Want to start a business ? - get advice from DELL

DELL is back again & is promoting entrepreneurship & is encouraging people to TAKE THEIR OWN PATH.
Dell has lauched this website - takeyourownpath & has given examples for five entrepreneurs who chose to be entrepreneurs & their success stories are given in the website. The main content of the website is the step by step procedure (explained very well in detail) of how to start your own business from scratch from Getting started to finances to marketing to security.
I think its a must read for people who are planning to be entrepreneurs or have just started their journey.

All for this one Moment - Meet your Dream icon

Do you think that you have it in you to be the next big entrepreneur of India ?

Do you dare to dream big like those legends once did ?

If you have started your journey of entrepreneurship & have started working on your dreams, then now you have a chance to meet your dream icon live and in person on CNBC-TV18.

Lufthansa & CNBC-TV18 now gives you a chance to share your story with them about your business idea, how you started your business journey, what have you achieved till now, what do you plan to achieve in future etc. This anchor of the programme will be none other than Shereen Bhan, Executive Editor of CNBC-TV18. So if you think that you have that fire in the belly & you have it in you make it big then share your vision by November 10,2008. You can register here

KhojGuru - Another startup in the search domain

As we all know search is the number one activity online & it is also one of the most difficult businesses to step into because there are already established global leaders in this domain but Indian startups are trying to win over them by taking an advantage in local search in the country.With already some search startups like Burrp, Guruji, Asklaila etc now here is another search startup khojguru. It gives us information about movies, restaurants etc with the reviews of various places so that you can actually read from people who have already been to those places & then decide where to go. It also gives us sms discount coupons of restaurants & clothing shops and accessories. I think this sms discounts can really help them build their portal as they have some good brands like Ferns n Petals, Khajja Chowk etc discounts with them.

Along with all this stuff, it also has the social networking component in it using which you can interact & participate in their promotional offer of gathering points and redeeming them for some gifts.

Till now no company has been able to successfully make a mark in the local search scenario but with Khojguru here with some interesting features, this might be a strong competetitor in this market but that time will tell.

Laxmi Mittal loses more money per hour than people earn in a year

Due to world economic crisis happening these days, its leading to bankrupcys, selloffs etc & even big businesses have been losing a lot of money making the condition worse.
In this global crisis, Lakshmi Mittal who was reported to be the world's 4th richest person in the world is losing about 7 million pounds per hour which is more than a normal person earns in a year. Over the last four months he has been losing about 180 million pounds a day which makes it 7 million pounds in an hour.

The way things are going i think the world is leading to the same situation like the Great Depression of the 1930's because most of the people around are losing a lot of money with banks failing, real estate makets collapsing, Stock markets crashing etc etc etc and the list goes on. Whatever the economists say, i think the worst is yet to come....

BarCamp 5 in IIT DELHI: Biggest BarCamp in Delhi

This time BarCamp5 Delhi will be big, the biggest ever in Delhi in IIT Delhi for 2 days on October 11 & 12, 2008. Registrations have been open for quite some time but those who havent registered can register here..
For those who are new to BarCamp, it is an event which acts as a platform for early stage web application & other technology related companies to come showcase their products in front of technology enthusiasts comprising of owners of startup's, VC's, bloggers, techies etc.
A must visit for budding entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts.

Bizedia: B2B startup based in New Delhi

A New Delhi based startup Bizedia is a new entrant in the B2B domain trying to compete against Alibaba and Tradeindia which are the major B2B portals in the indian internet domain.

The search and the functionality of the website is somehwhat similar to local.google.co.in.  Currently Bizedia if offering free classifieds listings for business owners to promote their business in various categories and subcategories. The categories ranges from Exporters/ Manufacturers, Improters/Buyers, Real Estate, Reataurants, Transportation, Health & Medical etc.

Its main aim is to help businesses to get leads via their classified listings and act as a B2B search portal for any business like Tradeindia and Alibaba. There is not much innovation from the other portals except for the fact that they have a clean interface which proves to be user friendly & offering basic classifieds listing for free.

If you have an idea that can change the world then Google will change your world

As Google is turning ten, they want to make the world a better place. If you have an idea which can change the world then Google wants you to share the idea with them and if your idea clicks then you can get $10 million to make it a reality. (it will change your world, Right !)

"These ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or brilliantly simple -- but they need to have impact," Google said in a news release.

