The POCC and Persistent Systems, are hosting an interactive session on “Running a Start-up within an established Corporate”.The event is targeted to those Entrepreneurs who have an idea and looking for a corporate to fund them, or would like run a startup venture already in existence within the corporate. Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder and CEO, Persistent Systems, will share some of his thoughts and business models around running a startup within Persistent Systems.  Persistent currently has…See More

Persistent Systems is privileged to host a talk by Sanjay Subhedar at the Dewang Mehta Auditorium on 8th November, 2010. Sanjay Subhedar is the Managing Director and founder of Storm Ventures, a tier-1 venture capital firm in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 10 years. Before that Sanjay was COO and CFO at E-Tek Dynamics which was acquired by JDS Uniphase in July 2000.Prior to that, Sanjay was the CFO at Stratacom from its inception in January 1986 to July 1996 when it was acquired by…See More

Do you believe that your product startup spends a lot of time and energy in R&D of your product, but very little time on marketing and selling it? If yes, then this session is definitely for you.We are putting together a mentoring session with experts who have "been there, done that" to come and talk to product startups about marketing strategies in the Indian scenario - either B2B or B2C or otherwise. Questions such as:- What are the best ways to market your product, theoretically as well…See More

Every year, the Pune Chapter of IIT Bombay Alumni Association organizes Innovations, an annual event to showcase novel ideas in practice. Over the years, Innovations has evolved into a powerful brand built on integrity and excellence.An innovation is defined as a novel idea in practice. The event primarily focuses on innovations originating from science and technology. In the past, innovations in the form of processes, products and applications from varied fields such as medicine, agriculture,…See More

Pune OpenCoffee Club - June, 2010!4pm to 4.20pm Build a Tower, Build a Team | Tom Wujec, TED4.20pm to 5.10pm Chetana Mehta, ex-VP HR GS Lab, Persistent Systems on building Killer teams.5.10pm to 7pm Discussion & NetworkingPlease note the Room #407, 4th Floor, SICSR, MapThe initial stages of most startups are powered by a handful of core…See More