CORRECTION: Building Billion Dollar Software Companies event is on Aug 20

We reported an incorrect date for the Building Billion Dollar Software Companies talk, by Anand Deshpande and Shirish Deodhar. The talk is on Friday, 20th August, at 10am. (It is not on Wednesday, 18th as we earlier reported).
Full details of the talk.

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Building Billion Dollar companies – Anand Deshpande & Shirish Deodhar – Aug 20

What: Building Billion Dollar Software Companies from Pune, with Anand Deshpande and Shirish Deodhar, presented by Software Exporters Association of Pune (SEAP)
When: Friday, Aug 20, 10am-12noon
Where: Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems, S.B. Road
Registration and Fees: This event is free for all. Register by sending a mail to deshpande@synygy.com.
“How we got here, and how we plan [...]

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Got Cool Technology? Maharashtra wants to give you a free Trade Fair Stall

Do you have some cool new technology that you would like to showcase? In that case, now is your chance to show it for free at the India International Trade Fair 2010 that’s happening in Delhi starting on 14th November, 2010.
Basically, Maharashtra has been allocated 11000 sq. ft. at this trade fair to show the [...]

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Should businesses in India innovate, imitate of adapt technology?

Kaushik Gala points out that tech entrepreneurs need to think beyond hi-tech. Innovative business models based on adoption of existing technology and sheer imitation offer much larger opportunities.

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How to build a high quality engineering team – Excerpt from Shirish Deodhar’s new book

(Recently, Shirish Deodhar, a well-known figure in the Pune technology and startup community, published a book, From Entreprenurs to Leaders, which makes the point that while the last 10 years saw the rise of several billion dollar software services companies in India, the next 10 years will see the rise of billion dollar software product [...]

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Event report: POCC session on cloud apps for your startup

This is a live-blog of the Pune Open Coffee Club session on use of cloud apps for your business. Since this is being typed as the session is in progress, it might be a bit incoherent and not completely well-structured, and there are no links.

This session is being run as a panel discussion. Santosh Dawara [...]

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Cloud apps for software development and for your business: POCC discussion – 7th Aug

What: Pune OpenCoffee Club meeting on use of cloud applications in your work
When: Saturday, 7th August, 4pm-7pm
Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Atur Centre, Model Colony. Map.
Registration and Fees: This event is free for all to attend. Please register here
Sharing experiences with cloud apps
Do you use cloud apps in your work? [...]

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Pune-based Innovize Tech Launches Productivity Measurement Software

Last week, Pune-based product startup Innovize Tech announced that it has received funding of $350k from the Indian Angel Network. (Note: Indian Angel Network had also invested in another Pune-based startup Druva.)
Innovize Tech has built a software product, called Sapience, that helps companies measure the exact amount of time spent by employees in various work [...]

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Beanbags, wi-fi, and founders hanging out: The Startup Centre is coming to Pune

The Name Vijay Anand, also known as The Startup Guy, is familiar to most startups in the country as the creator of India’s best known startup showcase event proto.in. Vijay is now working hard on his next initiative: The Startup Centre. For a description of the startup centre, we turn to http://thestartupcentre.ning.com the social network [...]

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Looking for a job? Try PuneStartupJobs…

Looking for a job? Try PuneStartupJobs
There’s a new jobs listing forum in town, and it contains postings of jobs that you will not find anywhere else. Check out the PuneStartupJobs mailing list (which is an initiative of the Pune Open Coffee Club).
The Pune Open Coffee Club is an informal group for all those interested in [...]

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