Weekly Roundup Before We Start out with the Techsparks 2012 Mumbai Roundtable
Today, the startup ecosystem is about to get an injection of new energy with the Mumbai Roundtable of TechSparks 2012which begins at 2PM at IIT Bombay. Before the adrenaline starts to pump up, here’s a look at what happened this week.
Interesting Startups
A Cloud Based Campus Management System: Chalkpad
SelfDrive allows you to choose a car and rent it, eliminating the need to buy a car
A very useful tool, I Love Long URL protects you from malicious links
Teliportme, the first company to be blown up by 500 startups
Interviews
Interview with Kalaivani Sadagopan, Senior Vice President at CaraLane
Interview with Dhingana co-founder, Snehal Shinde on music and its history
Columns
The Windows 8 Opportunity
5 traits of a good investor
Challenges and Opportunities with Mobile Apps
The Avoidable Mistakes during Fund Raising
6th Article in the series of 20 by Santosh Sharma
Funding News
TaxiForSure raised funding from Accel, hellion and Blume Ventures
Quickr Attracts US $ 32 Million Private Equity Investment from Warburg Pincus
Kae Capital and YourNest Angel Fund Join VetureNursery
We've all known how tiring a hiring process can be and to combat this problem, we have a job-board.
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