Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor UNDP Report: July 2008 See the full 180 page report at http://www.undp.org/gimlaunch/press/docs/GIM_EN.pdf (around 7MB PDF file) 0
A good list of social entrepreneurship resources
To all who are interested in social entrepreneurship A good list of social entrepreneurship resources See their fellows (only US based), but for the ideas that can be implemented anywhere in the world if relevant at http://www.draperrichardsfoundation.org/fellows/index.html ->There are too many things possible in social entrepreneurship in India and worldwide. 0
Tech company social network- vator.tv
Vator.tv is a social network for technology startup companies which gives entrepreneurs a platform to connect with Investors, Acquirers and Media. Vator.tv gives Investors useful tools to keep track of companies and industries that interest them, and provides a revolutionary interaction platform to discover the best investment opportunities in technology. http://vator.tv/ 0
Startup School 08 Videos
Startup School is an annual free conference for hackers interested in startups. This year notable speakers included Mike Arrington, Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos and Paul Graham. The website is http://startupschool.org/ The videos are at http://omnisio.com/startupschool08 0
Where Are India’s Innovative Companies, Products and Solutions?
Interesting Post Where Are India’s Innovative Companies, Products and Solutions? India produces some of the brightest minds in technology, science and medicine yet has not demonstrated any truly large scale and breakthrough innovations in those fields. more here I mean…..why NOT fill the gaps? 0
Founders:Stop Hoping for Magic and Start Working
Interesting post at onstartups.com Stop Waiting For The Magical Startup Fairy Founders:Â Stop Hoping for Magic and Start Working 🙂 Did I hoped for magic? Yes. Did you? 0
Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008
From Gartner’s Press Release Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 1. Green IT 2. Unified Communications (UC) 3. Business Process Management 4. Metadata Management 5. Virtualization 2.0 6. Mashups & Composite Applications 7. Web Platform & WOA 8. Computing Fabrics 9. Real World Web 10. Social Software Are there any core technology focused Angel […]
The Pmarca Guide to Startups-Part I and II
From Marc Andreessen(Founder, Netscape, Opsware and Ning)’s blog The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup and The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 2: When the VCs say “no” Is it interesting? 0
start-up idea? clones with HIGH numbers and volumes ?
I saw this in Internet- StudiVZ, a German clone of Facebook was sold for 100 million Euros to Holtzbrick Verlag, a giant German publishing company, reports3 Spiegel Online, a well known German news outlet. The Chinese clone of Facebook was acquired back in October 2006. StudiVZ claims to have a million users. Is it a […]
Why Companies Should Have Open Business Models-a start-up idea?
“Why Companies Should Have Open Business Models” is a recent article in SMR. Just wondering, is it a start-up idea? I mean why SOME start-ups should have a open business model for open innovation and resultant FASTER GROWTH? I am talking about startups because of two trends — rising R&D costs and decreased product revenues […]
The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate
The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate While browsing I came across this SMR (MIT Sloan Management Review) abstract. Wanted to share with you as innovation is important for both the start-ups and VCs. According to Mohanbir Sawhney, Robert C. Wolcott and Inigo Arroniz, a company can innovate along any of 12 different dimensions […]
9th Annual MIT Venture Capital Conference videos
9th Annual MIT Venture Capital Conference videos: http://www.mitvcconference.com/webcast.htm List of Videos: 1. Mobile Innovations : The World Beyond Walled Gardens 2. Decision Making in Biotech Innovation: Who makes the Ideal CEO? 3. Investing in Energy Technology Innovation – How Long Does it Really Take? 4. Keynote Address: Rebecca Henderson 5. Monetizing Social Networking Businesses 6. […]