Entrepreneurship Week: Feb 2 – 9th

Sametime, sometime back, maybe long ago, or maybe not too long ago, you were probably a student or someone who was trying out their first steps in the world of Entrepreneurship. Things were much harder then and many of the things that we enjoy today, were far from sight and hope back then. Things have [...]

Open Source and Proto.in

If you think that this is a strange parallel to draw, well, I was thinking of the same a few months ago. lately, I am starting to see quite a bit of striking similarities and very little of differences. May I request you to step back two paces and hear this out? I am sure [...]

Proto.in Jan’08 Finalists

Ladies and Gentlemen, We introduce the finalists for this edition of Proto.in to you. Out of the 84 nominations that came here, these were the final 17 that were shortlisted out of which 14 of them took the stage on the day of the event. The other three (un)fortunately had some very prospective client demos, [...]

Be That One Percent.

If One person would lead, ninety nine would follow. If one person would lead, ninety nine would surely follow. If one percent would lead, the ninety nine percent would blindly follow. We, entrepreneurs, are that one percent! | View | Upload your own

Delhi: Next on the Map.

The dates for the next edition of Proto.in are announced to be on July 18th and 19th in Delhi. We have the dates finalized, and are looking for those on the ground to help manage things. If you are keen on contributing, leave a message in the comments. I will get back to you right [...]

Proto January Edition comes to a close.

I am sitting here with a open browser and my cursor blinking on screen, wondering how to capsulate the experience that I am hearing of, and personally had with this edition of Proto… ah, I mean Proto.in. Yep, thats the first one. We realized how important that “.in” is in our identity. We are about [...]

Proto.in 2008 Day 2 – Live Blog

Day one of the Jan. Edition ’08 comes to a close.

The first day of the third edition of Proto in Chennai has come to a close. The day has been full of stirring presentations, talks and mentorship sessions for the companies that would be presenting tomorrow. There were some very interesting talks by speakers such as Laura Parkins, Mohanjit Jolly, Sujai Karampuri, Rajesh Jain, Alok [...]

We are Sold Out!

It has been quite a ride preparing for this edition of Proto with lots of new announcements. We are broadcasting live via Secondlife, Liveblogging, we have a mobile version of the site (http://m.proto.in), we have an anthem, we have fifteen darn-good companies presenting, we have participation from far and wide, we are launching the startup-alliance [...]

We do spot ‘em early, we say.

It’s always a happy moment knowing that one of your companies that you picked, groomed and raised with hopes and patience finally gets noticed. Similar events in the emerging Indian Ecosystem have announced their shortlist of companies for presentation. I am very happy to see that Dristi, Pramati and Sloka telecom will be presenting there. [...]