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Had attended the global startup weekend event today. Global startups club event was held today at Annular Technologies, Chennai.

Startups I met…,

  • 1/..IssueTicket - Mr. Murali - Since 2003 Issueticket (issueticket.in) is a travel agency offering flights, hotels, buses, and visa assistance. A web based ticketing service for all types of tickets. Also in iOS,Android store. Do support his startup!
  • 2/.. Something Fishy- Mr. Sujit - Great guy! This is a modern seafood startup revolutionizing how people buy and enjoy fish. The company connects coastal fisheries directly to consumers through an easy-to-use online platform (mostly whatsapp). SF Aims to make high-quality seafood more accessible while supporting local fishing communities by creating "micro-entrepreneurs". Similar to fresh2home.
  • 3/.. Vathiyaar.ai - Virtual Mentoring - Educational | Vasanth has incubated the startup at IITM
  • 4/.. Querily (querily.app) - Educational | Querily for knowledge discovery. Transform from learner to startup — in seconds. Ref. IG page on #microlearning
  • 5/.. FellowFounder.in - Mr. Bagavathi - Convert your visiting card into a digital business identity. Access all your business connections in the Fellow Founder platform. Create your multiverse of entrepreneurs, freelancers, investors & more. Build your business identity and share it with millions+ across your business neighbourhood.

Pitches I heard…,

  • 1/.. Harikrishnan - Bike mechanic + doorstep delivery of parts within 24 hours. #ideastage
  • 2/.. Santosh - Crowd Monitoring
  • 3/.. INR(TenMillion) investor - Hemanth - Team lead (Investing/collaborating)
  • 4/.. Madhu - Bridal Makeover services
  • 5/.. Pooja - Studio Psyche mental healthcare
  • 6/.. BizMyAI

People I met…,

  • 1/.. Sivakumar from Madurai - Exploring & networking
  • 2/.. Hari Samynaath Sankaran & Dr.Karpagavalli
  • 3/.. Rajasekar - web design, digital marketing & AI bots
  • 4/.. Kartick - GPU for AI (slot-booking service)

Other pitches

  • 1/.. Deepak - Int. Resarch (patents, trademarks)
  • 2/.. Sam - Unorganized -> Organized Saas Franchise - Investors
  • 3/.. Naveen - Intellectual Property (IP-guy)
  • 4/.. Rajasekar - Legal AI

Some books

Few book recommendations by the speaker are as follows:-

  • Running lean by Ash Maurya
  • AI driven Leader by Geff woods
  • Ingrain AI - For prompt engineering!

Make sure to write a prompt that's AI model agonstic. Notes to myself: Read about MCP server!

Today's Panel

  • 1/.. Mr. GN Madhu - DeepTech investor - SAN Angels (Ex-Garuda Aerospace Investor)
  • 2/.. Mr. Chandrasekar Kupperi - GP Peaceful progress Fund (AIF) - M&A Anova Corp Services
  • 3/.. Moderator: Mr. Rajnikanth

Quotes from today's panel

  • 1/.. 3 types: Validation, Proof-revenue, and 3rd is scaling (PMF)
  • 2/.. Run in debt -> FRUGAL
  • 3/.. Focus on being a MISSION DRIVEN GENERALIST
  • 4/.. Q: Survival lens or strategic lens?
  • 5/.. Customer obsession!
  • 6/.. Use $ as oxygen, not fuel.
  • 7/.. Focus on outcome driven startups
  • 8/.. Results: Focus on what's measurable!
  • 9/.. Modular and course-correction
  • 10/.. Revenue Vs rentention -> Focus on stickiness
  • 11/.. Remember 20:80 rule -> 20%$ ->creates-> 80% impact!
  • 12/.. Exploit opportunity -> unlock growth

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