Introductions

[Siddharta Govindaraj]

If you are a new member of the Chennai OpenCoffee Club, do take a couple of minutes to introduce yourself here - who are you, what are you doing and so on.

[Aswin Anand]

Hi friends, this is Aswin Anand from Chennai. I'm a techie, who has lots of interests in programming languages & other off the shelf activities such as kalari, palmistry and numerology. Currently, I'm working on building my own startup to do an enterprise product, related to security.

I'm also part of the organizing team of Proto and various other events such as Barcamp, that happens in Chennai. My website is at http://www.aswinanand.com/ and I tweet at http://twitter.com/aswinanand.

[Manoj]

Hello - I am Manoj Kulwal and moving to Chennai in early November 2008 to join the Innovation team at Steria (a French System Integrator). My experience is in new product development from a Product Strategist perspective and I have also just completed an MBA from Cass Business School in London, where I focussed on innovation and new product development areas.

You can follow my Innovation twine on - http://www.twine.com/twine/11gbf3r61-y3/innovation-hotspots-on-the-web. I have also recently started tracking innovation activities in India and you can review my findings on my Innovation in India twine on - http://www.twine.com/twine/11jyn09dw-1w5/innovation-in-india

I would love to support budding innovators in this forum with various innovation aspects such as - evaluating your innovation idea, addressing common pitfalls in the innovation journey and scaling up your innovative ventures. My dream is to see many many Indian innovations dominating on the world stage.

[Venkat]

Hi,

I am Venkat. I have read about you thru postings at proto.in but just now figured out your site and registered ! Formerly one of the top execs in Wipro US , and over 12 yrs experience in major IT software firms in India/US, I now I run a startup called matchbox solutions based in Chennai . We are primarily into social enterprise solutions and work right from creating a new idea to successfully converting it to a viable business. Our most recent and successfully running venture is eFarm - a direct farmer to consumer supply chain / distribution system which is being piloted in Thiruvanmiyur & Mylapore area right now.

I would like to invite you to my company's site (www.matchboxsolutions.in) which has more details about why we are who we are, what we do and why we enjoy doing it ! Thanks for stopping by !

Venky

[gokuldas]

i am a mech engineer aged about 48 years interested in social works now doing civil contract works and doing share trading online

[Shyam Dhruvan]

Hello Everyone,

I'm Shyam and I'm the Country Manager for ESTA Extraction India Private Limited - a company involved in Air Pollution control equipments for the manufacturing industry. Its a German Joint venture company and I'm the Indian partner. I've completed my production engineering and currently pursuing a transfer program in International business from Steinbeis University Berlin.

Just wanted to use this platform to network and meet people from different business backgrounds.

[G R Hari]

Hi all,

I am a lawyer from Chennai who is into IT Laws, negotiations and Criminal Law. I've been to one of the coffee club meets sometime back but it is only now I am signing in officially. Hope to see you all tomorrow.

Cheers,

Hari

[Karvi White]

Hi Hari,

Nice to meet you in COCC

How abt your exp in Real Estates?

[Shankar]

Hi
Im Shankar, I run a bouquet investment advisory firm called Credo Capital from Chennai focusing on financial planning and investments for individuals. I help by addressing the individuals goals such as starting a business / venture, early retirement or other such milestones and drawing up a financial plan & also review the same periodically.

I have about 11 years of experience in the Indian financial markets,

My interests are in understanding uncertainty in financial markets, Im also a trainer on financial markets, Wealth Management, and soft skills development.

I can be contacted at shankar at credocapital.co.in

[Karvi White]

Hi nice to meet you thru COCC

Well i am interested to hear more abt you

I am looking for a financial advise for my new startup firm

kindly be in touch with me

[e-mail]

[Karthik]

Hello Guys -

I am working as a program / project manager in Adobe in San Jose. I believe i possess clear insights of a IT landscape of any IT organization. Of late i am really interested to work for a startup and guide its way up.

my 11 years of experience in the IT field include working/managing most of the technologies ranging from mainframe, tandem, microsoft, sun, adobe technologies. my interests include hiking, tennis, current affairs.

regards,
Karthik

[Nithish]

Hi.. Basically an engineering graduate, I am involved in starting a new company in printing and publishing. Currently looking for a team to create and launch a new magazine and also into a few other stuff dealing with pre publishing and priniting. Definitely not tech savvy and geeky but always sure of what i am talking about.

Other than that, I am also an actor currently doing my first movie project in tamil. Hanging out with friends and having fun is the biggest joy of life!

Nithish

[Sudhakar]

Hi,
Iam an Oracle apps consultant in my professional life and have a family which has been successfully running an engineering business for the last 30 years. Iam not sure if I have the entreprenural mindset but I feel I want to be part of a team which can adopt sustaineable and viable projects with a rural/social outlook.

Guess too much to start off with and let the journey begin