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Our focus this time is on building businesses and products for the Web. Jai and Samir are Co-founders of ShopSocially, a web startup that creates meaningful experiences for eCommerce websites to engage and convert shoppers with a combination of social, word-of-mouth, incentives and product discovery methods. ShopSocially is growing rapidly and works out of the Pune and Bay Area. On 3rd March, the Pune Open Coffee Club gets a unique opportunity to meet with the founders and get their perspective…See More

Location: Seminar hall6th floorMIT school Of Business Rahul from Big Books (http://bigbooks.co.in/) is going to talk about his company and how he built it. This will be followed by Q & AThe Agenda for the meetup is:1. Talk by Rahul - 20 mins2. Q & A 3. Introduction + NetworkingSee More

Idea Bashing You bring an idea. Everybody (including you) bashes it. Don't worry, the objective is to help you reach a more fundamentally strong idea, by:> Giving you suggestions / perspectives> Bringing you the truth of whats happening around> Anything else you seek. If you are interested in pitching your idea, then:1. Download the Idea Sheet here.2. Keep it to the point / short / brief, but fill as many columns  as you…See More

"No one told the young guys it couldn’t be done, so they went ahead and did it anyway." Rohan is an entrepreneur and Founder, CEO at Social Web Factory for over 3 years now. I met Rohan first in 2007 when he had just turned 22 years of age. It was impossible to miss the entrepreneurial spark in him. Rohan's journey is a mix of perseverance, patience and hard work. He started Social Web Factory during a time when "Social" was…See More

Local POCC meet at Kothrud.

Pune has an amazing startup ecosystem. Lots of startups. So many event to soak the gyaan. Amazingly helpful people. But there is something I see many still crave for.  A place to bounce of their problems / issues / ideas.  So this time at POCC (Aundh) we are offering just that. In this edition we would focus on finding solutions to issues faced by founders. 8 founders (Founders in Focus / FiFs) will be allocated 15 minutes to go through their agenda item (Issues / Ideas) and have a thorough…See More

 Please note- This event has been merged with Startup Saturday Pune 9th April 2011 event, as per popular demand. Please register here- http://bit.ly/e8WiEB . Social Media Revolution has taken the marketing world by storm. Great brand like Ford, Dell, Starbucks and even small brands are using SMM as a new effective marketing tool. BUT Businesses in…See More

Just a few startup folks from the city and a little running (not a marathon) on the beautiful lawns at the University. Simple. Take out your running / walking shoes and be there on Sunday. Location: From the main gate, take the first road slightly turning left. A few meters ans on your right would be the jogging trak. You would find me right there.See More

A little Startup ChitChat and some coffee!

Local POCC meet at Kothrud. Agenda: 1. Introductions2. Talk from Sokrati3. Open round / Networking4. Ideas for next meetup See More

The next Pune Open Coffee Club meetup for Startups is on 4th Dec, Saturday, 3pm.Tip: Ask for discussion groups in the comments below to make the mixer more meaningful for yourself (eg. first-time entrepreneurs, or product startups, android startups, and so on).RSVP your attendance so that attendees can reach you before and after the mixer.Date and Time: 3pm, 4th December, 2010Venue: SICSR Room #707, 7th Floor.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