I have always wondered who makes the government websites. Now look at this: SAKSHAT – a “Complete Education Portal” inaugurated by our President and involves HRD ministry, Information ministry. The aim is to connect 50 crore Indians in next 5 years. I wonder what is the budget for this ambitious project. A few crores atleast? […]
CRV Goes for Angel Market
CRV a major VC firm in the US has an angel funding program. Read more here. I am not sure what happens to the loan if the company does not manage to raise a Series “A” round. To me it is great that more choices are emerging for entrepreneurs. I continue working on a seed […]
TiECon Delhi underway
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 […]