Latest from Pluggd.in [Did you know that it will rain startups this July? Hop to UnPluggd.] | Innoz API : What it means to app developers As a developer, this is an application that runs on your server, on your choice of platform and written with your choice of language, as long as it integrates with our simple workflow. For the users, this means sending an SMS with a keyword, the equivalent of a web address and then receiving a specialized response without worrying about any of the steps in between. | | Explained: Different classes of Venture Capital rounds [Whiteboard Friday] How does common shares, Preferred shares, Liquidation preference, anti-dilution rights makes a difference in choosing the right round? | | Intuit launches QuickBooks in India – Super Affordable Accounting for Startups and SMEs Intuit has launched accounting software, QuickBooks in India. QuickBooks Online helps SMEs organise their finances and keep track of all activities related to your business (also complies with managerial accounting standards). In terms of features, QuickBooks offers great set of functionalities - Creating Invoice: QuickBooks Online helps you automatically track who owes you money and when their payments are due so you can get paid on time. Client information is pre–filled and total charges are calculated automatically, saving you time and improving accuracy. You can also streamline customer billing by emailing invoices to your customers. If you bill the same customers each month, you can schedule automatically generated invoices to be delivered at regular intervals. And should you want to mail paper invoices, it's easy to print them out, and they'll look great. - Multiple users: QuickBooks Online helps you specify permission levels for users in the system and also enables one to share the data with accountant. There are 4 levels of users – Administrator, Standard user (you can limit access to Customers and Sales, Suppliers and Purchases, or both Sales and Purchases), Reports-only users (read-only access) and Accountant. - Multicurrency support: QuickBooks Online allows you to trade in ... | | CHERISHmaternity secures funding from Rajan Anandan, Rehan Yar Khan, Sunil Kalra, Blume Ventures and others CHERISHmaternity, a venture that provides Indianized Maternity, Motherhood and Infant, products and services under the `CHERISH' brand, has raised a round of angel investment from marquee investors Rehan Yar Khan, Blume Ventures, Rajan Anandan, Sunil Kalra, Farooq Oomerbhoy and others. | | Indian Government formulating policy framework for Cloud Computing Describing cloud computing as a fine economic solution in a complex knowledge economy, the Minister suggested that the focus could be on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the starting point could be clusters, which have commonality of purpose and vision. | | Introducing Aloke Bajpai, iXiGo Founder [UnPluggd Speaker] So, my experience (which might be biased) is that Indian seed-stage investors end up wasting a lot of the entrepreneur's time. Seed-stage investing should be about investing in a strong team, a large target market and a nifty product. | | | More to read:
| Announcing UnPluggd We're excited to announce the next edition of UnPluggd, India's biggest startup event. Date: July 7, 2012 [in Bangalore]. More here. | | | | |