completely 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.
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completely 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://punestartups.ning.com http://www.abdulqabiz.com/blog/archives/2009/03/25/what-i-am... 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