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    Indian Entrepreneurs in Social Media Start-ups

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    By Lavina Melwani on April 18, 2011 People
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    Indian-American entrepreneurs are involved with social media startups such as Foursquare, RadiumOne, Involver, MYCityWay and Occipital

    Indian-Americans Shine in Social Media Start-ups

    In a world where  the computer is king, the Internet is all-powerful and Facebook and Twitter reign, social media is the newest and hottest turf to be conquered. For each of these innovative entrepreneurs, who are in their 20’s and 30’s, the world to be conquered is virtual but the treasures to be won are very real – millions of dollars for successful start-ups, fame, fortune and fans globally.

    Meet the creators of five start-ups everyone is buzzing about – Foursquare, Involver, MyCityWay, Occipital and Radium One. In our increasingly interconnected world where Mumbai and Manhattan are just a click away, you will soon be using their creations if you are not already…

    Rahim Fazal of Involver
    Rahim Fazal – Involver
    Naveen Selvadurai - Foursquare
    Naveen Selvadurai – Foursquare
    The MyCityWay Team - Sonpreet Bhatia, Archana Patchirajan and Puneet Mehta have created a city-savvy app for mobile phones
    The MyCityWay Team
    Indian-American entrepreneurs are involved with social media startups such as Foursquare, RadiumOne, Involver, MYCityWay and Occipital
    Gurbaksh Chahal of RadiumOne.
    Gurbaksh Chahal – RadiumOne.
    Vikas Reddy -Occipital
    Vikas Reddy -Occipital

    (The following articles first appeared in Hi Blitz in a series on innovative hi-tech start-ups utilizing the social media sphere.)

    Gurbaksh Chahal – The 300 Million Dollar Man

    Naveen Selvadurai – The Mayor of Foursquare

    Vikas Reddy – Panoramic Dreamer

    Rahim Fazal – The Involver

    MyCityWay – Three Explorers in the City

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    1. Jinny Uppal on May 4, 2011 1:20 pm

      Great series of articles Lavina! Inspiring to read about the new crop of South Asian entrepreneurs. Also glad to see some of them were part of the dot com boom (followed by the bust). Hopefully they have carried forth lessons learned from back then.

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