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Today we have an Indian startup which cares about the waste management. Yes, Daily Dump is a brand, service and a set of products from Playnspeak. A startup based out of Bangalore.

I got a chance to interview Poonam Bir Kasturi, the founder of Daily Dump.  She’s a proud lady running an eco-friendly startup. When asked for her prime intentions, she was quick at saying,

“Our prime focus is on changing people’s behavior towards waste.”

We have an excerpt of the interview here;

What’s the source of inspiration for such a different startup? What is your background ...

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Continuing our efforts to interview the top Indian startups which are surviving in the times when the U.S. has officially declared it to be a recession; we have another Indian startup which intends to extend banking facilities in unbanked areas using the existing branch network and new technology in combination with outsourcing. Eko calls it financial freedom for urban as well as rural areas.

I got a chance to interview Mugdha Bhargava, the director for communications at Eko.

When I asked her for what do they look out in candidates while hiring, she proudly states - entrepreneurial spirit, ability to ...

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This time, we have an entirely different startup with us, which is not into technology! We have an artificial grass developing company, FieldTurf on our charts. Mr. Rupesh Tikku, national sales manager for FieldTurf India is here with us to answer a few questions. Rupesh has an extensive experience in launching new products and brands. Rupesh describes how did FieldTurf expand its wings in 4 years of operation across various countries around the globe and not just India. FieldTurfIndia was one of the top 30 companies listed in TATA NEN Hottest Startups this year.

Field Turf India team.

Following is ...

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We’ve been interviewing a lot of startups for the past few weeks. This has been an interesting experience for us. Knowing about startups in books and websites is no wonder very different than getting in touch with someone who is running a startup of his own.

We have this special interview series for our readers to get the first hand information on how did these entrepreneurs reach where they are. I am glad they’re willing to share their experiences for our readers.

Next in the line, we have a yet another promising startup, PicPorta under the lime light ...

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I got a chance to interview Kaushik Mukherjee, one of the 2 co-founders of LootStreet, an Indian startup by 2 IIM graduates – Kaushik and Arun Balakrishnan. The venture is about on-to-one bargain on a assorted list of categories.

Kaushik and Arun at LootStreet

Kaushik is a bargain lover and an avid entrepreneur. Following is an excerpt of an interview with Kaushik,

What is ‘Lootstreet’ all about?

Lootstreet is an endeavour to provide online shoppers with the option of haggling and bargaining over the listed price of any product. The underlying idea is to make online shopping as close as possible ...

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While thinking of whom to get next for the interview, I got a chance to interview Pranav Bhasin from LifeBlob, which according to him is a visual chronicle of life. Pranav along with his enthusiastic team recently got a funding of 1 million $ from seedfund. Pranav is very focused while he says,

Internet companies are not driven by brands. My strong belief is that a social networking service needs to be marketed by its users and that is what we are aiming for.

The Lifeblob Team.

What follows is an interview with Pranav;

LifeBlob is an interesting name. How did ...

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Continuing our interview spree, I got a chance to be a part of a networking night organized by BBX India, a primer organization which deals in facilitating cashless business transactions amongst its clients. BBX India is a licensed startup of BBX Australia, which was founded by Mr. Michael Touma in 1993. BBX is currently operational in 8 countries world wide with their expansion plans to have Mexico, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Iran & Portugal under their business portfolio.

Michael Touma, CEO-BBX with me at the networking night in N.Delhi.

I could draw a  short compilation of question and answers from ...

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The next next in our interview series is Storrz, a JustOnDemand initiative which has an impressive social shopping innovation. It was interesting to know about online interactions, thoughts, debates and then buying the product - all at a single domain! Chandan Maruthi, the man who conceptualized Storrz, shared some of his thoughts on a plethora of topics. Chandan has well defined Storrz as an online shopping mall. In his words,

In the real world we saw that shopping malls did this successfully and we wanted to replicate the same for the Internet.

 I would like to share few questions Storrz enjoyed ...

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On starting a business, the right set of customers is a dire need to maximize the profitability potential of the venture. The right kind of customers must be offered the right kind of service i.e. telephone support or email support. It is a strategic decision for a business owner to decide about the kind of services he would like to offer to his customer base. These decisions involve a lot of considerations which are important from a business point of view. Few key concerns may be;

• The Service Mix – The question has to be answered by ...

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After sharing Arvind's experiences with OrderMonger, we have our next-in-the-series interview with Nithya, one of the two co-founders of Muziboo, an Indian startup which is an online music community targeting audiophiles who love to listen and create music.

The way Muziboo generated a community around a startup did impress me ever since I met the duo at proto. I always wondered how? Answering my question, I found Nithya to be brave at her humble thought,

We believe that in this age of web 'Customer service is marketing' We believe in keeping our existing users happy and letting them spread ...