Unconference
Who comes to Unconferences?
Sandeep Singhal asked an interesting question at the begining of his talk: How many of you want to be entrepreneurs and how many of you are already one? A large number of hands went up on the first and very few on the second. Clearly unconferences attract aspirants. This is evidenced also by naivette that [...]
Bangalore Barcamp 2 – Large Turnout
Bangalore Barcamp was over this weekend and we had great fun. Interest levels are best indicated by numbers: 382 registered, just over 200 attended day 1 and almost 100 on day 2. When you end at 6.30 PM on a Sunday with many people still hanging around and some speakers not getting a session, you [...]
Mobile Mondays & BarCamps
I’ve blogged earlier about Mobile Mondays and BarCamps in India. I believe that such unconference mode forums are key to building Indian Innovation ecosystem. The premise is quite simple. Upto a few months back the biggest obstacle to building an Indian Innovation Ecosystem was lack of serious risk capital in India. Sure VCs have been [...]
What’s going on!
The post lunch session at Blogcamp is either short on content and heavy on unrelated conversation or I’m just plain sleepy. Most of the stuff just didn’t connect. Unrelated, insufficient depth etc. Bad enough for me to feel like taking a flight back ASAP! For the time being, I’ll plead mea culpa and get some [...]
ICICI Bank – Moving with the times
Another personal anecdote from BlogCamp: Two bloggers were contacted by ICICI bank after they cribbed about the bank’s service on their blogs. The anecdotes invited laughter. However, I was left wondering about my own employer. Don’t think we are that media savvy. Yet. Kudos to ICICI bank certainly.