Memorable Tweets from TechSparks Chennai Round Table
Sunday June 26, 2011 , 4 min Read
We at YourStory.in compiled some memorable tweets for you from the Chennai Round Table.The speakers at TechSparks Chennai Round Table included Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder BharatMatrimony, Prof.MS Ananth, Director, IIT Madras, Mukesh Gangadhar, Intel Software & Services Group, Vaidya Nathan, Founder & CEO, Classle, Suresh Sambandam, Founder, OrangeScape, Badri Seshadri, Founder, New Horizon Media & CricInfo.com, Vimalraj Abrahman, Strategy and Marketing, ISV and Developers Relations, IBM India, Aakash Goel, Sequoia Capital India, and Dan, Academic Director, National Instruments.
For those of you who could not make it to the event, we live tweeted from the event with the hashtag #tsparks And, below are some important learnings for startups and entrepreneurs from the discussions at TechSparks Chennai Round Table;
The problem is not about coming up with use cases, the struggle is to fix up on one! Otherwise, you are not going to scale #tsparks Suresh Sambandam, Founder, OrangeScape
Always write your B plan all by yourself. It brings in a lot of discipline and leads you to many other questions #tsparks Badri Seshadri, Founder, New Horizon Media & CricInfo.com
More number of cycles to be done to identify what works. Especially in case of tech startup companies #tsparks Akash Goel, Sequoia Capital
Please understand the difference between sales and BD #tsparks Suresh Sambandam, OrangeScape
To build a smarter planet, we are constantly looking for interesting apps & startups #tsparks Vimalraj Abraham, IBM
Crack one big client, and then you are set - Suresh Sambandam, OrangeScape #tsparks
We are actively looking at making under million dollar investments in India #tsparks Akash Goel, Sequoia Capital
VC and PE investments are at all time high in India currently - Akash Goel Sequoia Capital #tsparks We have seen a 3x increase since last year
Design for scale, architect for growth and start small - Vaidyanathan, CEO of Classle #tsparks#ChennaiRT @janakiramm Adoption of Cloud & making Amazon the core has been a great decision for Classle - Vaidya Nathan, CEO, Classle #tsparks
Design for the "rest of the pyramid" - The market opportunity is huge here. Understand that this space is hard too! Vaidya Nathan, CEO, Classle #tsparks #Chennai
Don't get carried away by early success - Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder, BharatMatrimony to #entrepreneurs #tsparks
As an entrepreneur, you should be able to sell vision #tsparks Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO @Bharatmatrimony
Continue to work with passion & perseverance & something beautiful is waiting to happen to you #tsparks Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO @Bharatmatrimony #Chennai
Diversifying doesn't mean to go out of your core focus area #tsparks Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, BharatMatrimony
RT @janakiramm Online payment is still a challenge in India - Murugavel Janakiraman, BharatMatrimony. Very true! #tsparks
The next big opportunity for entrepreneurs & developers is "Security" Mukesh Gangadhar, Intel Software #tsparks
Intel Software is number three in the software ecosystem only after Microsoft & IBM! - Mukesh Gangadhar, Intel Software at #tsparks #Chennai
Consumers want better user experience #tsparks Mukesh Gangadhar, Intel Software
In fact, I found my life partner through BharatMatrimony #tsparks Murugavel Janakiraman, BharatMatrimony
We need spaces where people don't feel constrained - Prof. Ananth, Director IIT Madras #tsparks #Chennai
Think Wildly! Express ideas freely without any fear of failure - Prof Ananth, Director IIT Madras #tsparks
Every business you start, you have to figure out everything all by yourself from scratch as if its your first startup! - Badri Seshadri, Cricinfo.com #tsparks
You can find the entire stream of tweets from TechSparks Round Table Chennai here
Five Testimonials on Twitter for TechSparks Chennai Round Table;
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@shopoindia lots of love shown to shopo.in at the #tsparks Chennai roundtable by @yourstorydotin today! We are so overwhelmed! Thanks guys!
@pravnuee: @YourStorydotin It was a great event yesterday. Enjoyed every bit of it.
@TheWebSide Tweetable Moments from @YourStorydotin's TechSparks 2011, Chennai http://t.co/QepX9Ho by @TheWebSide #tsparks
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Update by Varsha Adusumilli
