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.