Minglebox Communications Private Ltd. is a start up in the internet and mobile space, founded by ex IIT/IIM alumni. The founders are marketing and technology professionals with varied experience in consumer goods, internet, telecom, financial services and IT industries across India and the US. The company aims to build internet and mobile consumer products for […]
Ideas & Companies – New Category
Hi all I have created a new category on new ideas and companies that we want to share on venturewoods. Ideas could be in any stage of development, or just concepts. Check our past list of posts on this here, Share! 0
Research Results: On cultural differences between teams in US, India a...
Hi everyone, I would like to thank all of those who participated in the first phase of my research by answering my survey on cultural differences between US, Japan & Indian startups. For those who participated in the survey and of course, for the general enthusiastic crowd on this blog, I would like to offer […]
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Loved this site. Now I have to find a reliable unlimited broadband provider as otherwise my usage bills will skyrocket. 0
Red Herring 100 Asia List — Deadline 16th June
Kalpana from Red Herring has invited applications for Red Herring 100 Asia awards: If you know of any privately held companies who need to be on the Red Herring 100 Asia list, please tell them to apply before June 16 for the awards. They can find the application form here: http://www.herringevents.com/rhasia06/index.jsp?section=rh100 To my question of […]
Fresh Talent & Startups
I remember having had a discussion with batchmates triggered by an online article in 2005 when i was in my final year at college. The article predicted that big MNCs in India would find it more and more difficult to recruit and/or retain top talent in years to come. This, because of attractive offers from […]
8 Indian Startups
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Exclusive Resorts -1
A need and an innovative solution to a difficult problem combined can provide the base for a large company. Exclusive Resorts was established in 2003 and appears to be doing quite well. The key value is in the real estate that this company owns. If an exclusive resort type option was available in India I […]
Tech Crunch/Edgeio
I became aware of this site site recently. It looks like a good place to find out about new stuff around Web 2.0. The editor of Tech Crunch Michael Arrington has an interesting background. I am pretty low tech but what I liked about tech cruch was that I was able to add Tech crunch […]
Joining Canaan Partners
Wish to announce that Canaan Partners (pronounced K-nun) is opening their office in India, and I will be heading that up. Canaan is an early stage investment firm, and focusses on IT and Healthcare technologies. I am pretty encouraged that the Canaan Partnership is keen to share their learnings and experiences of over 19 years […]
Venture Investing – Momentum versus Value
The merits of value investing, especially in public markets, have been long espoused — thats the stuff legends are made of in that domain. Even late stage private equity follows largely the same route. Venture investing, on the other hand, is all about having the right momentum — how fast can you go from no […]