Loading ...Happened to be at the Mobile VAS meet at Bangalore and had a mixed opinion on the event. There were potentially more VC’s hob nobbing than innovators and geeks. As a consequence lot of “jargon” got thrown and some 
operator cribs. Overall there were few startups to showcase there offerings. The “Oberoi” factor was at work and striped suits were more visible than the people who really implement the concepts.
The dscussion and participation was more around “content” (mostly ringtones, movie clips, pics etc.) than utility VAS like data, analytics, etc. According to me, that would drive the application space more than the generic content.
Also I would apreciate if we are able to have some improved versions of these meets @Delhi, where I am sure lot of friends & known ones whore are working in this domain would participate.
Sanjay G
Yes. If it is in delhi/NCR I shall be interested.
Forgive me if I am being harsh here.
We applied to the organizers to participate in this event on their web site. Didnt hear back from them at all ? I am not kidding. The startups who apply deserve either a postive response or a polite letter of rejection.
I sincerely hope it was just an oversight.
i have been attending many conferences and seminars over the last 3 years including TiE, NASSCOM, FICCI and many associated events such as BoA, MoMo, barcamps etc. and I have reached a point where upto 75% of the attendees at all the event are the same that I met in the last event. Is anybody aware of any new events or activities happening in Delhi/NCR where I can meet some new people from the entrepreneurship community. I know there is no answer to this question but I’m just wondering that there may be some meets that doesnt publicize themselves much but may prove to be worth a visit. Anybody?
I understand where Pat comes from…It is sometimes frustrating when you spend travel & board money aside of leaving behind the task at hand to attend these events only to find some usual suspects, green horns or just plain name droppers. Going forward it sure is a downer for these events.
Only outcome would be that you run out of business cards too fast. ( yielding little or no RoI…thinking of carrying no cards at all next time )
I feel it’s better the organisers list out the participant entrepreneurs / new products at least a week before the event so that people could make up their minds. Still better would be not to allow repeat entries in rapid succession.
There is a lot of money in “organizing” such seminars and bootcamps. There are some of those (now-rare) real bootcamps, seminars and meets, but most others are — well, not close to what they ought to be.
To those who criticize the events: Your criticism on these events does not come across as healthy or constructive, at least to me. None has forced anyone to attend. Simply don’t go if you don’t like to attend these events. There are plenty of other people who will go (newbies, those who want to learn about a new domain, those who want to revive their network, those who want to find a new job, etc ). The events do have their own value and will survive. Right now there is an investment bubble in India so more events will happen. When the bust happens, the # events will come down dramatically as companies won’t be ready to pay for their people’s networking