May 2008 roundup – Interesting startups and posts

Roundup of interesting posts that made to pluGGd.in in the month of May. The two big announcements were Startup Disco and us opening the doors (and windows) for guest posts.

Entrepreneurship Related:

• Difference Between Funded and UnFunded Startups: Resource Constraint (aka Creativity Seed)
• Startup Scene in India- Healthy, Wealthy or Noisy?
• Negative Questions Kills good products/ideas, and why not to deploy traffic police while you are building a road
• Interview with Brewhaha Founders
• Bootstrapping a startup in India with zero money or less!
• Anatomy of a Good Business Plan – Combination of Strategic, Operational and Tactical Plans!
• Demystifying a Business Plan – What makes one stand out from the rest?
• Hottest Indian Startups and Quick Statistics On Indian Entrepreneurs
• Why should I marry you?” and other questions to ask VCs (during fund raising process)

Startups profiled:

• NVP funded Veveo Launches vTap, Video Aggregator and Fast Media Search Service for Mobile Users
• Monkiri – Snap and Share a Webpage along with Review, Comments
• Mermaid Metaaso- Broadcast your own P2P Network
• Yureekah – Track your

Competition Online, Find where are they Advertising

• Self-Publish your Books at Pothi, the Print-on-Demand Startup
• Digital Photo Printing Startup, Canvera raises funds from DFJ, Footprint and Mumbai Angels
• FlickXPress – DVD Rental Service Delivered via Automated Kiosks
• Why SnapFish’s acquisition of MeraSnap doesn’t mean much
• ZeroStock – Retail Innovation with Zero Inventory Model
• iCognue – AI based Search Engine from Sobha Renaissance’s IT arm
• open2save – iSeva’s ex-founders launch online retail venture
• NetPrice – Manage your Advertising Spend
• MyDuniya – Send File attachments, Email via mobile (sans GPRS)
• Dhingana – Social Networking for the Musical Soul

Everything Else

• Worldwide mobile browsing report: Socionets rule the web, What do Indians surf on the mobile?
• Review of Info Edge’s Education Portal – Shiksha.com
• TV Advertising in India – Cellular Phone Services Top the Ad Volume
• Software Piracy goes up by 20%, India registers a decline..
• Reliance invests in US based Social Networking Portal, whrrl.com
• Zoho pulls the “G” string – Now you can Import Google Docs in Zoho Writer
• This 15 year old kid scores a revenue of $165bn!
• Hosting Tips for Startups – Shared or VPS? What’s the right choice?
• Hosting Tips for Startups- Review of Amazon Web Services

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