We have come a long way since 2005. From moving back to India to start a product company to being obsessed about leading the SaaS revolution here, today, we take pride in getting featured on Nasscom Emerge (an organization that represents the IT Industry here) as a ‘Made in India’ global product company. The interview was conducted very professionally over the phone. Here is an exerpt of my Interview with Nasscom…

Success quotient
“Success for us has come from a bunch of things,” details Parikh. “Right timing – we got a head start and now a lot of companies are jumping onto the SaaS bandwagon; a dedicated and talented team of 4-5 people that has been with us from the beginning; and the importance that we as a company give to design and user interface. In fact, a lot of our clients do not believe that we are an Indian company, given the clean and sleek look of our product.”

Read the entire Interview here…

Pulse of Technology, is a blog for Tech enthusiasts. They recently featured DeskAway’s founder Sahil parikh talking  on Cloud Computing Services.

India aims to become the fastest growing economy in 2010. How can a growing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) benefit with this new technology trend?

That is exactly the area my book will be addressing. Small businesses will now have the ability to use the same tools and techniques that larger companies enjoyed for years. They can leverage Web 2.0/ Social Media tools to connect with prospects / customers, build their brand, and use Enterprise 2.0 tools to automate systems within their workplace using free, inexpensive and simple tools.

Can Deskaway cater to the project management needs of small & mid size companies of non IT sector say manufacturing?

Absolutely. In fact, besides technology companies, DeskAway users are from manufacturing, healthcare, non-profits, accounting etc. We are seeing more and more teams move away from email as a primary form of collaboration (sharing files, delegating tasks, planning work etc.) and use a web-based application.

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Thanks Basant from Techno-Pulse!!

Some more cheers pouring in since last few days from Twitter. Thanks all you guys for recommending us!

Do join us on Twitter, @DeskAway. We troubleshoot simple queries and tweet out interesting and relevant info for SMB’s!

DeskAway was chosen as one of the 10 best Indian web startups of 2009 by Indian Web 2 blog.

DeskAway is one of the best Project Management Tool available online, free as well as paid its one of the first such web start-up from India that made mark on web inspite of already available competitors such as BaseCamp, Collab, Zoho etc.

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Thanks Indian web 2 team!

We are all geared up for 2010 and hope to feature in these lists for next year too!

The Foundation of Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) offers a Paragon Fellowship for 100 entrepreneurs from Asia. The profile of the Paragon 100 fellows includes young entrepreneurs and social changemakers of up to 30 years of age who are an inspiration to other young people.

Paragon 100 members are young people who dared to stride out by setting up their own business, social enterprise, NGO or sustainable project. They have overcome challenges by realizing their vision and believing in themselves.

Amongst the top 100 for 2009 is DeskAway’s founder Sahil Parikh!

What is also really cheering is that 48 of the top entrepreneurs are from India! Wow, India is proving itself to be one of the top countries in entrepreneurship! Check out the top 100.

Will keep you updated about the activities happening within the fellowship.