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Ask HN: Starting up in India, suggestions for a hub?
Bangalore/Pune/..?? - which one is better? Why?
- jnaut 17y agoI am a bit surprised here, its been 4hours+ but no answers!!
- lazy_nerd 17y agoYour costs would be low in Pune but Bangalore has a lot of startup events that you can attend - OCC, Barcamp, TiE etc.
- jnaut 17y agoCan you give me some numbers to substantiate "costs will be low in Pune"? I agree with events at Bangalore but I guess Pune is lately picking up on that too.
- bosky101 17y agocompletely subjective to personal tastes & choice. You can be a startup out of shimla ( Ankit from instablog.com) or Kanpur (Abdul Qabiz's) or the southern most tip of south mumbai ( Sahil from Deskaway) i've worked at a startup in bangalore , co-founded one in chennai and moved to pune because apart from loving to travel & pune's proximity to Mumbai for certain biz needs. But I'm fortunate to attend more events out of pune, so the hub is essentally how ever far u can extend it! barcamps used to depict the ecosystem, but now OCC's do a better job of it. here are some nice reads: http://punetech.com http://punetech.com , http://punestartups.ning.com http://punestartups.ning.com http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2009/03/25/what-i-am-up-to-3/ http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2009/03/25/what-i-am... http://trak.in/tags/business/2009/09/23/india-silicon-valley-pune-chennai/ http://trak.in/tags/business/2009/09/23/india-silicon-valley... Pune though I have to admit has the most receptive & fairly mature startup ecosystem in the country today, in my arguably biased view. ~B