Mint published an article (contributed by WSJ) Why Microsoft, RIM Fight Is Entering the Consumer Market “Already, Apple Inc.’s iPhone for consumers is forcing handset makers to rethink their own hardware designs. Meanwhile, Google Inc. is expected to jump into the mobile-phone market, hoping to court consumers by delivering software to handset makers and phone […]
Compensation in early stage ventures
Folks, I am not sure if this has been discussed before. If so, can you pls direct me to the relevant posting? I would like to know about the standard practices to decide compensation for early stage employees. Consider this example: I am planning to hire a person at the CxO level. My company is […]
Morgan Stanley on Technology
Morgan Stanley released this presentation on current state of technology and internet, and key trends that they see. Besides being a good overview, couple of things that I found interesting: The globalization of technology markets Consumers and not Enterprise is becoming key driver of technology adoption (not just the internet, but beyond that) The shift […]
EVS Report on VC/PE in India
Just saw this report from Evalueserve on Indian PE/VC market. Compared to recent data that we see on a regular basis, this report has a nice perspective on the history of VC/PE and how it has evolved over last 10-15 years. Also touches on the broad themes for investment and growth in India. Interesting read. […]
It’s about the People, People
This is motivated by the Alok’s post on “Miniaturization of VC†that asked what technologies would enable VC’s to manage a large portfolio of companies to moderate exits. My contention is that for such companies no armchair quarterbacking will suffice, no matter how good the remote control is. It is all about human capital – […]
Though-Provoking Radio programs
We have radio stations like NPR (National Public Radio) in the USA that produces and distributes thought-provoking programs related to current affairs. It engages in meaningful debates on all current topics. I always found that station to be most used by folks driving to work (Average of 40 minutes of drive time for any commuter). […]
Miniaturization of Venture Capital
There have been a couple of discussions on venturewoods earlier regarding angel funding models, including Ycombinator. An excellent article on Read Write Web outlines the challenges the venture capital is facing. Amongst the salient ones include: Lowering cost of doing a startup and taking it to critical level Reducing role of distinctive technology in more […]
IAMAI Entertainment 2.0
Digitalisation is changing how entertainment is used, distributed and developed. From gaming to music to video, mobile entertainment is revolutionizing the industry in ways unheard of just a short time ago. What are the challenges and opportunities developing in this market place? Who are the players? Which business models are succeeding? How will content and […]
The Knobs on a Social App
Some of my friends asked me to walk them through the virality of a social app so I put this little calculator together. With many building apps on a social graph such as facebook, I thought others may find this useful. It could help folks start to think about the metrics they may want to […]
What are startups doing about the dollar?
Its hard to read the newspapers these days without reading about the impact of dollar depreciation on Indian export industry, including IT Services and BPO. Large players like Wipro and TCS have taken the hit (stock markets will tell you that), but have also been able to come up with plans to counter the issue. […]
TiE Summit Dec 11-13 2007
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), is hosting TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2007, TiE’s pan Asia annual flagship event scheduled from December 11th-13th at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Titled “Entrepreneurship is the Futureâ€, TES is the collaborative effort of 17 Chapters across Asia. TES 2007 topics will cover various sessions on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, the Investment […]
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 […]