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Business Opportunities and Market Access for India – 8 Apr

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:17:49 +0000

India is the world’s second fastest growing economy. Home to more than 1.2 billion people, India is one of the most lucrative emerging markets today. Around 71% of the population is younger than age 35, providing opportunities to tap a young, vibrant emerging demographic that are technologically savvy. In terms of purchasing power, India is the world’s 4th largest economy and it could become the world’s fastest growing economy within the next few years.

This Friday, iAxil, Battle Ventures and MentorSquare present a talk on Business Opportunities and Market Access for India.

Ravi Narayan & S.K Guruprakash, veterans in the Indian market from MentorSquare, will address the opportunities and threats in the Indian Market, with special focus on:

Why is India a promising market?
Which sectors are hot and which ones are not?
How does a Singapore based company like yours break through the cultural differences and make full use of the India Opportunity?

India is a land of 30 states, 18 official languages and myriad cultures. Doing business here is very different from anywhere else in the world, and equally rewarding. The speakers from MentorSquare will guide the entrepreneurs in understanding the dynamics of accessing the Indian market, and forging partnerships with Indian referrals which are absolutely critical for your success in India.

Speakers

Mr. Ravi Narayan, CEO and Co- Founder, MentorSquare

Ravi Narayan is CEO and Co- Founder of MentorSquare., a serial Entrepreneur having started American Systems International (ASI) , Nextone Communications (sold to Genband), and Astuto Networks. He has also worked at various technical and management levels for IBM and Hughes Network Systems. He is a founder and Managing Director of Mentor Partners, one of the most successful early stage mentoring and venture funds in India. He brings several years of experience in the entrepreneurial world to help his portfolio companies achieve their maximum potential. He earned a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Madras, and a MS in Industrial Engineering, and MBA from University of Southern California. He is a founding member of PAN-IIT and Charter Member of the TiE organization.

Mr. S.K Guruprakash, Lead Mentor, MentorSquare

Guruprakash has 25 years of experience in the Industry and is a serial entrepreneur. He is operationally involved in working with several SMEs and Technology partners to bring together meaningful solutions to the community and Businesses. He Advise small entrepreneurial outfits to realise their dreams. He has also helped set up Centers of Excellence in Technology domains. He currently serves as the director of Strategic Alliance Pte. Ltd.

Event Details

When: Friday 8th April 2011
Time: 1:30pm – 4pm, registration starts at 1:30pm, light refreshments and networking from 4pm
Where: No. 87 Science Park Drive, Science Hub, Singapore Science Park 1, Seminar Room: Buona Vista and Portsdown

Admission is free. Please sign up at events@iAxil.net.

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[India] Click Asia Summit 2011

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:58:54 +0000

It all comes down to economic growth.
With the US and Europe still struggling with the economic crisis, Asia has emerged as one of the growing group of economies that will dominate the global markets for the next few years. Growth in the Asian economies will largely be driven by a combination of production and marketing as well as by harnessing the online medium which is fast becoming a major influence in purchase decision making.

As a marketing professional, there is no way you can miss the changing face of Digital and Mobile marketing in Asia. Click Asia Summit 2011 is designed to create a forum for some of the top marketing professionals to congregate and create a marketplace for ideas and services that will help Asian companies get the marketing edge.

Programme

20th and 21st Jan:

Conference & Expo Format: International quality program; includes keynote speakers from the industry and tracks with extensive focus on learning from the top professionals in the field of Digital and Mobile marketing. Spread over 3 days featuring 8 unique tracks.

22nd Jan:

Social Media Bootcamp on Day 3 completes the entire program, which is power-packed to teach learners on how they can harness social media in their businesses effectively.

Check out list of topics here.

Speakers

Some of the speakers at Click Asia Summit 2011 include:

Naveen Tewari, CEO of InMobi (USA)
Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite (Canada)
Hari V Krishnan, Country Manager of LinkedIn India (India)
Deep Malhotra, Founder & Managing Partner of Gemini New Media Ventures (India)
Thomas Power, Chairman of Ecademy (United Kingdom)
Anol Bhattacharya, CEO of GetIT (Singapore)
Amit Srivastava, Hybrid Media Strategist, QXM Media (China)
Mikko Kotila, Founder of Statsit (Malaysia)

Event Details

When: Thursday-Saturday, 20-22nd January, 2011
Where: Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India
Fees: There are varying packages, get 10% discount with this code: CAS2D. Check this and register.

