Weekly Summary: Early Adopters Curse & All The Startup & Tech Action From Last Week

Last week we saw some interesting activity in the Indian startup & technology space. Apple Computers co-founder, Steve Wozniak backed a project by a Bangalore based startup, on crowd funding platform Indiegogo. After our coverage, the amount of funding went up from $2K to $9K in a day! While we don’t want to take credit for all of it, it felt good to have played our little part.

Couple of notable deals went down last week. E-learing startup Simplilearn raised $10 million in a Series B round from Helion Venture Partners. Social media intelligence platform, Unmetric raised $5.5 million in a Series B round from JAFCO and Nexus Venture Partners.

Some of our guest authors wrote resourceful and insightful  pieces provoking reactions from a large number of readers. The post on the difference between Patents and Copyrights, was very resourceful for a lot of  the readers.  The post on how to bootstrap your app startup with zero investment, gives you a first hand perspective of starting up an app business in India.

Long story short, a lot has happened during the past week. In case you missed out on some of the action, here’s a recap.

– Editorially Recommended Articles –

• Romanticizing Mass Entrepreneurship Bollywood Style Will Have Perilous Consequences

• The Other Side of Being An Early Adopter

• Piecing Together India’s Heritage One Photo at A Time [Indians Top Contributors to World’s Largest Photo Contest]

• Bottoms Up: Are We Failing Our Innovators?

• For the Startup Warriors : Touch of Madness is What it Takes

• Steve Wozniak Backs Bangalore Startup’s Bluetooth Device Gecko on Indiegogo. Will YOU?

• India At Par With Australia & UK On Patent Applications; But That’s Nothing To Be Proud Of

• Selling Mobility to Indian SMEs [Lessons Learnt]

——— Channel : Indian Startups / Resources ———

• Ex Googlers Want to Put the Zen in Driving by Quantifying the Experience; Jerry Yang, Max Levchin Back the Startup
• Difference Between Patents and Copyrights. Can You Protect the Idea Behind Your Website?
• How To Bootstrap Your App Startup With Zero Investment

• An Open Note to Indian Travel (App) Startups : “Better to Travel Well Than to Arrive”

• Launching to Scale-up Your Business?
• Find Your Online Handyman on Mr.Thomas, The DIY Tool Store

• 8 Cardinal Rules To Make Social Media Work for Startups

• Startup Lessons Learned from One Year of Building muHive [Wash. Rinse. Repeat]

———- Channel : India Online

• India’s Free Phone For Poor Scheme Will Give Preference to Local Manufacturers

• Despite Fears of Competition, Few Online Retailers in India Bat for FDI in E-commerce

• Indian Public Cloud Services Market To Touch $434 Million In 2013 [Report]

——— Channel : APPS/ Stuff

• Ads That Defy The Purpose.

• Even Bragging Rights Does Not Justify Buying the Note 3

• #MobileLife : Low Battery Anxiety Disorder : Symptoms and Cures

• Indian Companies Nearly Double The Spend On Mobile Advertisements to Rs 300 crore [Report]

—–Channel: Indian Startup Funding

• E-Learning Startup Simplilearn Raises $10 mn in Series B from Helion Venture Partners & Kalaari Capital

• Unmetric Secures $5.5 Million in Series B Funding From JAFCO and Nexus Venture Partners

• Exclusive: Bangalore Based Experiential Travel Marketplace Thrillophilia Bags $200,000 Angel Funding

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