Bangalore: The rise of e-commerce in India is phenomenal. A report from Avendus, a market analyst, estimated Indian online retail to be worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in the 2013 fiscal. Adding to it, a latest Cisco Visual Networking Index states that the country is witnessing the fastest internet growth, thanks to ubiquitous Smartphones and tablets. India is now a hot bed for internet startups and no one wants to miss on this huge opportunity, neither investors nor entrepreneurs. So can an aspiring internet entrepreneur hold himself back from dreaming a startup? Definitely not!

India hasn’t turned into a land of exploding opportunities for the internet entrepreneurs overnight. There are set of trailblazers behind this scenario. In early 2006, a man knowing how fragmented the travel market in India is, embarked on a mission to make it easier and came up with Via.com (previously Flightraja.com). The man behind this project is Vinay Gupta, and he started the travel website in a small garage in Jayanagar, Bangalore. Today Via.com has over 20,000 partners across 1,000 cities in India, making travel easier.

Knowing India, as the country of cricket fanatics, another man dreamed up a startup that can keep the lovers of the game up-to date with world of cricket. He was K Satyanarayan, and he came up with CricInfo in 1996. The website later turned into world’s largest & most popular cricket website and in 2003; it was acquired by UK-based Wisden group, and is now a part of ESPN.

And then, to explore the raising automobile market in India, the internet entrepreneur, Umang Kumar, launched a portal in mid 2008. It is called gaadi.com, and it is now India's leading auto marketplace.

There are many such poster boys who trail blazed internet entrepreneurship in India. Their experience and the success story will add a lot of zeal to anyone who harbors an internet startup dream in their hearts.   If you are the one with such a dream, then the upcoming, SiliconIndia’s flagship event- Startup City 2013, will provide you with the opportunity. It’s a place where you can meet the internet entrepreneurs like Vinay Gupta, Founder and Chairman, Via.com, K Satyanarayan, Ex Co-Founder, CricInfo, Umang Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Gaadi.com, Manish Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO, Printo.in, and Binny Mathews, Co-founder, Dezyre.com. Connect with them and explore opportunities in the world wide web.

Take a peek:

Startup City 2013

Register Free