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We are proud to be an Online Media Partner of Click Asia Summit 2011.

TWIA #46: Pratyush Prasanna from Xerox & SMS Gupshup

SGEntrepreneurs — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:10:33 +0000

Following on our special interview series, we have Pratyush Prasanna (@pratyushp) from Xerox and also a former founder of SMS Gupshup, a well-known SMS and microblogging mobile service in India which have a total of 20M users. In our conversation with Pratyush, we chatted with him on how he started SMS Gupshup with his fellow co-founders and grew it to the state today. We also asked him on his new challenge as an open innovation manager for Xerox and get a sense of the India market on mobile applications. He will be speaking as a panelist on “Mobile Applications: The State of Play”. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs.

About Pratyush Prasanna from Xerox & SMS Gupshup: Pratyush Prasanna presently looks at technology related investments for Xerox in India. Pratyush was on the founding team of SMS Gupshup, India’s largest social network on mobile and was responsible for growing the application from zero to its first million users (today about 20M users are on the Gupshup platform). Since then he has worked in Microsoft’s mobile strategy team with special focus on the mobile productivity applications and emerging markets. With his background in startups, he looks at promising new ideas and research projects for Xerox to invest in India. Pratyush has hands on experience in running startups as well as managing software development teams at Microsoft. Pratyush has a B.Tech degree from IIT Kharagpur and is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He also writes for Pluggd.in, an Indian tech blog.

TWIA Episode 18: Everyone’s a Scraper

SGEntrepreneurs — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:43:07 +0000

The TWIA crew gathers after Chinese New Year without Daniel Cerventus to run thru a couple of stories that rumbles across the Asia landscape this week. Starting with Zynga’s global expansion into India, the crew ponders whether the foreign companies are shifting their focus away from China. Once again, censorship takes the headline in China and Indonesia. Of course, we devise the new googleometer where we ask if Google is really moving out of China with their gestures on canceling the Android event in Beijing. Finally, the biggest story that rocked Southeast Asia with Facebook acquiring Octazen, a Malaysian based company and finally the crew looks at the rise of the Global QQ and ending with a short commentary on Siok Siok’s new film, Twittamentary.

Zynga in India: The creator of Farmville and Mafia Wars starts their global expansion with their first stop, India. Why not China?
Indonesia looks to block offensive Internet pages and China tightens control on websites rings a new dimension of censorship in Asia.
Facebook acquires Malaysian start-up, Octazen: We chat about the recent acquisition of Octazen, a Malaysian based start-up which specialize on contacts importer and wonders why TechCrunch offers an alternative perspective to the issue.
Google snubs China on Android: We ponder whether Google is really walking out of China and then the gestures of them canceling the Beijing Android developers’ event.
QQ expanding globally?: We discuss what QQ is really planning for their global expansion.
Lastly a short reprise on Siok Siok’s Twittamentary.

TenCube’s WaveSecure in Nokia’s N96 (India)

SGEntrepreneurs — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:00:05 +0000

While India celebrated the launch of the new Nokia N96, Singapore startup TenCube had their own piece of good news to shout about. Their flagship product WaveSecure is the only 3rd party application that is bundled together with the sleek N96! Links to several news sites after the jump.

Nokia Unveils the N96
Tech2 – Mumba,Maharashtra,India
The Nokia N96 comes pre-bundled with WaveSecure, an application that allows consumers to secure everything on the device wirelessly. …
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Nokia Unveils the N96 in India as a competition to Apple 3G
By Latest on Tech(Latest on Tech)
The Nokia N96 comes pre-bundled with WaveSecure, an application that allows consumers to secure everything on the device wirelessly. One can save and create a back up of all data (contacts, SMS, call logs and calendar entries) through …
Talk about Gadgets, Freeware,… – http://freewareindia.blogspot.com/

Nokia launches the N96!
By Editor
It comes loaded with Wavesecure that allows the device to be tracked in case of theft and allows data back up through Internet. It also offers Navigation through Nokia 2.0 maps, a 5megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. …
Thinking Aloud – http://www.thinkingaloud.in

Nokia N96 launched in India!
By jaganath
… Dual slider with dedicated music keys; A-GPS chip with built-in software for turn-by-turn directions; 3G with HSDPA; Dedicated music chip for excellent sound quality; Built-in WaveSecure software for storing backups. …
Nokia N96 Blog – http://n96.nokiablogs.com