Bootstrapping Zero to 7M from Kolkata: FusionCharts CEO Pallav Nadhani (Part 5)

Sramana: In 2006 you were close to a million dollars in revenue and had a staff of 10 people. What happened next? Pallav Nadhani: Over the years I had received a lot of requests to build new features and capabilities in Fusion Charts. Instead of building them inside of Fusion Charts, we built a new

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Catching Up On Readings: Making the Most of Mobile Strategies

The blog runs a lot of interviews with entrepreneurs discussing the importance of a mobile strategy. But how to make yours successful? This article from GigaOM offers some tips.

Outsourcing: Gopinathan Padmanabhan, Executive VP and Head of Global Delivery, MPhasiS (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What you’re describing is probably the case with all of your competitors, with the entire industry. They train internally for the core, and then they go outside for the more specialized stuff. Gopinathan Padmanabhan: That is correct. SM: We’ve covered quite a lot of ground. Is there any other area you want to

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Bootstrapping Zero to 7M from Kolkata: FusionCharts CEO Pallav Nadhani (Part 4)

Sramana: How much revenue were you able to generate during your first year of operations when you had no formal marketing budget? Pallav Nadhani: Our first version launched in October 2002. Our accounting cycles run from April to March. From October 2002 to March 2003, I was able to generate around $10,000.

Outsourcing: Gopinathan Padmanabhan, Executive VP and Head of Global Delivery, MPhasiS (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What does it cost to maintain these residential boot camps? What is the cost structure of your training? Gopinathan Padmanabhan: I don’t have an exact number. I can tell you that we provide them like a campus. SM: It sounds like it’s a fairly expensive affair, right?

Bootstrapping Zero to 7M from Kolkata: FusionCharts CEO Pallav Nadhani (Part 3)

Sramana: Once you had created your first product out of the charting functions, how did your first customers find you? Pallav Nadhani: They were folks who had read my article on Wrox. The first payments I received were from people who read about my work there. Once the product was good, I put it up

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Outsourcing: Gopinathan Padmanabhan, Executive VP and Head of Global Delivery, MPhasiS (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: In your estimate, how big is the workforce in India in these tier two and tier three cities? How many jobs do you think are being supported in this mode? Gopinathan Padmanabhan: I don’t have a number. If you asked me to venture a guess, I would say roughly 5% to 10% of

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July 19: King’s College Entrepreneurs To Pitch and Win At 136th 1M/1M Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 136th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable competition co-hosted by A&N Media and Elance on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. BST/8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT. King’s College London entrepreneurs will have first priority to pitch and the winners, chosen by Sramana Mitra and executives with A&N Media and Elance, will

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