Just saw this article from Avnish, Matrix Partners. Avnish, I know you are around somewhere on venturewoods, so please do participate in this friendly discussion! A followup would be unnecessary if I agreed with this statement. However, I must say that I myself do believe that the “kids hanging out” variety of social networks are […]
Druvaa Replicator – Competitive Edge
from my last post “continuous data availability”, most ppl sent email expressing these confusing over “how the hell it actually works and differs from traditional methods” 🙂 For the working part we are publishing technical papers (on website) and for the rest – | View | Upload your own Let me know, if anyone needs […]
New life, anyone?
Hello. I’m brand new here. Just met Alok in Second Life, and we got to discussing the different ways people and businesses can interact there. Second Life, for the uninitiated, is a three-dimensional virtual world where users can fly, shop with virtual money, set up offices and educational institutions, and a whole lot more. It […]
— Continuous Data Availability —
Key to any business continuity solution is continuous availability of critical data. And with up-coming SOX and Basel compliance regulations it would be even more necessary for SMEs and enterprises to have a data availability and disaster recovery plan in action. While there are a bunch of software/hardware for the same (from EMC, Netapp and […]
Dakshana
The site is up. Still a work in progress. It is nice that atleast for some people if they have the merit means will not be a problem. The idea of having a lifelong relationship with scholars is also interesting and may induce some of them to give back. anyone with ideas/suggestions please contact the […]
Delhi Meet | 20th April
Canaan and ContentSutra is hosting an informal event to meet people in the technology, media and VC industry. We have got good response and around 110 people have registered for the event. It should be a good platform to interact with young start ups and know more about them. It’s also a good opportunity for […]
Bill Gross/Idealab
KISS today: What do you guys think of the Idealab model? …on either side of the table 0
Are we communicating well to the ROW?
It is 0200 here in Berlin now, so please forgive me for a ‘non VW’ post! I cannot but help wonder how much things have changed for our country over the last year. The story of emerging India is already dated. And so is the gloating over little successes and feel good arrival. Issues are […]
The team is the clincher
The venture world always seems to be driven by transactions — here’s a little bit on the ideological plane of venture investing. Interesting read… 0
Dividing Ownership in a Startup
“Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.” — Heinrich Heine It is the lesson of the true cost of recruiting the wrong founding team in a startup. You fill a role out of desperation, or even worse, recruit a friend or family who will do for now but never was quite the […]
Kota Opportunity
Kota has established itself as a center of excellence for IIT coaching. Students after class X spend two years in Kota which costs them around 2.5 lacs. I met a value investor from the US , yesterday who has done very well and has set up a foundation in India so that students who do […]
Points of Inflexion
In the US the point of inflexion with the internet was probably 1998/1999 and a lot of the big money was made in the 1998 – 2002 period. Prior to 1998 there were many attempts that were slow to take off. China the inflexion point was probably later. Do not know too much about when […]