Hello Friends, We have launched www.mohanchoti.com. A Third Generation Recruitment Portal. Mohanchoti is primarily is an effort to remove hiring mistakes by giving an insiders preview of a candidate to prospective employers. and hence remove bad hirings. In the process it is adding value to everyone involved in the process Employee, Employer and Referrer.. For […]
Above Average – Book promotion
A recent entrepreneur asked me for help to promote his product. Interesting background — IIT Delhi, now a professor there, and has written this book (“ah! not another iitian book” — no, this guy has some mettle!) Above Average is the story of a middle-class Delhi boy with an aptitude for science and math but […]
Getting hired into a VC firm
A lot of people have been asking me what it takes to get into a VC firm. Few pointers: At an analyst level, most firms are looking for smart people, perhaps with some background in equity analysis or business analysis. It is not unusual to have fresh MBAs with some pre-MBA work experience to be […]
Live Ops raises $28 million
Saw this on TechCrunch. The companies software allows call centre workers to work from home and has a performance tracking system that routes calls to the best performing workers. I had heard the CEO of GenPact in India saying they were exploring these kind of solutions for India. Maybe there are startups in India focusing […]
Education industry outlook in India
Hello guys.. I want some views on education industry outlook in India specifically, school level (primary & secondary)…I am thinking of a business where school will pay some amount per student for services provided.. What i am not sure of is the appetite of schools to have paid value added service… Also it would be […]
Almost Alwayson!
Alwayson annual show is on in NY. The opening session was all about user generated content, blogging etc. And they had screens that were showing real time comments from users over the internet — well, the session itself outlined challenges of handling this medium. Bill Cleary of CKS went around SFO interviewing people, and in […]
400 crore exits
As I look for seed investment opportunities I have narrowed my focus to critical mass plays ( Rs 500 per year from a million user type plays) that could potentially provide 400 crore exits in 4-7 years. As the Indian economy expands some wealth creation has to come from companies that are just starting and […]
Warren Buffet Essays
A friend gave me a copy of Lawrence Cunnigham’s book on “The Essays of Warren Buffet – Lessons for Corporate America” I found a short quiz in that interesting. Begin Quote If you plan to eat hamburgers throughout your life and are not a cattle producer, should you wish for higher or lower prices for […]
Proto.in: Ideas that will shape the Startup ecosystem
I attended proto.in at Chennai. Here is my pick of Startups to watch in terms of their ‘Inspiration Value’: Their evolution and success will shape up the startup culture( in my opinion, of course!) DesiCrew( Taking technology mediated work to rural areas ) Spinaxys( Mpathy: User profiling based ‘Relevant’ SMS ads; Quickly build the user […]
ITU Digital Life report
Some of you may have seen this already — ITU has released its report “Digital Life” and its an excellent reckoner — provides a high level view on almost everything to do with the internet and telecom world, with references into more detailed work. 0
IdeaCamp update
Last Friday, we had a good gathering at IDEACAMP of Investors, Entrepreneurs and Students considering Entrepreneurship. The event was anchored by Alok Mittal and Sanjay Bhargava, both of them were very generous with their sharing of experience and wisdom with the entrepreneurs. Sunder has an article which was published on Rediff about the event, and […]
Event Announcement: HBS India Conference
Date: Friday January 26, 2007 3pm – 8pm Location: Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163 USA For more info visit: http://www.hbsindiaconference.com/index.htm Panel Info: VENTURE CAPITAL/PRIVATE EQUITY – THE INDIAN CAPITAL MARKETS ENTREPRENEURSHIP – START-UP SUCCESSES IN EMERGING MARKETS INDIAN GIANTS – INDIAN FIRMS GOING GLOBAL SOCIAL ENTERPRISE IN INDIA – STORIES OF INSPIRATION […]