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Chennai OpenCoffee Club now has events

on Sunday

Siddharta Govindaraj replied to A.Balachandran's discussion '21 Great Innovation Methods'

Very nice list. Thanks for sharing.

on Sunday

Meera Rajagopalan replied to Siddharta Govindaraj's discussion 'Introductions'

Hi, I'm basically a writer/editor, with my own content service provider company. We work with varied material--marketing collateral, e-learning scripts, news coverage, and Web content. The company's called Words' Worth Content Services. I look fo…

December 1

Siddharta Govindaraj replied to SHAILESH RAJAGOPALAN's discussion 'COMPILATION OF STARTUPS in Chennai'

It was compiled about a year ago, the link was circulated to the various OCC in india

November 13

SHAILESH RAJAGOPALAN commented on Siddharta Govindaraj's blog post '10 Reasons Why Startups Fail'

Hey Pinched your above post for a response on Linkedin. view it here http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=44512&discussionID=9444654&split_page=1.

November 13

Siddharta Govindaraj replied to SHAILESH RAJAGOPALAN's discussion 'COMPILATION OF STARTUPS in Chennai'

Here is one - http://enbase.net/index.php/Main_Page If I remember right there were a couple more too, but can't quite find them

November 13

Siddharta Govindaraj replied to SHAILESH RAJAGOPALAN's discussion 'COMPILATION OF STARTUPS in Chennai'

Aren't there a couple of wikis that have a list like this?

November 13

Ashwin replied to Siddharta Govindaraj's discussion 'Getting notified of new discussions'

Respected Sir / Madam , This is Ashwin ( Freelance Psychology & Soft skills Trainer ) from www.WinTraining.in I am into Training & Coaching , Business Consulting for various Corporates , Companies , Colleges & Universities , B Schools & enterprene…

November 2

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About Me:

I'm an entrepreneur from Chennai. My company, Silver Stripe Software writes a project management tool for agile software development. My passions are in the startup ecosystem (especially in India), agile management, and programming

Personal Website:

http://siddhi.blogspot.com

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http://www.silverstripesoftware.com

Siddharta Govindaraj's Blog

Entrepreneurship Week 2009

This is the official mailer for EWeek 2009 conducted by NEN that I announced at the 1st Feb meet.

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As the world tackles the problems of sustainability, entrepreneurs are emerging as change-makers, driving the momentum towards responsible development.

Entrepreneurship Week India 09, an initiative of the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), will celebrate this spirit of eco-preneurship from February 7 to 14 across the country through a range of activities and programs designed to embrace… Continue

Posted on February 3, 2009 at 2:24pm —

Chennai OpenCoffee Club Turns One

It's hard to believe but the Chennai OpenCoffee Club will soon turn 1 year old. Vaidhy and I started OpenCoffee in Chennai with the first meetup on the 5th of August, 2007 at Subway (Read about it here). Since then, OCC has spread out to Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Noida and Kolkata (S… Continue

Posted on July 25, 2008 at 10:06am — 3 Comments

10 Reasons Why Startups Fail

Check out this interesting link that lists out the top 10 reasons why startups fail. The reasons are

Poor Execution

No Viable Market

Too Much Leverage

Undercapitalizing the business

Lack of competitive advantage

Competing head-to-head with industry leaders

Picking a niche that is too small

Breakup of the founding team

Poor pricing strategy

Growing to

… Continue

Posted on September 3, 2007 at 9:34am — 1 Comment

OpenCoffee meetups on the 2nd

2nd of September is a crowded day for OpenCoffee in India. There are going to be THREE meetups on that day. Apart from the Chennai OpenCoffee meetup, the second Bangalore OpenCoffee meet and the first Delhi OpenCoffee meet are also scheduled for the same day!

Posted on August 28, 2007 at 1:11pm —

OpenCoffee Club in Bangalore

Vaibhav and Ramjee are organising an OpenCoffee Club in Bangalore. Read more about the Bangalore OpenCoffee Club and if you are interested in attending, join the bangalore opencoffee google group.… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2007 at 10:35am — 2 Comments

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At 5:00pm on December 6, 2009, Suriya Kumar said…: Hi siddhart, may i know more about open coffee club, and its meeting events and a lot...,

At 8:23pm on December 4, 2009, yuvaraj k said…: hiee siddhu,, i wanna to attend upcoming meet at adyar sunday.. i dont have any idea about registration fees to attend,what kind of forum,who can attend this... so can you get mee for my queries asap...

At 12:25pm on October 31, 2009, Rtr. K. Saravanan said…: Hi, I'm Saravanan, Currently pursuing my B.E in Coimbatore. To say about me i'm crazy about Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneurship at my schooling right now i own my company Dealing with (Web Development, Software Packages, Database Management, Real Estates, Travels, Educational Consultancy's, Project & Training Centres Etc...)Corporate Business A to Z Avenues in this world. Firstly i'm privileged to read u r profile details.You can help and support the many young individuals in the forum ! even like me. I'd like to share few experience of mine to you. We need your support to grow.

And, Kindly help me regarding attending the E - MEET. I want to join in one of the E - Clubs & Planning to rise in our college. Do guide me, so that it would be helpful to us.
Thank You,
Rtr. K. Saravanan.

At 11:22pm on October 12, 2009, Sukesh Das said…: Hello Siddharta,

I have created a Coffee Club network for Kerala almost similar to chennai open coffee.
http://keralaopencoffee.ning.com/
Can you kindly include this address in the Resource part of the home page of Chennai Open Coffee Club.

Thanks

At 10:54am on September 20, 2009, Ambika M said…: HI Siddhart, I am a new member of Chennai Coffee Club, I would very much like to attend the SECOND MEET. Should I pay an entry Fee? Where Will more details about this meet be informed ? I am an MBA grad and firmly believe that I must be a employment generator.

At 2:53pm on August 13, 2009, Siva said…: hi and helo. jus a casual smile as i joined here visiting some pages to read their profile. and a smile as a token of friendship.

At 12:56pm on August 5, 2009, Nadakudathi Narasimma said…: Hi Siddharta,

I happened to check your blog and I am looking to connect with you for some suggestions on the development process for our start up.

Regards
Narasimma Prasad