Sevin Rosen, one of the most respected names in the venture capital (the one that backed the likes of Compaq Computer) was not going to raise a new fund23 and would return the money to limited partners. The reason cited was lack of scalability, IPOs and the changing interest in the technology landscape. This is […]
What operators want: Partnering with Network Service Providers – Part2
5- Don’t try to deploy your application in Q4 – Forth quarter is all about volume. 40-60% of operator’s yearly network load is sold in forth quarter. No one will take time to market your application, since channels are only interested in getting the device into customers hand. 6- Supported OS/Device platforms – You are […]
Top 10 Geek Myths
Sujan had posted this link as a comment on my Y combinator post. The post that this link takes you to is interesting so I decided to make this a main post as well 0
All Things Web 2.0
An interesting attempt at an “open” directory of anything Web 2.0. 0
Slide Share
I tried this invitation only service to share powerpoint slides and embed in a blog . I had made a presentation to IIM – Ahmedabad students and used these slides. I am going to see if I can embed the slides in this blog entry 0
What operators want: Partnering with Network Service Providers – Part
This entry is inspired by Mobile Monday Vancouver’s “Partnering with Network Service Providers” event. I attended this discussion and networking forum. Panelist were from Bell and Telus – Canadian CDMA service providers and from British Telecom. To keep things short , this is part 1, part 2 coming soon…. These points are only relevant for […]
Brazil
This is an interesting link to top Web Applications in Brazil. Community based applications have traction and a very large number of Orkut users are Brazilian. This post also has links to top web applications in other countries apart from Brazil including China. India is yet to be covered. The comments are interesting to read […]
TracBac – making life easier for visual designers
TracBac is a Web2.0 visual collaboration tool that makes life easier for designers. It is targeted specifically at people whose creative lives revolve around images, e.g., ad agencies, web designers, visualisers etc. The process of creating designs/campaigns involves a lot of going back & forth between clients and reviewers. And is generally a painful process, […]
Channelnewsasia on Canaan Partners
Channelnewsasia has done a profile coverage with me, and that has some good perspective on what we might do as Canaan Partners in India. If you have access to the channel, they are going to telecast this half hour show at following times: Singapore: Monday 9.30pm Repeat telecasts: Tuesday 12.30am & 12.30pm, Wednesday 4.30pm Regional: […]