The ideas can be submitted in 25 languages by October 20th on http://www.project10tothe100.com/ and you dont need to make a detailed business plan or something, you just have to fill in your basic details & just give answers to six questions like "If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?".

The ideas can be related to issues like providing food and shelter, improving health, access to education, building communities, sustaining the global ecosystem and promoting clean energy.

This is how the selection procedure will work. Out of all the ideas, they will choose the best 100 ideas by January 27, 2009 & open it for people to vote online between January 27 & Feburary 2. The best 20 ideas will make it to the finals out of which upto five winners will be announced by mid-feburary.

Anil Ambani Files Rs. 10,000 crore suit again big brother

Now a new twist to the feud of Ambani brothers as Anil has filed a defamation suit for a whopping Rs 10,000 crore against his big brother Mukesh Ambani for a statement to have been made by him in an interview with the New York Times some weeks ago.

The suit has been filed in the Bombay High Court about a month ago with no details available publicly.

"What most distinguishes Reliance from its rivals is what Ambanis friends and associates describe as his 'intelligence agency' a network of lobbyists and spies in New Delhi who they say collect data about the vulnerabilities of the powerful, about the minutiae of bureaucrats' schedules, about the activities of their competitors," the New York Times had said.

The two brothers have been in a battle since they succeeded the Reliance Empire in 2004 and they finally reached a settlement in 2005. However this settlement has not brought peace between the two as their battle continues on various issues like the gas suply deal or the statement given to the press.

Live Traffic Details in Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune

These days there is a major problem in our lives when we get out of our houses & that is traffic. Government is builiding Roads, flyovers etc but still there has not been much improvement atleast in the capital, where i live. Now we have a service to check online or on mobile the live traffic details of Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune using maps.

Mapunity is an Indian based mobile based technology company which provides real time traffic density in the form of maps in the above four cities. This is a major development step in Mapping services as compared to RouteGuru and MapmyIndia as they only show ways & direction using maps, with no other details or services.

The website says:

Mapunity is also building a free mobile-based navigation system that will help people access data from its traffic information systems on their phones. A few other related applications have also been developed. These include a carpool partner-matching program for regular commutes and a vehicle tracking application for taxi and bus operators. Mapunity is also building administration platforms for transport management authorities in different functions.

So a lot of new development can be expected from the company in the future.

With the mapping services they also have the networking component as people can contact each other via email or sms for carpool. If we come to think of it this website can be so useful as it can save time, fuel, money, energy, save environment(less pollution), inconvinience etc for the common people. So all the people who don't have the Nokia Navigation Services then this is the best service available.

Shoppers Stop enters online retail: Set's up an online store

Shoppers Stop now has opened an e-store & has ventured into online commerce. After the entrance of the ecommerce portals like indiaplaza and futurebazaar, shoppersstop does'nt want to be left behind.

According to Vivek Mathur, customer care associate and vice-president, corporate planning and e-commerce, they are opening their online store because they believe that the customers are these days 'time poor' rather than 'money poor'. They are not looking at their portal as a seperate business like futurebazaar, it is an extension of their brand and want to create an online experience for their customers so they are focussing on their existing customers.

Regarding the marketing of the portal they have planned to send an email campaign targetting their First Citizens & then will start an internet campaign of display and search adds.

[ Source: afags]

Google with the Indian Police Dept. teaches smart online behaviour to students

With the increasing rate of CyberCrimes in India, Google has teamed up with the Indian Police Dept. and the Internet and Mobile association of India & started off the campaign of educating school students about cybercrimes and how to avoid it.
This campaign started off in Mumbai and now being run in metros including Chennai and Kolkata.
The campaign includes general "how to" and "what not to do" instructions and students were instructed not to divulge any kind of personal information to an unknown person online, to disclose passwords, date of birth and other sensitive information over the net.
I think this is a nice and innovative effort to teach the youngsters about the harms of the internet because of the increasing use of social networking sites which is a matter of great concern.

Apple launches new iPods and iTunes 8

Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday (10th Sep.) introduced a new line of iPod's in San Francisco which includes two sleek new nano models. Steve Jobs said that they have sold about 160 million since their introduction in 2001.

The new Nano is now sleeker and bigger than ever and the price of the 8GB ($149) and 16GB ($199) models and will be available in 9 delectable colored variations to choose from.

On the software front iTunes 8 was launched and some of the new features added are: Genius sidebar, album art grid display option, and faster back-up and sync time.

