A place for startups and entrepreneurs to meet in Pune

Startup volunteers and mentors!

Business startup needs all help, wisdom and encouragement it can get!

I am sure we all can safely assume this fact to be true universally! :-)

Well, that's precisely why I believe we should help each others startups by volunteering / mentoring a tiny little bit to whoever requests help!

I dunno any better platform for this than POCC!

Relevant to the requested help, to begin with, maybe we can :

suggest or...

Guide
Advice
Mentor
Suggest a mentor
Share our experience
Warn
Share a contact
Praise a supplier/ service provider
Tell where u got a discount
Offer a temporary location
Offer your product / service free or at no profit
Request your friend to do the same or keep a minimum profit
Appreciate achievements .. A pat on the back is always welcome
Encourage
Give a loan
Donate or cheap sell old pc. Pentium II laptop might not be of any use to graphic designer any more, but with new battery it can be awesome for insurance agent

Barter .. I often give services to some people to get their services. Works great many times.

if u own a restaurant encourage nearby startups use it for meetings

If you owN / have access to / are member of any facility like hall / conference room / VoIP line etc. offer it at discount

Dispose old stuff for which you no longer use / plan to use eg. My friend used to run a cafe and has coffee brewing maching lying in dust. Someone can surely do minor repairs and have that expensive machine generate profit for both.

helping to pilot test for free

be a customer!

Or if nothing else...

Just have a positive motivating talk over a cup of coffee!

May be you can come up with even more constructive ideas!

As of for me, I am eager to volunteer in all possible ways I can.

:-)
Omkar Nisal
+919850230070

Tags: Business, volunteering

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Permalink Reply by Ravindra Joshi on January 7, 2012 at 1:49pm

Hi Omakar, my name is Ravi Joshi.

Good to see your post.

I am going to start my business in the month of march this year, would definitely like to meet you over a cup of coffee and exchange ideas as it would help me to get a proper advice and improve my strategy.

You can contact me at ravi.starksds@gmail.com

9823284378. If call goes unanswered, i'll call back.

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Abhishek Gupta on January 9, 2012 at 3:03pm

Hi Ravi,

I am working in an IT company. Please let me knw If I can do or contribute some thing in your Idea.

Please contact me on 9730474125

Im.abhishekgupta11@gmail.com

Thanks,

Abhishek

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Permalink Reply by Omkar Nisal on January 15, 2012 at 4:59am

I have emailed you Ravindra. Will meet you when I am back in Pune next.

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Permalink Reply by Abhishek Gupta on January 9, 2012 at 3:03pm

Hi Omkar,

I am working in an IT company. Please let me knw If I can do or contribute some thing in your Idea.

Please contact me on 9730474125

Im.abhishekgupta11@gmail.com

Thanks,

Abhishek

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Permalink Reply by Omkar Nisal on January 15, 2012 at 5:01am

Thanks, will let you know Abhishek.

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Permalink Reply by Sushant Bharti on January 10, 2012 at 2:31pm

Request one and all to have a look at my profile and let me know if that looks good enough for anyone's need. We can always discuss the fine prints and about each others skills and success stories, which i carry a bundle of, to find a mutual beneficial strategic tie-up.

Do feel free to give me a shout at

bharti.sus@gmail.com as we can always meet over a cup of coffee.

Best wishes,

Sushant Bharti

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Permalink Reply by Gapps Softwares on January 17, 2012 at 11:57pm

HI Omkar and Other ,

I really appreciate Omkar on this post and its really a god idea.I have a startup and have clients from various parts of the world,ours is a technology solution company .

We really need some stuff like coffee machine ,office space etc etc and most important resources would could burn the midnight lamp. I hope this forum would be helpful . Ours is a story of Falling down from the sky on our head :) . We would love to share Do Not Do's in a Start up.

Thanks

Singh Pradeep

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Permalink Reply by Omkar Nisal on January 24, 2012 at 10:09pm

Thank you!

I am sure Pradeep that POCC would be helpful to you and your company.

You probably will have to be very specific in expressing what you want!

Also eager to know your experiences and learnings.. Please do share them.

Cheers
Omkar

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Permalink Reply by Rahul Deshmukh on January 24, 2012 at 6:52pm

Hi Omkar,

Nice stuff. Good intiative.

I have one startup idea. But currently I m working with one of Software company. I am faceing some issues.

Like to share with you and good if it gets resolved.

Thanks,

Rahul

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Permalink Reply by Omkar Nisal on January 24, 2012 at 10:11pm

Hey Rahul,

Thanks!
I will be glad to hear your story and I hope to be of help you get started with your idea.
Feel free to contact me on my email Id.

Omkar