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Here's some valuable advice for Startups from the King of the Ethernet Bob Metcalfe. Don’t be afraid of going up against entrenched incumbents, like he did with IBM, and its Token Ring technology. Long story short, Metcalfe and Ethernet won. Read about the disruptive technologies he thinks will change everything.

winner of IBM Global Entrepreneur Startup SmartCamp in Bangalore India. ConnectM's USP technology collects data remotely and uses domain specific analytics to deliver actionable business intelligence. ConnectM's solutions are powered by cutting edge M2M technology, that allow both wireless and wired systems to communicate with other devices of the same ability.

IBM’s global startup competition ‘world tour’ called SmartCamp kicks off in Bangalore on April 27. Slots for India are now full, but there are still openings in the next leg of the competition in Austin. You can take a look at all the Mentors that will be helping and get five SmartCamp tips to help you get your Startup accepted.

Startups fail often because they create a product or service that no one really wants in mass. To mitigate Startup failure you can test your Idea at Kickstarter - A cool place to not only test interest in your idea, but also a great place tp obtain croudsourced funding for your Startup. A good idea, communicated well on KickStarter can spread fast and wide, and the large Kickstarter community can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.

As part of IBM’s ongoing commitment to foster innovation among Entrepreneurs, IBM announces its ‘SmartCamp’ contest in Bangalore, India on April 27, 2011. This is an exclusive global entrepreneur initiative program bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and experienced mentors with innovative ideas that can help to build a Smarter Planet.

Recently at CeBIT Hannover IBM announced that it would expand the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program to include Germany in 2011 effective immediately. With an amazing bunch of ecosystems partners we believe the German market offers a great opportunity for translating innovation and Entrepreneurship into scalable international businesses.

We are almost there in terms of confirming the mentors for SmartCamp Bangalore. We are delighted to present details of the mentors. This is an amazing collection of talent from the investor, corporate and most importantly entrepreneur communities.