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THE INDIAN STARTUP ECOSYSTEM BY PRATYUSH ( CO EDITOR @ PLUGGD.IN)

THE GREAT INDIAN OPPORTUNITY
Mobile Penetration –
617.53 million mobile phone connections as of May 2010
Second largest telecommunication network in the world in terms of number of wireless connections after China
At current CAGR - 1.159 billion mobile subscribers by 2013 and will exceed China
Size of US$ 73.47 billion by 2012 at a growth rate of over 26 per cent
Will employ about 10 M people by 2013
WWW Penetration
The total subscriber base for internet users in India is 81 million as of EOY 2009
Internet penetration in India is just 7.0% of the population

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? Specialised products for the market and not just an Indian flavor to the existing ones

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? High sensitivity to cost

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? Online - Offline Play

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? Missed Call Economy

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? Connecting the last mile

WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT INDIA? Unstructured/Fragmented Industries

HOW STARTUPS ARE SOLVING IT Redbus - Bus booking for short journeys Flipkart - India's Amazon Ideacts - Reaching the cyber cafes Ixigo - Meta search for travel sites catering to airports Mchek - Mobile payments through the phone TringMe – VoIP Solution. InfiBeam – Driving the Digital Consumption.

INTRODUCING PLUGGD.IN PluGGD.in ( http://www.pluggd.in) is India’s premier website on startups, entrepreneurship and technology and is run by industry veterans (founder is an IIT Roorkee/IIM Bangalore alumnus. Most authors are IIT and IIM alumni and have either started or work in startups). Techcrunch calls PI, India’s TC. Unique Event Formats Among the top 450 Sites in India

INITIATIVES 59Mins.com - Creating an ecosystem where the startup community from investors to startup founders to service providers can interact and find solutions. To be Launched - Appthon.com

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by Pratyush Prasanna on Aug 06, 2010

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