Apple has always been the market leader for portable music players and the new iPod's show Apple's increasing appetite for market share. Now i guess what Apple has to look forward is to distinguish its iPod's from the iPhone which can be a hard task.

Startup Fare at IIM - Kozhikode (October 4 and 5)

IIM Kozhikode is organising its first ever startup fare on october 4 and 5, 2008 in the IIM Kozhikode campus. Its main aim is to actully provide a platform for the healthy interaction between the students and the entrepreneurs.

For all details http://sites.google.com/site/iimkstartupfair/

Workshop on Cross Border M&A And Fundraising Through AiM And PE- Amity Business School

There is a workshop being Held by Amity Business School in Chennai on 11st Sep, Mumbai on 12th Sep. and in Delhi on 13th Sep. on Cross Border M&A And Fundraising through AiM And PE.

People interested can register here asap to grap free tickets of the event being given by Amity.

You can also get the details of the place & time at the same link.

Google Voice search Service - Now in Delhi (1-800-41-999-999)

After doing a pilot in Hyderabad for about five months now Google has brought its Phone Search Service to NCR. The Toll Free number is 1-800-41-999-999 & one can call from any landline or mobile phone unlike JustDial when the user gets charged a normal phone call for their service.

Google will either read out the contact details or sms you the details. Its available in Enlish, Hindi & Telugu as of right now.

List of the domain names owned by Google....

TechCrunch has published a list of about thousand .com domain names registered by Google.
Take a look at it...
No wonder Google forgot to renew its domain name Google.de & the site was down in January last year...
You can read the post of TechCrunch here...

Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008 - TiE & Cannan partners

Cannan partners & The Indus Entrepreneurs have announced the launch of the Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008 which is a business plan competetion for early stage entrepreneurs.

The challenge opened on: April 17, 2008
Last date for submission for the business plan is: May 12,2008

All the business plans will be carefully evaluated on some points like scale of the business, the strength of the team and sustainable differentiation in the business model.

After evaluation 8 teams will be selected & the final round will be held in the month of June & winners will be announced in the 3rd week of June.

Get more details here

Download the Template of the business plan here

Google Hidden Game - Easter Egg

I don't know you guys know about this hidden game or not but i saw this game for the first time.
You have to type - google easter egg in google & press I'm feeling lucky, you'll see a hidden game by google & help the bunny rabit catch the google easter eggs...

HT organising Print Works - the newspaper expo

HT Media Limited is organising a newspaper expo in Delhi for Businesses - owners or operators or any person interested in marketing, advertising or branding for their business. They say that in the expo one will learn the secrets of successful print marketing & how a business can reaach out to a million people for free. Anyone interested can register here.

DATE :- April 28, 2008 to May 2, 2008
VENUE:- Intercontinental Nehru Place
ENTRY:- FREE

Entry is only limited to the people who register with them on their website, so if you are interested, register asap to get a date & time which suits you.

Reliance Entertainment growth strategy in US - Buying US Cinemas

ADAG owned Reliance Entertainment is quietly buying US movie cinemas as a part of their growth strategy. They say that they hope to reach the bollywood fans in the US through their American Movie Cinemas.

Read the full story here...(BusinessWeek)

Next BarCamp Delhi - 10th May 2008

The next BarCamp i.e, BarCamp4 Delhi will be help on 10th May, 2008. Venue & the schedule is not decided till yet but registrations are open...
If you are interested in attending it..you can register here...

iPhone come marching in Dot in (India)....!!!

So finally the wait is over for the people who wanted to use an iPhone in India with all its features without any restriction or fear of blocking it by using updates.
Apple has announced that they will release the iPhone in India in September. Apple is partnering with Vodafone for the launch. According to reports the 8GB iPhone will be the first to be shipped to India.
I guess it was high time for iPhone to enter officially in India & now it will be there in September.
So Better late than never...!!!

TradeIndia.com's News portal for SME's

TradeIndia.com, one of the best B2B websites in India has now launched a news portal for SME's known as SME Times.

TradeIndia is actually serving a lot of SME's in India so i guess this portal will be serve good value to those SME's & now people will regularly log into their website for latest news & updates. So i guess TradeIndia has used a good strategy to attract new businesses to get listed in their site as it is primarily a B2B listing site.

DelhiDareDevils & KolkataKnightRiders lauches official Websites

Two IPL teams launched their official websites yesterday, Delhi and Kolkata. Delhi team known as DelhiDareDevils backed by GMR Infrastructure & Kolkata team known as KolkataKnightRiders backed by none other than King Khan.

