SmartTechie event called StartUp City

I visited the StartUp City event from SmartTechie yesterday May 24, 2008.

The event was worth to attend just to listen to Mr. R.K. Mishra, the Lead India winner (reality show organized by Times of India). The audience was awed by his wit and presence of mind. The way he handled all controversial questions without naming anyone was awesome. Though the event was about enterpreneurship but the audience has asked questions about politics and the state of the nation. The entire session was very enlightening about your own nation.

Regarding the event; it was good exposure to some upcoming start ups and VCs. It was a good visibility for the satrtups I would say but some big brands were also there like Amazon, WebEx, Akamai etc. The turn around was extremely good may be because the registration was free and the event was on a weekend, still it is remarkable to get this kind of crowd. Good job Pradeep!!

The management of the event could be improved like there were no sign boards indicating the Auditorium where the talks were happening and I had to struggle to find that out. The comparing of the event was really sad. Lunch arrangement could have been better; very sad food and only one counter for hundreds of people. Increasing the no. of counters would have really helped to retain people including me for the rest of the event.

Overall I enjoyed my 3 hours of stay there and I really loved listening to Mr. R.K.Mishra. He simply rocks!!!