I think events like these definitely play a role in creating awareness and possibly the need to encourage the research oriented tech startups.

The stalls were for both sponsors and startups, and Yodlee can definitely not be called a startup

Also, publication-backed events are generally more conservative and un-clued-in compared to, say, unconferences.

Just today upon my return, at least two people who’s inputs I value, commented very positively on Mobisy and Injoos as interesting startups and Yodlee’s (founded circa ‘99, and one of the original companies I wondered if they could still be termed a startup?)MoneyCenter as interesting application.

Your summary provides an excellent overview of the events and as always there are lessons worth being reminded off, even if they aren’t new.

Thanks for reminding me about the photos, I’ve made them public and under a Creative Commons license, so feel free to repost them.

@Rani You are welcome

Its a pleasant surprise to find this good a minutiae of the entire event… I was there and my thoughts resonated very strongly with the marketing panel discussion and especially with Mr. Murthy’s view - “Marketing is too serious a stuff to leave it to Marketing professors or professionals…”

Nice job keep it up…

In fact I would like to put up some of the event photographs on Jump Up! [of course with proper accreditation] Looking forward to your green signal..

Nice Job keep it up!

@Lalit I hope you guys get some wide distribution ASAP. All the best!

@Vijay Glad I’m not the only one who thinks that way

@Lokesh Yeah, most startups fail, this won’t be any different, but it was good to see people out there and doing new stuff (except for the me-too social networks).

Medical domain is a hard thing to do. Even Google has taken ages to get Google Health off the ground.

I agree with you, taking research to products is a huge thing waiting to be tapped. I will write more about this in future posts.

Regarding PhDs, enough has been said, it is a chicken-and-egg problem. But I see lot of people in University of Mysore, IITM, etc. doing really neat work. The problem is that universities tend to be or are government institutions, and all the related problems follow.

Yep, let’s hope SmartTechie and others take this feedback and work on showcasing the successful startups on stage. In any case, there’s always the next proto.in to look forward to

It was thrilling to see several stalls.But who will sustain in the Market is a question?. I appreciate Dr.Vivek ( DELL )’s perspectives to work on the basics like Food,Health,Education - Even peter drucker had mentioned in Challenges for 21st Century the same.

To be frank in Bangalore - You can get Pizza in 30 Min but Do we get ambulance or Medical help in 30 Min ?.

One of area,I expected something in this budding cos is Medical Domain. I could not find anything. To question myself, Will we able to overtake China,Tiwan, S Korea in a big way ?

Research based innovation are taking back seat in India. Even though India is known world over for Software & MBA graduates (IIM’s). India does not have IP protection for Software and for business models. I could not see any stalls quoting outside Wow ! FIRST IN THE WORLD “Patent Pending”. Is these companies have anything big in mind for technology transfers & licensing to make the ideas even bigger or to attract the VC’s.

In CEO’s conclave - What’s happening in high level innovation?. I agree that the basic approach for innovation be the ethnography ( understanding the customer by being with him and observing his lifestyle and usage. Could they help out their own employees to build up a startup like ancillary units that were helped by biggies Public Sectors like BEL in Bangalore.

My question here is : Are we happy for what we are?. In a year India produces around 27 PHD’s in Computer Science in Contrast US produces 1000 ( 275 are Indians) & China produces 2000 in the same field.Is the Innovative ideas of these startups - How much time is required for rest of the world to copy ?

As you rightly said. The experience of biggies and CEO’s were old stories which worked for them 25 years ago-Pre Global Computing Age (That could also be before the new CEO of Startup Company born) The young and recently successful guys should have been projected like “Sloka” & “M Chek” on the stage.That would have been helpful for aspiring youngsters to start. The good & bad side.

How the Universities & Government can support these start ups could have been a good topic to discuss. If anyone from Technical University & Government ( Like STPI / NASSCOM representatives would have been much helpful too)

R K Mishra’s Noon Session was a refreshing one ! I think some the participants would have change the Mind from StartUp to ChargeUp to form a NGO. He rightly pressed the issue of Middle Class (PVR fancy People)not voting leading to no growth in the state.

It was a good attempt by the Smart Techie guys. They could have done it much better. I appreciate their amazing efforts ( they too a startup !!two years young in India) to bringing all these people under one umbralla for a day.

Thank you