It seems as if both the teams do not only have competition on the field but off the field too.
Both the websites are flash made & take some time to load.

If KolkataKnightRiders has King Khan then DelhiDareDevils has Akshay Kumar (who is based in Delhi) which puts both the starts against each other in IPL.

These marketing techniques are necessary for the introduction of IPL in India as it is a somehow a new concept in the game of cricket in a cricket crazy nation. To make it big, owners of IPL teams have to pull up their teams using marketing techniques & Digital marketing will play a vital part in it.

This is just the beginning. Lets see what happens next.

Hungry Kya ? - Order food Online

E-commerce latest trend up in Bangalore is ordering food online. There are actually two website in the web space as far as i know. Hungrybangalore.com was the first one i guess & now Webdhaba. It seems as if Bangalore is one hungry place with a lot of foodies.
As of right now Webdhaba is only in bangalore but hungrybangalore has added other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad etc.

It looks as if Webdhaba have not really focused on their website design. They could have made the site delicious when it comes to serving people who love food but hungrybangalore has made it well with an easy interface.

I am sure most people prefer calling up a restaurant & ordering food but i guess foodies would love to try their service.

Amitabh Bachan, Prime Minister of USA

Shocked...???
Prime Minister of USA...huh....the post does not exist but on badmash.tv it does...


Badmash.tv, a Pune based startup has come up with a good viral campaign of Big B standing for the post of Prime Minister of the US because he believes there is less competition for that post...
See the campaign here...
U'll definitely enjoy it..
Cheers..>!!!

Do u make music ? Get an Audience at Muziboo.com

Muziboo.com, a Bangalore based startup provides a platform for new & wannabe musicians & showcase their skills - be it Singer, guitarist, drummer etc.
In this community one can upload their creation (Mp3 format) & people interested listen to it & give their comments or give their advice.
This is a 6 month old startup & its continuously making improvements like changing their look & recently they have made a radio widget with a collection of approx 150 original songs in English & Hindi.

If one wants to be a professional then this website can also help you build an online band & meet like minded people.


This is the business model of the website. They are currently using only google adds to monetization which i guess its not good enought with the declining rate of clicks on adds.
They are entering into the entertainment industry so i guess they should use some other methods also for monetization which can be like:-

1. Putting audio advertisement before or after the song is played.
2. Making a professional audio editing software exclusively for their websit like iTunes & create a online store in which they can sell albums of the artists & share the revenue with the artists, this will also engage more artists to their website.

So go on - upload & sing to the world & who knows you could be the next music star of India.

Online Real Estate Video Shows

Realacres.com has taken an initative to build an Online Video Show which featuring interviews of Real Estate Industry builders and developers.

They have posted interviews builders & real estate experts sharing their experiences & views on the real estates industry & Companies products & profiles.

They have posted their videos on YouTube which i guess is good ay to create awareness about their brand & introduce their brand to builders & educate customers.

Virgin Mobile Advertisement - They have really thought hatke

Virgin  Mobile has recently come to India & is providing telecom services through Tata Teleservices. They have come up with a very Intelligent strategy for the indian customers. It is giving money for receiving calls. Your balance increases by 10 paisa per minute if you receive n incoming call from any operator.

I am posting the TV adds which they have lauched. The adds are really awesome...I must say they have really thought hatke....

Mukesh Ambani Grand Party - India's biggest Corporate Cocktail party

Mukesh Ambani will host India's biggest Corporate Coctail party at RPL's Main Consortum hall. 

All the who's wh0 of India Inc & Bollywood will come land on the refinery town for a three-day corporate carnival. Its is being said that Mukesh Ambai is hosting this party as he is now the fifth richesh man in the world & the richest Indian.

The Guests being invited are: 

• Sachin Tendulkar
  
• SRK
• Katrina Kaif
• Kareena Kapoor
• Juhi Chawla
• Ratan Tata
• Sunil Bharti Mittal
• K V Kamath
• Anand Mahindra
• Azim Premji
• L N Mittal
• Shivinder and Malvinder Singh
• Prashant and Anshuman Ruia

Total 15 jets of RIL & 2 Boeings are being used to ferry the guets from Mumbai to Jamnagar.

Relax a bit : Play the Logo game

Hey,

I was just surfing thru blogs & then i found this interesting game.

