Comments on: Interview in ReadWriteWeb http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2009/04/30/interview-in-readwriteweb/ India's leading venture capital and startup blog Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Bhasker V Kode http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2009/04/30/interview-in-readwriteweb/#comment-316596 Bhasker V Kode Fri, 01 May 2009 20:21:54 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2009/04/30/interview-in-readwriteweb/#comment-316596 One of the things I'd like to see here in India are environments where the developer and business communities indulge in win-win situations and the zero-sum game. Sure, Israeli or Eastern European companies have the same challenges and you still to be as close to your market as possible- but when was the last time you saw Indian startups collaborate with each other,or a counterpart in the Silicon Valley, or sharing a booth at an expo, having a global advisory board or having open hack days and API showcases. You see that with SlideShare, Zoho at best - why because they know that to stay dormant doesn't do anyone any good, just like most startups should throw their beaurocratic towels and be doing. Organizations like Proto, HeadStart and iAccelerator have managed to get some form of momentum, by having bi-annual events and the opportunities & feedback have been encouraging. So hopefully we will see more collaborations on the lines of a Microsoft with a WetPaint, Flickr with a Picnic, Wufoo with a MailMonkey, or the amazing work that startups implementing openID and oAuth are seeing offlate. Keep Clicking, Bhasker V Kode Co-Founder & CTO, hover.in | founding member of the 26th alliance One of the things I’d like to see here in India are environments where the developer and business communities indulge in win-win situations and the zero-sum game. Sure, Israeli or Eastern European companies have the same challenges and you still to be as close to your market as possible- but when was the last time you saw Indian startups collaborate with each other,or a counterpart in the Silicon Valley, or sharing a booth at an expo, having a global advisory board or having open hack days and API showcases. You see that with SlideShare, Zoho at best - why because they know that to stay dormant doesn’t do anyone any good, just like most startups should throw their beaurocratic towels and be doing.

Organizations like Proto, HeadStart and iAccelerator have managed to get some form of momentum, by having bi-annual events and the opportunities & feedback have been encouraging. So hopefully we will see more collaborations on the lines of a Microsoft with a WetPaint, Flickr with a Picnic, Wufoo with a MailMonkey, or the amazing work that startups implementing openID and oAuth are seeing offlate.

Keep Clicking,
Bhasker V Kode
Co-Founder & CTO, hover.in | founding member of the 26th alliance

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