During this week's roundtable, we put the spotlight on women entrepreneurs in India in collaboration with our partners, Aspire for Her. NevilLabs First up, we had Neha Mahendarkar Vijaya from Bangalore, India, pitch NevilLabs, an EdTech venture. Cashvisory Next, Arpita Sinha, from Kolkata, India, pitched Cashvisory, a wealth management advisory platform. Ecoplore Then Prerna Prasad from Delhi, India, pitched Ecoplore, an online travel agency for sustainable eco-tourism. Zevaraati Aruhima Antarkar from Surat, India, pitched Zevaraati, a diamond jewelry venture. DermaQ Next, Ruhi Kurele from Pune, India, pitched DermaQ, a dermatology consulting and treatment app. iVillage From Delhi, India, Aryah Vaibhhav Mahajan pitched iVillage, a social enterprise for making cloth bags and such with a mission to replace plastic, manufactured by rural women. It was an impressive display of energy, talent and immense potential. You can listen to the recording of this
This feature from Tech Republic covers the highlights of the Microsoft Inspire event held virtually last week including innovations, investments, programs, and
During this week's roundtable, we did a strategy session on how to develop startup ecosystems and pipelines of entrepreneurs outside of the six major metros based on my blog series, Startup Ecosystem in Kolkata: A Strategy Discussion. Very interesting discussion. BRIKS Technology For our entrepreneur pitch, we had Kiran Das from Cochin, India, pitch BRIKS Technology, a Generative AI startup focused on e-commerce sales enablement through virtual assistants and chatbots. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: If you haven't already, please study our Udemy courses, free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1Mby1M public roundtables. We will be holding future roundtables on: July 27 – July Spotlight on Women Entrepreneurs, Register Here. August 3 – August Spotlight on Odisha Startups, Register Here. August 10 –
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During this week's roundtable, we had two discussions with startups in the early stages. InfiNET First up, we had Ean Mikale from Colorado Springs, Colorado, pitch InfiNET, a Quantum hosting service. My guidance was to adjust the positioning. Anaitik Next, we had Hritik Sharma from Chandigarh, India, pitch Anaitik, a fast turnaround custom T-shirt e-commerce venture. My guidance was to try the marketing ideas he discussed, but if they fail, pivot quickly. Fail fast, in other words. You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here: If you haven't already, please study our Udemy courses, free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1Mby1M public roundtables. We will be holding future roundtables on: July 20 – Brainstorming on Eastern India Startup Development, Register Here. July 27 – July Spotlight on Women