apart from enabling authors to publish their books, Depot (Future Group’s book, music and stationery retail arm) will also sell these books in their retail stores across the country. Writers, most of the times, are clueless as to what to do about their works. Our self-publishing initiative would allow them to publish as low as 25 copies. What’s more, we will launch the book and sell them at our stores across the country for a few weeks and, then, return the unsold copies [source] This is quite a significant development for the ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sulekha   Kishore Biyani   Future Group

  16. Bootstrapping a startup in India with zero money or less!

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 20 2008)

    [Guest post by Shabda Raaj, an entrepreneur who started 42topics.com, a site dedicated to finding interesting stories from the wild web. In this post he walks us thru' few very key and smart tactics to bootstrap one's startup.] This is a very hands on guide to starting a web based startup, without having much money. This is a very personal tale! Once you have been bitten with the “I want to start a startup” bug, you can not but do this. Probably you have no money, or no co-founder, or even no idea. No problem. I did not have any ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  17. Acquisition roundup: OnMobile acquires French company, Educomp acquires 51% in learning.com

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 20 2008) Mobile , Acquisition

    OnMobile has acquired 100% stake in Telisma SA, speech recognition software provider. OnMobile’s multimodal platform product has inbuilt voice recognition technologies as well as SMS, MMS and location-to-host applications. It offers a suite of multimodal applications which have been deployed by leading wireless operators. OnMobile’s international business accounted for 15 per cent of its total revenues of Rs 70 crore in the fourth quarter fiscal 2008. [source] Educomp Acquires 51% In Learning.com For $24.5 Million E-learning solutions provider Educomp Solutions has invested $24.5 million for acquiring 51% stake in US-based Learning.com, a provider of web-enhanced instruction. The transaction includes purchase ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Hindustan Times   Ashish Sinha

  18. Proto registration opens up - 5 entry passes to give away

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 20 2008)

    Proto’s next edition is scheduled for July 18th/19th @ IIT D and the registration floodgates have opened up. I have 5 entry passes to give away and if you are interested (which otherwise costs Rs. 500/), please let me know (leave a comment/trackback). Related Articles:Proto registration opens up - 5 entry passes to give awayProto's next edition is scheduled for July 18th/19th @ IITProto.in’s January edition announcedProto.in's Jan edition has been announced and here are theProto’s July Edition : Nominations openProto's July dates have been announced and nominations have openedProto’s summer edition is HOT..and is open for nominationThe summer edition ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Proto   Ashish Sinha

  19. Worldwide mobile browsing report: Socionets rule the web, What do Indians surf on the mobile?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 20 2008) Mobile , Social Networking

    Opera has just released it’s market wise report on usage of mobile browser and here are a few interesting findings for India: Around 48.9% of traffic from India goes to social networking sites and the top 10 sites Indians visit on their mobile phone are: www.orkut.com www.google.com in.m.yahoo.com www.peperonity.com gallery.mobile9.com www.mocospace.com www.160by2.com [review] www.mobango.com www.itsmy.com www.indianrail.gov.in Mixed trend, right? Worldwide trend is pretty much the same, i.e.: Social networking is popular worldwide and is the leading source of Web traffic for mobile devices. Consumers desire a rich Web experience regardless of the device they use to access the Web. WAP ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  20. Reliance to launch online maps, BigMaps?

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 19 2008) Mobile

    After BigAdda and BigFlicks comes Reliance’s next venture - BIGMaps. The site is not yet up, but a look at whois.org gets you the following results: Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Manav Sethi (linkedin profile), +91.9323145122, Fax: +91.2230385599, Reliance Centre, Ballard Estate,19, Walchand Hirachand Marg MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, 400001,IN’ Given that there are tons of other services, from Y! and G, it would be interesting to see what differentiator can BIGMaps bring in? I would like to believe that Reliance will leverage it’s strong understanding and presence in the local market. Instead of taking the regular data partnership route, they can ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   BigFlicks   Reliance Industries Limited   Nokia

  21. Product Review of Info Edge’s Education Portal - Shiksha.com

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 19 2008)

    Info Edge’s education portal Shiksha.com is live and provides information for over 70,000 colleges, courses, scholarships and admission notifications (via). Features: Content - The seed content is pretty good and site does look “information heavy” Ask & Answer - Y! styled QnA section which allows one to ask free form queries Category based info College Groups Calendar/Alerts - one can set alerts for any event of choice. Overall, the site seems to be a good start, but lacks depth when it comes to exploring a college or finding relevant content. For e.g. the college search does not really mean anything ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   InfoEdge   Ashish Sinha

  22. Techie held for posting derogatory messages against Sonia Gandhi on Orkut

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 19 2008) Social Networking

    A Gurgaon techie has been held for posting derogatory message against Sonia Gandhi on Orkut (probably this Group?) Though the person who created this group (called "We hate Sonia Gandhi”) hasn’t been charged, this techie (Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid) is being held for posting "vulgar" comments. Well, its okay for Orkut to share the IP address/details when requested by police, but the basic qn is what kind of checks and balances does Orkut has? I don’t see any filtering of obscene words (twitter does it, btw). If Google is so particular about "blocked" freedom of speech, why can’t they filter what ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Ashish Sinha   Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid

  23. Asklaila Launches Mobile Version Of It’S Local Search Product

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 18 2008) Maps/Local , Mobile

    Asklaila Launches Mobile Version Of It’S Local Search Product asklaila has launched the mobile version of their local search product and the service can be accessed via sms as well as wap. To use the sms product, send your query to 58989, one can also set default city (so that you don’t have to add city name in the query text again and again) , send free-form queries - the only caveat here is that the service is available to Vodafone and Reliance subscribers only. To use the search on wap, hop to m.asklaila.com. Do give these services a dekho and share your feedback. Who do you think has ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reliance Industries Limited   Vodafone   Ashish Sinha

  24. Build your own Mobile VoIP solution - TringMe opens it’s MobileVoIP API

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 17 2008)

    Now build your own VoIP solution! TringMe today announced the the API support for VoIP provider, VoIP/SIP Service Provider who wants to offer MobileVoIP solution to the customers but do not have sufficient technology or investment to guarantee a ROI. VoIP providers can quickly deploy a completely customized carrier grade MobileVoIP solution using TringMe’s API (including creating and managing users, billing, configuring your VoIP backend and even the look and feel (branding) of the solution) [more details] Now, this is a serious disruption in the market and would be interesting to watch how competition reacts to this (TruPhone  ?) What’s ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ashish Sinha

  25. OLPC ditches Linux and hops to Windows XP

    Explore Article Indian Startups (May 16 2008)

    OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has finally decided to move away from open source Linux to Windows XP! “..an insistence upon using only free, open source software had hampered the XO’s usability and scared away potential adopters. For instance, the Sugar graphical user interface aimed at children “grew amorphously” and “didn’t have a software architect who did it in a crisp way,” he said. Also, the laptops do not support the latest versions of Flash animation, which is widely used on children’s and educational Web sites. ” About 500,000 of the XO laptops have been sold, below previous targets of millions ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   One Laptop Per Child   Nicholas Negroponte   Ashish Sinha

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