Sukshma

An Entrepreneurs’ job is to evolve the Chicken and the Egg at the same time. You can’t wait around for one of them to appear and then make the other.

I heard this one at an advisor’s meeting. Long after the meeting was over, the quote kept playing in my head, conjuring images of a forlorn Chicken and an Egg appearing out of thin air. Remember, the insight should not be missed.

This is my recount covering the events of the Barcamp Mumbai 2, October 14th. Unfortunately, the post remained a draft for a while as more urgent concerns took over.

A recommendation to all organizers of future Barcamps - if you ever think of possible venues, give highest priority to an academic venue. IIT Powai lent an almost incredibly romantic and truly academic atmosphere to the Barcamp.

The web idea of the day goes to Vakow.com! They have taken an incredibly simple concept and built it for the web. If you love SMS forwards, you know the ones that go “neeche mat dekh, upar dekh” etc. you will love Vakow. Vakow is the single largest database for all types of SMS forwards. Yes, they will even preserve your white space.

What I really enjoyed was the attitude the founder members displayed when demonstrating their product. They are totally committed to having fun all the way and are unfazed by the idea of someone bigger than them invading their space.

Vakow had an exclusive in store for the campers, they are all set to launch an absolutely killer feature for their users soon. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to discuss the feature. Visit their site to check if they have an update.

Other startups that get an honorable mention,

• Novix.in - Video compression algorithms for streaming jerk-free Video on 2.5G Networks. They had an interesting demonstration and it appears the strategy they have adopted is to go through wireless carriers for monetization.

• WatConsult - Rajiv Dingra walked campers through the basics of corporate blogging. He really ought to have covered corporate blogging a little deeper for those who have already been at it.

UPDATE I - Vakow was also featured on Economic Times “Advertising the most popular revenue model for Internet Biz“.

Here are a couple of pictures I took a few days after the launch of BigAdda.com back in August this year. BigAdda is unlike any other web social networking startup you may have heard off. It is backed by Reliance Capital and it’s marketing war chest is larger than what most startups will absorb at seed stage.

Strategically, BigAdda is Reliance Entertainments foray into the web and mobile social networking space. The market is primarily 20′ish English-speaking youth of India or Indian origin. The primary value proposition is based on social media (videos, blogs, audio, photos etc.)

Here is the same billboard a few weeks later, now advertising BigFlicks.com - another Reliance Entertainment venture.

In contrast, here is a RedHat hat - Guerilla Marketing at its best!

… instead of being a part of it!

<:)O~ <:)O~ <:)O~

credit - this gal.

From the Facebook group (Bishop’s School, Pune) .

For all ex and present students of the Bishops School ,Pune who have fond memories of our Alma Mater!!

You know you are a true Bishopite when:

1. When somebody says that your house is the cock house you actually feel proud.
2. You know who Smokey is
3. You knew that the best place to bunk was the infirmary
   
4. You knew what Mr. Roberts primary mode of transportation was
5. You knew which teachers favorite line was ”Your handwriting looks like chicken walked on sand, bloody fool”
6. You know who ANNA is
7. You know who PAAPU is
8. You know there was only one teacher who was known to chain smoke and he stood 6′2
9. You have run around the race course
10. When u know what Bulli-Bukka is