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Can Bangalore be the next Silicon Valley? Srinivas Kulkarni looks at what it will take for India to have a flourishing startup ecosystem.

Srinivas Kulkarni

Srinivas is an avid blogger and a technology enthusiast who has worked for a couple of digital/tech startups in India since 2010. He has also worked with a few technology clients dealing with tech startups in India and Asia-Pacific, giving him an insight on the country's startup space. In his spare time he listens to audiobooks, podcasts and is a passionate travel blogger.

Latest Posts

The importance of rolling out local but planning global for startups

In today's connected world, don't restrict your customer base to a specific region, but also don't spread yourself out too thin. 'Think glocal' is the mantra for startups today.

December 19, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

Importance of product-market fit for your startups

Before starting up, finding your product-market fit first is key. Identifying your customer, figuring out a right approach, and then creating the right product to fit your market is a great strategy for startup success.

December 19, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

India startup sees niche in presentation tool for mobile roadwarriors

A Bangalore-based startup Deck.in has built a "mobile-first" app called Deck that makes it easier for users without design skills to create good looking presentations.

December 18, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Mobility

How to decide whether to be a freelancer or an entrepreneur

Being an entrepreneur or a freelancer is a choice facing many people. At the end of the day, some of the key things that separate them are their approaches towards getting the job done, building a vision, and scaling their venture.

December 18, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

3 tips to optimize customer acquisition for startups

One of the toughest tasks as an entrepreneur is to master the art of customer acquisition. Some tips on helping startups acquire customers better.

December 18, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

SaaS startups can reduce churn with better customer success

Businesses can no longer sell a product or service and move on. No matter if it is subscription, utility, freemium or any other kind of pay as you go model, companies earn a lot more keeping a customer as a revenue stream.

December 16, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

Appiterate redefines A/B testing for mobile app developers

With a core team that has a strong mobile background, this Indian startup aims to make iterating on apps as easy and painless as for web with the world's first WYSIWYG editor for A/B testing.

December 15, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Developer

LeadSquared simplifies CRM for startups and SMEs

This Bangalore-based startup helps businesses capture leads across the social web, which enables startups and SMEs to track, manage, engage, and follow up the leads until closure.

December 12, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

Nanobi Analytics builds analytics app store in India

The Bangalore-based startup says it has built the first analytics app store, theanalyticstree, that has predefined domain and content rich analytic apps to provide customized analytics to SMBs and enterprises.

December 12, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Big Data

Customer focus to drive India tech market in 2014

Forrester predicts India's tech spending next year will be driven by a strong customer focus.

December 11, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Tech Industry

Importance of growth hacking for startups

Growth hacking techniques such as social campaigns, content marketing, CRM automation, and influencer targeting have helped startups succeed much better than traditional marketing.

December 10, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

Why working for startups is worth it

Despite the numerous challenges of working for a startup, simple things such as hands-on learning, flexibility, drive to build something great, and the insane energy is what makes working for startups worth it.

December 10, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

Airwoot drives real-time customer support via social channels

The Delhi-based startup touts a powerful semantic engine which filters and classifies social media mentions to help brands manage their online reputation management real-time.

December 9, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Big Data

Blume ventures helps build early stage startups in India

Blume ventures, an angel and seed fund venture from Mumbai focuses on the large need for institutional pre-series A capital in India and helps growth for early stage startups.

December 8, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups

5 tips for entrepreneurs on how to choose between product or service

As an entrepreneur with multiple startup ideas, an eternal question is whether to pursue a product or service. Factors to consider include identifying the problem, scalability, margins, errors and finances.

December 4, 2013 by Srinivas Kulkarni in Startups