Comments on: proto.in

By: Foodistan Team

Foodistan Team — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:51:01 +0000

We missed proto this time. Next time we’ll make an appearance too.

By: Product Ecosystem in India: Progress But More Needs to be Done at Orbit Change Conversations

Tue, 01 May 2007 15:41:14 +0000

[...] exists. In fact, Proto.in is having its 3rd session in Chennai in July (check out their Jan session here). There is also an Indian version of TechCrunch; it just happens to be called Webyantra! Then there [...]

By: ValueFirst

ValueFirst — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:41:27 +0000

Read Interview of ValueFirstâ€™s CEO, Mr. Vishwadeep Bajaj http://www.mobility4enterprise.org/archives/140

By: How VCs Can Help Software Startups in India | Latent Semantic Indexing

How VCs Can Help Software Startups in India | Latent Semantic Indexing — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:01:05 +0000

[...] I’m actually very encouraged by the recent willingness of the venture community to make increasing investments in India. I was forwarded an article recently by one of the OnStartups readers that describes in detail the lineup at a local tech startup gathering in India called “Proto.in”. Swaroop does a great job summarizing the proto.in conference. If nothing else, look through the list of startups that were there. It’s starting to look an awful lot like an event I might see here in Boston (except there seems to be more telecomm, wireless and enterprise software in India). [...]

By: Srikanth Thunga

Srikanth Thunga — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:13:24 +0000

“Working prototypes and demos were encouraged, ppts discouraged.”

Asked Vijay and found out that proto actually is a short word for prototype.. Atleast, I never knew it

By: Badri

Badri — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:04:09 +0000

Having been in the proto event myself, it is nice to see an exhaustive coverage of the presentations.

what perhaps can be added is the lack of clarity in some players about their market and also the visible getting-stuck with ‘technology as the be all and end all’.

also missing was an opportunity to interact online. I had posted a set of 5 questions to some like spoteazy, ixigo, picsquare in my blog http://blog.nrichsoft.in

Nice job, once again.

By: Anand

Anand — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:25:51 +0000

GPRS costs have dropped significantly in the last two years. A session of WIZDOM.in (About 1 hour of new lessons/tests) on Hutch network with planet Hutch GPRS scheme costs about Two Rupees (MAX) for data charges. With Airtel MO postpaid charges are comparable. BSNL GPRS is in the same therabouts.

With these above schemes a session of WIZDOM.in is cheaper to access (GPRS charges) than the typical bus fare to a coaching class.

Airtel MO prepaid has a Rs. 375/- flat charge per month with unlimited access. There I concede your point.

Compare with the cost of Broadband Internet access of Rs. 250/- per month MIN for good quality.

By: Swaroop

Swaroop — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:58:33 +0000

@Umang : Yep, it’s the same Deep Root Linux, I was quite surprised about it too since it is 5-6 years old, I wouldn’t call that a “startup”! The audience was mostly professionals and students, and many VCs (both professional as well as people who have money and want to invest but have no prior background).

@Ankur : You can start.. how about a desicrunch

@Rams : Yeah, let’s hope they make it big.

@Aswin : Maybe next time

@Raghavendra : Welcome

By: Raghavendra

Raghavendra — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:23:36 +0000

I was repenting that I missed the mega event now no more worries. Thanks a lot Swaroop

By: Aswin Anand

Aswin Anand — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:58:42 +0000

Dude!!! somehow I missed seeing you