Entrepreneurship in India

From Notes

• General
  • Where Are India’s Innovative Companies, Products and Solutions?
  • Startup Ecosystem in India
    • pluggd.in articles specifically on entrepreneurship in india
  • Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
  • SME Toolkit for India
  • List of early-stage startups in India
• Essentials
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2008/06/announcing-startup-toolkit-resources-for-indian-entrepreneurs
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2008/02/entrepreneurship-in-india-activities-to-do-in-the-early-stage-of-your-venture
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2008/02/entrepreneurship-in-india-developing-your-idea
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2008/04/legal-regulatory-accounting-and-financial-advice-to-startups-boring-yet-critical
  • http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/the-absolute-startup-essentials-part-i/
  • http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/the-absolute-startup-essentials-part-ii/
  • http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/the-startup-kit-part-i/
• How to set up a business
  • http://rubylearning.com/blog/2007/01/20/setting-up-an-it-company-in-india/
  • http://www.legalserviceindia.com/company%20law/company_formation_procedure.htm
  • http://groups.google.com/group/opencoffeeclubatbangalore/t/388dc117a756746c
  • Company creation : http://groups.google.com/group/bangaloreocc/t/bd5c81f8ab42b9a9
  • http://www.techjini.com/blog/2007/06/01/starting-a-company-in-bangalore/
    • http://www.techjini.com/blog/category/startup/
  • http://www.blr.stpi.in/new_Incubation.htm
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2007/07/should-startups-worry-about-trademarks-issues-interview-with-pavan-of-whitemoney
• Startup incubators
  • http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2007/11/19/early-stage-technology-entrepreneurship-and-incubators-in-india/
  • List of incubators in India
  • http://groups.google.com/group/bangaloreocc/t/5737ed1c60a2bef6
  • http://www.techno-preneur.net/institutionalcontact/tbis.htm
  • http://www.nirmalabs.org
    • http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/03/21/stories/2005032100200300.htm
• Experts
  • http://www.nenonline.org/panelOfExperts.do?method=fetch&businessFn=panelOfExperts
  • http://onwardresearch.com
  • http://india.bigpatents.org
• Communities
  • National Entrepreneurship Network - http://www.nenonline.org
  • http://www.livemint.com/Articles/keywords.aspx?kw=Start-Up
  • http://kickstart.in
  • http://startupsaturday.in
  • http://groups.google.com/group/bangaloreocc/
    • http://bangaloreocc.blogspot.com
• Coworking
  • http://www.opencommune.com
• Legal
  • http://www.pluggd.in/category/legal-issues-in-startups
  • http://www.novojuris.com : Sharada
  • http://www.brainleague.com : IP lawyers
  • http://www.pluggd.in/2008/03/legal-advice-startups-basic-registrations-that-you-should-know
  • http://www.livemint.com/2008/03/11000507/Getting-the-startup-documenta.html
  • http://www.laws4india.com
• Design
  • Logo/website/brochures : http://www.outsmart360.com
• Startup Jobs
  • http://www.hellointern.com
  • http://www.sutrajobs.com
  • http://jobs.joelonsoftware.co.in
  • http://barcampmumbai.org/Startup_jobs
  • http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/venturejobs/
  • http://pluggd.in/coffee/forum/indian-startup-jobs
  • http://ecosystem.pluggd.in/index.php/StartupJobs
  • http://www.nenonline.org/jsp/startup_jobs/home.jsp
• Marketing
  • http://pitchh.com
• Advice
  • Engage students : http://blog.proto.in/2008/05/27/protoin-talk-india-as-a-technology-leader-possible/
• The Art of Raising Venture Capital : http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/09/the-art-of-rais.html
  • PPT : 10 slides, 20 minutes, >= 30 pt size font only
  • 10 slides
    1. Title, with contact details
    2. Problem
    3. Solution
    4. Business Model
    5. Underlying Magic
    6. Marketing and Sales
    7. Competition - what we can/not do vs they can/not do
    8. Team
    9. Projections - Metric (add 1 year to shipping date, divide revenue by 100)
    10. Status and Timeline
• News
  • http://startups.in/twitter/indian-startups-in-news/
• Funding
  • http://www.nenonline.org/getContactList.do?method=fetch&businessFn=getContactList
  • http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/pre-vc-funds-for-startups/
  • http://www.nenonline.org/jsp/resources/res_ai_meet_an_angel.jsp
  • http://www.ventureintelligence.in
  • http://antya.com/antsearch.php?s=Venture%20Capital%20Firms
  • Pros and cons of different types of funding
    • http://india.smetoolkit.org/india/en/content/en/478/How-to-Finance-Your-Business#3
  • http://www.sebi.gov.in/investor/venturecap.html
  • http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
  • http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/09/the-art-of-rais.html
• Funding/VCs
  • Clearstone
  • BlueRun
  • Footprint
  • Accel Venture India Fund
    • http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/27/accel-looks-to-india-for-venture-returns/
  • Vakil
  • Manjula Sridhar (of Aujas Networks / IDG Ventures) : 9880428675
  • Sequoia India
    • http://www.sequoiacap.com/india/venture-capital/
  • Draper Fisher Jurvetson
    • http://www.dfj.com
    • Anurakt Jain
    • Anurakt@dfj.com
    • 99800 71237 / 4176 4617
  • Bel’s cousin VC
    • Silvertree Capital
  • Ashish Gupta, MD Helion Venture Partners
    • http://www.helionvc.com
  • Abhishek Goyal, Associate, Erasmic Venture Fund
    • http://www.erasmic.com
  • Srini Vudayagiri, MD Lightspeed Venture Partners
    • http://www.lightspeedvp.com
  • Ashwin Raghuraman, Nasscom-IKP India Innovation Fund
    • http://blog.nasscom.in/emerge/2007/09/14/nasscom-icicis-100-crore-innovation-fund-for-indian-startups/
  • Ritesh Banglani, Sr.Investment Advisor, IDG Ventures
    • http://www.idgvcindia.com
  • Mohanjit Jolly, Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India
    • http://www.dfj.com
  • Manoj Gupta, Vice President, Nexus India Capital Advisors
    • http://www.nexusindiacap.com
  • Mukul Singhal, Canaan Partners
    • http://www.canaan.com
  • Ravishankar GV, Vice President, Sequoia Capital India
    • http://www.sequoiacap.com
  • Pavan Krishna Moorthy, Partner, Ojas Ventures
    • http://www.ojasventures.com
  • Suma Kamath, Manager – Life Sciences & Technology, YES Bank
    • http://www.yesbank.in
  • Arvin Babu, Partner, Greylock Advisors India
    • http://www.greylock.com
  • Rajesh Sukumaran, Country Manager, Mercatus Capital
    • http://www.mercatus-capital.com
  • Ben Mathaias, VP, New Enterprise Associates
    • http://www.nea.com
  • Aditya Nataraja, Partner, VenturEast, also Deepak Dhamija, Partner, VentureEast
    • http://www.ventureast.net
  • Tejas Sawjiani, Partner, Singularity Ventures
    • http://singularityventures.in/blog/