Chennai Questions!

[Krishnan Iyer]

Hello there - Vijay Anand ofthe Proto fame :) suggested about this club to me.. A quick summary about me, I spent 15yrs at MSFT and bootstrapped my company in 2007. We are a preferred Microsoft vendor focused on Virtualization and Security in the Infrastructure Optimization Space. I am exploring opening a subsidiary office in Chennai. You can find more about me on LinkedIn.

Couple of questions wondering if folks can help me get prepared. I will be landing in Chennai Jul 1st.

1. How easy is it to open an LLC or an equivalent company structure in India. Any gotchas to think about. Are there any good folks anybody can recommend who can get the whole thing setup (legitimately!) for some reasonable fees startups can afford?

2. Is there a concept of a PO Box or mailing address or even an "earthclass mail" company concept in india - if not its a great biz idea btw :). Is it easy to open a business acount in a bank ?

3. I am looking to meet (Microsoft) infrastructure consultants (junior and director level folks) and interview a few folks for potential opportunities in India working through Microsoft as we do in the US... if they are available to meet and explore. I have a job description - little 'r' me if you see this and are interested and I will send it to you!

I attended a proto.in event back in 2006 where Sunil Gavaskar came to Tidel Park.. and from what I have seen you guys have exploded in India! Congrats to the organizing team..

Regards
--
Krishnan

[Arun Balaji.L]

Hi Vijay Anand

I am Arun Balaji.L , Semansys Technologies is one of the fastest growing IT Services in Chennai.

Our main focus is in the below areas:
>Web Development
>Software Development
>Web Hosting Solutions
> Infrastructure Services
>Manpower Recruitment

Concentrating on OpenSource Platforms in Developmenst , Infrastructure Services in Open Source and also in Microsoft.

We can support your Technical requirements and Manpower for your new Setup in Chennai.

Regards
Arun Balaji.L
Head - Operations
Semansys Technologies
[phone]
www.semansys.in

[Karvi White]

This is Karviwhite, i am in a lookout of an serious web design for my new firm.

Plz mail me the details.

[e-mail]

[Dorai Thodla]

Hi Krishnan,
Welcome to Chennai OCC. One of the things you may want to consider may be business incubators or partnering with some Indian company to build deliver and transfer. If you are planning to spend some time here, then you can go it alone.

How big is the operation, in terms of number of people.

I will be in Seattle after 16th of Jul and will try to meet with you.

Dorai

[Krishnan Iyer]

Hi Dorai, I will be in Chennai this weekend - are you there ? Do you have a local telephone number? Are you attending?

[Bala (Cogzidel)]

Hello Mr. Krishnan,

You are at the right place.

Yes, we can help you in forming a LLP in India.

If you could communicate with me on [e-mail], I can share more information on this.

Regards
Bala
CFO, www.cogzidel.in

[Srikanth]

Dear Mr.Krishnan,

If you are looking at incorporating the company there are lot of pros in chennai who do a good job. Incorporation should not take more than Rs.40,000/- assuming you start off with low authorised capital. Since this is a subsidiary of an American outfit, RBI formalities are involved and you need to have a transfer pricing mechanism to pass thro' tax laws.There are quite a few experts available. (Not to worry - That's not my domain!!)

As a first step though, I would suggest that you zero in on a name giving a local address. It is a simple procedure and the steps for incorporation can be found here.

Once incorporation is done, opening a business bank account is a breeze.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes.

Srikanth

[gururaman venkatesan]

Krishnan

Let me know if we can connect on this., I am currently with MSFT and based in chennai.

[Krishnan Iyer]

gururam, hello there i'd be interested please pass on your contact details. i will be in chennai this weekend and will be attending the occ in the evening.

[N Subramani]

Greetings.

I am N Subramani .Answers to common questions of a start up hav been put on my web site www.indiabizguide.com.

In case you need even more details pl call me in 9543708090

Thanks
N Subramani

[Krishnan Iyer]

Dear Mr N Subramani thank you for your information if you are going to be available this weekend in Chennai I'd be interested in meeting up. Regards!! email me kpiyer AT gmail dot com.

[prasad]

Dear Mr.Krishnan-

Welcome to Chennai OCC .

Oranjdot (http://oranjdot.com) has strong capabilities on design(interface design for web , usability analysis), collaboration (lotus domino, Sharepoint) , BPM , ECM and GRC (Governance , risk and compliance) .I see lot of migration opportunities from Lotus to Microsoft products . Do you think we have an opportunity to work together in this space ?

thanks
Prasad
[e-mail]

[Krishnan Iyer]

Prasad, thanks for your contact - I'd be up to explore this. Please let me know if you are interested. Drop me your telephone number at kpiyer AT gmail dot com.