Monday, March 21, 2011

So far, so good

When almost every meeting you start ends with a positive result, you know that you are up to something that catches imagination of customers and partners alike. Indeed, last two months of my journey has been one in which almost all ideas I threw seem to work like a charm. This is too good to be true.

However incredible it may seem, ideas are just ideas and the real stuff is actually in getting them done, but for a fledgling business every little bit of encouragement helps. Here is the story so far:
  1. January: During last few days of January, we had a very hectic meeting schedule (doing up to 5 in a day all around NCR!). What resulted was a chance to engage with the entrepreneurial community in North-East region, a chance to work with NASSCOM and expanded projects with existing clients.
  2. February: I got invited to speak at IIT Bombay's E-Summit and at EFY Expo, both of which had paid entry. In the interest of productivity, I also began to start working out of Nehru Place at a friend's office. During this time, we got an invitation to do a capacity building workshop in Guwahati.
  3. March: We always believed that IT industry in India needs some radical ideas to chart out their elusive journey on the path of non-linear revenues. What we couldn't believe was that it is now unto us to create something that would truly change the game. We are ourselves too excited about that prospect as the idea has caught the imagination of everyone we shared it with. All I can tell you right now is that we are building something similar to Software Dioxide, an old idea who time has now come. We are also proposing to work with the smaller IT companies and walk them through the entire cycle of innovation management and hiving off.
Whatsmore, we have expanded our team now. We have two MBA interns working (part-time) with us now. One of them has even completed one month recently! I guess we would be soon looking to hire smart people for full-time positions.

Another interesting idea in works is to create a business offering for pulling companies out of their Valley of Death something a lot of startups in Indian incubators are stuck with. We are looking to then become a turn-around specialist for small technology businesses.

BTW, did you have a look at the new beta site of Academic Ventures yet?

(PS: Its has been two months since I updated my progress. I promise to take dedicated time out to update this blog more frequently.)

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