Don’t assume anything by default, and force yourself to fit in a role you haven’t grown into. An Idea is not a Prototype. A Prototype is not a Product. A Product is not a Startup… Likewise, Â A technologist is not a product manager. A product manager is not an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is not a […]
In50hrs is Back. Bigger and in a City Near You.
 In50hrs the flagship Idea-to-Prototype event of The Startup Centre, has taken on a new avatar, with its learnings from the past four editions that were conducted in its city of Origin – Chennai, Over the Year. From the demand that the team has been receiving, we are taking this event Platform to four different […]
TSC Resident Grant Awarded to Two Resident Graduates
LightSpeed Ventures (http://www.lightspeedvp.com/) is awarding a Grant of 2.5L Each for two of the graduates of the TSC Resident Programme. Over the past six months two teams have graduated successfully, building teams, building that initial social proof and model, and already eliciting interest in fund raising.Out of the Collaboration between The Startup Centre and Lightspeed […]
Isn’t it about time You Gave your Idea a Chance?
The Third Edition of In50hrs is here. December 9 – 11, 2011 In50Hrs is a Weekend Hackathon where people with Ideas, Developers, and Designers get together to give life to ideas and have working prototypes before the weekend is out, present it to a room full of like-minded folks, and perhaps pave the way for […]
The Startup Centre : Call for Residents. Batch 3, Now Open.
You are Brilliant. You have an Idea. What next? The TSC Resident Programme, is a six month programme, targetted at entrepreneurs (first time and experienced) with an awesome idea to help them go from idea/concept to a Market validated Product v1.0. You also get to work out of The Startup Centre, and get to work […]
The Startup Centre Resident Programme Batch 2. Application Deadline So...
The Intent of the Resident programme is to help transform your vision into a viable product with Product-Market validation, over a 3 to 6 month period. The teams go through a cycle of Prototype Building, Customer Development, Product-Market Fit Process and to the beginnings of the Business Model Cycle Here’s What You Can Expect to […]
The Startup Centre : SAIF Partners announces Sponsoring one Resident. ...
I quite remember having discussions around Early Stage startups a few years back – not that much has changed since then – but it all came down to essentially realizing that we unfortunately do not have enough great ideas spawning out of our ecosystem. I believe that statement has to end with a “YET”. There […]
Kickstarting “The Startup Centre”
I’ve been a raving lunatic about this, for almost the past eight months, talking to various folks in the ecosystem, listening, iterating and evolving and still realizing that there is enough evidence to point to the need of an existence of an entrepreneur-centric early stage hub and accelerator. The Startup Centre is an effort towards […]
Is Micro-Funding a New Trend to Come?
A lot of folks seem to be very curious as to what I am working on, since my stepping back from Proto.in. Well, quite a bit actually and on some rather serious stuff. Serious as cash, infact. One of the major concerns that has been on my mind is the scarcity of capital in this […]
The Tweetie Helpline | @start24x7
So, We have been kinda noticing this trend. Forums are great, and with the present rate at which the startup community seems to be growing, there is more and more a need to be real-time. We felt it, just by the way we were interacting with people on twitter, but there was certainly a need […]
Who Owns The Company?
Once in a blue moon, this situation repeats itself. The board of a company along with the stake holders and investors are pushing the entrepreneur towards a direction and he/she is really not liking it, and tries the ownership card. “This is my company, and I do have the best in mind for it”. Nobody […]
Brad Feld, On the Ecosystem.
Came across this blog post by Brad Feld, on his observations between VCs and Entrepreneurs and the so-called Ecosystem to speak of. It’s kinda an interesting read. Brad Feld on VCs, Entrepreneurs and the Ecosystem. Some of the highlights: I’ve long believed that the entrepreneurs are the motive force behind all entrepreneurial ecosystems – not […]