Proto.in

Update: Here is a slideshow by Amit Ranjan covering all the companies present at Proto.in.

Day 1 – 20th Jan, 2007 – This was a day when a panel discussion took place between panelists like Mahesh Murthy of SeedFund, Ravi Narayan on Mentor Partners, Sulekha.com co-founder and CEO Satya Prabhakar and Atul Chitnis.
The panel dicussed many issues concerning entrepreneurs such as the lack of good ideas, lack of talent in India as well as the difficulty in recruiting employees for startups.

read more on WATBlog.

One blogger has deeper coverage of the event, replete with videos! Gokul Blog: Proto.in.

Yang’s Yahoo! inspired by Shammi?

Shammi Kapoor in Teesri Manzil

Haii! Could it be true – a secret close to every desis heart? The BBC’s Hindi service reports in an interview with Shammi.

When Yahoo opened its office in Mumbai (Bombay) several years ago he was invited by Jerry Yang.

As the launch festivities started building towards a climax, Kapoor was pleasantly surprised to hear the band playing his Yahoo song from the film Junglee [or Wild], made famous years before the internet existed, and so called for his famous cry of ‘yahoo’.

Later, Yang told him how inspired he was by the Yahoo song and the way the actor had used the word in his inimitable style in so many of his films.

“It was all very flattering. Many of my relatives still call up and ask whether I own Yahoo,” he says.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Shammi Shaking it