Compared to how things were a few years back, the Startup Community has come together in such a fabulous way. We have OpenCoffee Club meets, Startup Lunches, Startup Saturdays, Mobile Mondays, Barcamps, Ideacamps etc, etc, and the plethora of other activities that organizations such as TiE, NEN, NASSCOM, etc are providing to benefit this same target audience.
All that said, we understand that most of these benefits are enjoyed by those who live in the major cities, and in most cases in the cities down south. There hasnt been much activities going on in cities such as Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkatta, Ahmedabad or any where in Kerala to bring the community together and to share, ask questions, and receive support from one another.
In an attempt to bridge that, we are hosting an online meet this Saturday [today] at 3pm at http://chat.proto.in. Most of you would know how to login, and the process is quite simple. Visit the URL, enter a nickname and you could join in.
If you would be participating, do post a comment to this post, and feel free to ask any questions if you do have any. You are also more than welcome to invite your friends, should they be interested, and ask them to join.
I look forward to seeing you there, if Possible.
PS: The Client is tested to work on an Iphone, and quite beautifully. Also if your phone as an IRC client, you could participate, on the move.
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Summary:
1. The response has been overwhelming. I didnt expect 60+ people to show up on a less than one week notice. It seems that the chat application we have has a 60people limit and quite a few people didnt make it in. We are gonna have to quickly build for scalability before the next meet.
2. The participation came from all over – Chennai, Coimbatore, Bangalore, Orissa, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Goa etc. Phew!
3. People were quite enthralled with the meet that there were requests to meet once a week. It was decided that we’ll meet once a month to ensure we dont burn out quickly.
4. Delhi OCC will be kickstarting soon. Shivas Gulati is in touch with the OCC Chennai and Bangalore guys for guidance.
5. Mumbai OCC is looking to be revived. Netra touched based with quite a few folks who are going to help her in that regard.
6. The Topics that were covered was quite vast. We started off with asking startups what they thought were some of the issues they faced: The Summary,
@ Deepak: Cost – Infrastructure, office etc.
@ Shivaas: Lack of collaboration with bigger companies.
@ Som: Contacts / networking
@ Hari: Revenue Realization from Customer
@ Deven: Online Startup Directory.
@ Govind: Support Services contacts
@ Rajesh: Mentors
@ Raxit: Finding Co-founder.
You can view the entire, unedited chat transcript here. We’ll be meeting again next Month. Stay tuned to the blog here, or sign up for the mailing list for updates.
Jaspreet, planning to do so. Will do.
V.
Vijay,
it was kind of chaotic in the chat room. May be because of a large turnout.
For next time, could you pass around an agenda, and decide and create multiple rooms (one for each agenda) ?
jaspreet
Phew! Amazing turn out. We’ll be meeting Once a month guys. Do keep an ear to the ground.