Few days back, I just had a short chat with one of the co-founders of an IIM-A‘s Iaccelerator startup and our conversation diverted to an article that was published in Outlook Business. The article tells about how a simple SMS is helping the Indian farmers plan their farming better and in turn helping them generate more profits.

Just came across a very insightful presentation which talks about why rural India is so important & how one can tap the rural market. The most interesting point from the presentation is the statistics about Rediffmail -

Out of 20 million Rediffmail signups, 60% are from small towns. 50% transactions from these towns on Rediff shopping site.

There is a general tendency of we humans to compare whatever we can. One thing that gets compared first when someone joins a new company is the “Company Culture“. Culture becomes SO very important especially if you are a startup.

Just came across quite an interesting presentation that describes NetFlix‘s winning culture especially focusing on it’s core points which are listed below:

Thanks to JoeManna for the tweet

It has been almost a month since the last update on this blog. Past few weeks have been pretty bad where I had an incident which made me realize “How search agents like JustDial can lead to mis[information] instead of providing information“…More on that in a separate blog article.

Just came across an interesting audio presentation which touches on The art of evangelizing oneself , hope you find it useful too …

Few weeks back, I had posted a question on LinkedIn about “Twitter’s usage in Business“. Today, I just stumbled upon an interesting presentation[shown below] that not only explains Twitter’s usage but also backs it up with a good number of case-studies. BTW, the question is still open here

Proto[derived from Prototype],the startup event will be held on 23rd & 24th January,2009 in Bangalore.There is a very interesting presentation by Pictualize which gives you an insight into Proto & the benefits of being there for the event !!!

You can register for the event here. If you liked the work by Pictualize,you might be interested in checking out the Q&A we had with Pictualize team[here and here].

Like Proto-4,I won’t be able to attend Proto-5;hopefully the sixth edition is in Hyderabad

Came across an excellent presentation by Alexander Osterwalder, a Business Model Innovation advisor.No matter what is your idea or business, this presentation touches every corner of it [from Ideation to Execution].

He has quite an insightful blog on the same topic & I am sure you would also enjoy reading every bit of it .

There is always a debate over PRODUCT and PROJECT management and the responsibilities of each of them.Just came across a very informative presentation by Mr. Olsen of Olsen Solutions which was presented at Web 2.0 Expo, San Fransisco.

Many times meeting investors becomes similar to applying for a job in a company.There are some set of basic questions which are repetitive and many times, the answer to these decide your fate.The only difference being in a job interview, the mistake may turn out to be less costly[since,it is only YOU who is affected] whereas any mistake while pitching to an investor won’t only affect YOU but everyone CONNECTED with you in the STARTUP.

Just came across an interesting and a worthy presentation which gives an insight into the basic questions and the answer to simple those simple questions

Reader Contribution:

All of us know the phrase “Slow and Steady wins the race“, but most of the times,the reverse holds true especially in business[First Mover advantage].Apple entered the Portable Player Bandwagon very late yet, it still rules the market with it’s revolutionary iPod [Slow may sometimes be the most Steady ].

Teams have become important rather than individual performers and the same is shown in the improvised version of the “Hare and Tortoise” story shown below[must read for anyone in the corporate or a business environment] :

As shown in the presentation, some of the key learnings from the “Hare and Tortoise” story are:

Came across an interesting Video Presentation by Peter Merholz of AdaptivePath where he points out “How important the experience of using a PRODUCT is !!!“

He also points out that a reverse cycle of Experience –> Features –> Technology may lead to Products with BETTER user experience ….Enjoy the presentation