On the internet we spend a lot of time reading news & surfing thru sites & blogs. Now is the time to test some of your knowledge & relax your brain.

Its a pretty simple game where you need to identify a company or a brand by its logo.

Try it out.

I got 72 out of 220 ... :(

Download the game from here

Play this game & do share your scores.

Cheers..!!! & Enjoy..!!

ADAG's BigFlicks - Aggressive in the Indian market

BigFlicks announced last year as a part of Reliance Entertainment has now launched BigFlicks & it is adopting a very agressive pricing market strategy not only for India but worldwide.

It has a collection of 14000 Titles & it is offering Video Downloads - Worldwide  & Video Rentals - Only in India.

In iTunes Store where a price if a track is about 99 cents, BigFlicks if offering a full video movie download priced at 1$ only per download. In the video rentals market in India also where if a person rents a video CD or a Video DVD from a local store, one gets at a price of 30Rs - 60Rs for one day rent, BigFlicks is offering a minimum plan of Rs.250 for a month to rent unlimited movies but one cd at a time.

I am sure this is not good news for other movie rental portals like seventymm.com, moviemart.in etc. These portals got to revise their prices if they want to stay in this market for long.

Morph - Unbelievable & Awesome

Nokia & the University of Cambridge have displayed a cellphone that can be bended and molded into any shape.
So now we may be able to wear our mobile phone as a wrist band or as a bluetooth headset around your ear.

"Morph" is being called as the device of the future.It is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is "Morph", touted as a 'bendable', 'stretchable' nanotechnology concept phone developed in conjunction by the Nokia Research Center and UK's Cambridge University.

Now this is what is called awesome technology.
See this video..U'll like it..

Read full news here...

Sony Ericsson launch Ericsson Multimedia Communications Suite

Sony Ericsson has launched its new interface for select devices, the MCS, their goal is to integrate web 2.0 contents feeds into the UI, and will be showing up on handsets such as the Sony Ericsson W760i. Users will be able to gain access to the new service via their existing apps. Research completed by Sony Ericsson shows there to be a strong demand for mobilisation of communication services on the internet such as files sharing, chat and presence.


The user interface mixes the new MCS with existing apps like data transfer, voice, voice call, video call, MMS and SMS. Sony Ericsson’s MCS is initally only available to Ericsson feature phones while the MCS is constructed on IMS architecture. To learn more follow the source.

Source :- Phone Review

BarCamp MU3 - 8 March 2008

The next BarCamp is scheduled on march 8 in Mumbai.
Registrations are open so go ahead & register.


Register here

Mobile Asia 2008 - Feb 29 to March 3

Mobile Asia 2008 which is India's largest consumer exhibition on Mobility will be help in New Delhi:-

Date:- Feb 29 TO MARCH 3
Venue: - Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

A lot of innovative new products and services will be offered by telecos & handset manufacturers.
Companies participating in the event are Airtel, ASUS, i-mate, Intex, LG, Molife, Motorola, Nokia, Nuance, Radical Software, RPG Cellucom, Samsung, SanDisk, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, World Phone and World Space Radio.

It is a must for Mobile buffs & Tech Geeks.

ShoppingTadka - Virtual Retail Platform for Retailers

You must have probably seen a lot of listing websites like sulekha, yellowpages, justdial etc. Now an Indian Startup in Delhi have been opened which has actually taken listing to a new level. Normal listing websites show info like name, address, telephone number etc.

This website www.shoppingtadka.com is as of now in NCR only & gives detailed information on almost all the shops in NCR with the photograph of the shop & other details like Parking facility, Return and Exchange policies of the shop, Products & brands available, Discounts currently going on, Average discount a customer can get while bargaining etc & ofcourse other details like Name, address, Phone number, email id etc.

This website is also working hard for tie-ups with various shops in Delhi for giving discounts when there is no sale in the Market thru their sms discount coupons.

If this website evolves properly then it can be of great help to the people who don’t like to waste time in window shopping. They will just search the the product they want in their locality & shortlist 3-4 shops where the product is available with discount currently going on & they will just go & buy it.

So a good concept & a decent design.

Hello Everyone

Hello People,

Welcome to my blog. First let me introduce myself.

I am Gurneet Singh from New Delhi, the capital of India. I am a management student as of now. I am a Computer buff & loves to gather information about technology, startup’s, business news and strategies etc.

I am a person who wants to grow till i die & knowledge is power.

I love playing basketball, dealing in share market, photography & water Sports.