It was an interesting day at TiECon Delhi today. Some quick observations: 1. VCs are everywhere! I think there were more VC firms in presence than aspiring entrepreneurs! This is of course great news for the local startup scene. VCs were lamenting on lack of quality entrpreneurship. A few moderators and speakers took light hearted […]
TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge
At the TiECon Delhi 2006 today and tomorrow, Canaan Partners will be launching Entrepreneurial Challenge in partnership with TiE. It is an attempt to identify and empower tomorrow’s businesses. It has been my experience that most business plan events end on the day the competition ends. By bringing the right partners in place, we will […]
Opportunity for start-ups to demo their product to VCs – Bangalore, De
As part of its Mobile VAS Connect event on December 12, 2006, Venture Intelligence is providing opportunity to select companies to showcase their technology products to an exclusive audience – consisting of Venture Capitalists, Investment Bankers and experienced entrepreneurs – in the form of demos.
Joining a pre-VC startup
Here is a post I wrote about joining pre-VC startups: http://sameerg.wordpress.com/2006/10/25/joining-a-pre-vc-startup/ 0
Indian local search gets hot with the launch of Guruji…
The Indian internet landscape is getting more competitive by the day. Not only is it widening in breath, it is also getting deeper. Search engines have traditionally been at the heart of how the internet works, and we now have multiple local search engines to choose from. The latest (and most promising) entrant to this […]
Diwali wishes
On this diwali day, wishing that entrepreneurs and VCs alike continue to listen to their conscience and shun arrogance. 0
Allianz report on Climate Change and the insurance business
Here’s an interesting – and sobering – report by insurance giant Allianz and the World Wildlife Fund which basically says that that the insurance industry needs to do more to address the growing impact of climate change-induced damages — and the resulting insurance claims. We’re going to see much, MUCH more of this in the […]
Do you really need an investment banker?
I made a blog post on this oft-asked question on my blog. Cross-posting it here for inviting comments/thoughts on the topic from the VW community.
Lessons from Japan
This was not supposed to be my first post on Venturewoods. But India’s soccer game against Japan at the Salt Lake stadium in which there was a power failure and a dog ran on the ground in the middle of the game made me wonder if something like this could ever happen in a game […]
How does the world feel
We Feel Fine is a site that looks at postings made to blogs around the world every 10 minutes and analyses them for feelings. It then presents this data in an applet that can be used to slice and dice this data by attributes like feeling, place, weather and gender. Makes one think. It is […]
Top Web Apps in India
Here is a list of top web apps in India from Read/write web. Not very impressive compilation. Reproducing my comment on the post: Somewhat surprising to see the real web apps of India missing. Look at top sites in India on Alexa. India is still a very email, search, portal, jobs, matrimony country. Online financial […]
Back to customer experience — Monster versus Naukri
Looks like the debate on who is bigger – Monster or Naukri – is reaching a crescendo. Well, both Arun and Sanjeev are good friends, and I clearly want to stay clear of that debate. The debate that is worth having, in my view, is who has a better customer experience — both for job […]