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Nasscom’s EmergeOut Conclave 2008 and how it is “emerging” out to harness the 2.0 wave

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Nasscom is holding its first ever conference for Emerging Companies. Aimed at encouraging SMEs & startups in the IT-BPO industry to “EMERGE OUT” of the shadows, this conference is slated for the 29th of September at New Delhi. This is expected to become an annual feature in NASSCOM’s annual agenda and provide a national platform for small & medium enterprises. Needless to say, the list of speakers for the event is impressive. Check it out here.

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Nasscom has been working hard to embrace the 2.0 wave and become the focal point of a thriving community around technology companies, startusp, SMEs. Being in Delhi I have had the opportunity to participate in some of its activities… check out a sampler below

Nasscom Emerge Community: This is a closed community site for Nasscom members to interact and exchange ideas. Built on the CollectiveX platform, the community has all the essential elements of a social network – blogs, forums, profiles, Q&A et al. Membership is not open for everyone; you have to be a Nasscom member company to participate in it. Screenshot below

Friday 2.0 Talk Series: These experience sharing talks are organised on the 2nd Friday of every month at the NASSCOM office in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. People from emerging companies share their best practices in the areas of technology, marketing, business strategy, entrepreneurship, so others could learn without having to reinvent the wheel. These talks are free to attend and are open to members & non-members of NASSCOM alike.

Emerge Blog: This excellent blog is run by Nasscom with contributions from industry/technology experts. It has quality articles about entrepreneurship and industry issues on a regular basis.

Nasscom Membership Program: Nasscom runs a mentorship program for emerging companies. This is a framework for companies to seek guidance from industry experts for growing their companies. You need to be a Nasscom member company to apply to the program. Details here.

Nasscom LinkedIn Group: Nasscom has a group on LinkedIn that is open to its members… details are here

Web 2.0 media channels: Nasscom has adopted the use of online media repositories in a big way. Check out their Youtube channel where all their videos are getting archived. Or their SlideShare account where conference/talk presentations are regularly uploaded.

Do check out this blogpost (on the HCIIDC blog) that details Nassom’s Web2.0 success story.

Entrepreneurship storytelling with Nasscom’s Friday 2.0 sessions

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friday_2_0.gif If you are a technology entrepreneur and based out of Delhi, you should book your date with NASSCOM’s Friday 2.0 sessions. These experience sharing talks are organised on the 2nd Friday of every month at the NASSCOM office in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The idea is to get people from emerging companies to share their best practices in the areas of technology, marketing, business strategy, entrepreneurship etc., so that others could learn from them without having to reinvent the wheel. These talks are free to attend (unlike the talks that TiE organises) and are open to members & non-members of NASSCOM alike. NASSCOM wants more and more people (startups & emerging companies) to be benefit from these talks, hence they have been kept free of any attendance fees. The sessions are archived on the NASSCOM Emerge blog, and lately, they have also started shooting videos and sharing them on one of the video sharing sites for others to follow remotely.

These talks are not new- in fact, they have been organised for a couple of years now, but given that 2.0 is the ruling flavor these days and symbolises maturation, growth, repositioning, re-orientation etc., they decided to christen the sessions NASSCOM Friday’s 2.0.

Check out this page for details about previous sessions.