Food prices are at an all time high in most places around the globe. We have been reading news on Wheat, Edible Oil, Corn etc reaching their multi year highs. A report on the same topic reads “Rising Food prices can be good news for the food companies who are attempting to pass along those […]
plugHR proves concept
One year down the launch of commercial model of plugHR in April 2007, chasing a million dollar first year dream, plugHR proved the concept by reaching almost half of targetted numbers. So HR can be delivered through autoserve platform, is what some two dozen CEOs experienced with plugHR managers driving their HR strategies in a […]
TiE Canaan Challenge | Funding and Cash Award
Since we have announced the launch of TiE Canaan second edition; I have received multiple queries on: Why no cash awards? and Why no funding for winners? Funding issue is more loud and clear. I thought to share what we thought while deciding for awards: 1.) We should understand that a platform as open as […]
Introducing ReviewGist.in
I would like to introduce the Venturewoods community to ReviewGist.in. ReviewGist.in is a product discovery and research tool for consumer electronics powered by online expert reviews. Essentially, we analyze expert reviews to figure out what aspect/part of the product is the reviewer rating good or bad. We then use this information to create simple yet […]
Pradeep Khosla: The Entrepreneurial Dean of Carnegie Mellon University
How does Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a renowned research US university foster research and a spirit of innovation among its students and faculty? How does CMU do tech transfer? What is unique about the US university system that helps in creating startups and companies? Is there something that India can learn from the US University […]
Awards & Benefits | TiE Canaan Challenge
When we conceptualized this program; we started with the view that we should design awards, which can help companies to grow and achieve their next milestones. It can be funding, opening doors to customers, channel development, skill development in various functions and mentoring. This year awards are an effort in that direction. 1. Microsoft Award: […]
THE EXPERIENCE OF STARTING A NEW E RECRUITING PORTAL
I am one of the co-founders of Recruiting portal www.reffster.com incubated in Sept 2007 and have recently divested from the website, though not from the e recruiting idea. My co-founders and I have a copy each of the software /IPR and while my ex partners will henceforth run reffster .com, at some stage I plan […]
Launch of TIE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008
Hi All, I am happy to announce launch of second edition of TIE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge. To refresh memories: In 2006, we invited entrepreneurs (starts ups and early stage companies) to showcase their ventures, short listed 11 businesses and did a final presentation round in front of an expert jury. In the whole process, 11 businesses […]
Bootstrap Yourself!
My new Forbes column Bootstrap Yourself highlights Silicon Valley’s hottest new trend, Bootstrapping. Indian entrepreneurs, you need to embrace this trend, given that the early stage venture capital industry doesn’t quite have its act together yet. Great bootstrapping case studies I have covered are Sridhar Vembu, Frank Levinson and Jerry Rawls, Cree Lawson, and Beatrice […]
Founders:Stop Hoping for Magic and Start Working
Interesting post at onstartups.com Stop Waiting For The Magical Startup Fairy Founders:Â Stop Hoping for Magic and Start Working 🙂 Did I hoped for magic? Yes. Did you?
The European Web Community Stands up.
Seems like we are not the only set of folks who are wanting to fix the problems we see around us and build a “sustainable” atmosphere around us. There is a post by Ryan who runs FOWA taking a stance against the Web Mission effort that is getting organized by the UK Government and quite […]
A New Kind of Incubation Model. Part III
Ever since the journey with Proto.in started, about two years ago, I can safely say that I’ve sifted through atleast 300+ company profiles. I’ll hit you with the bad news first: Most of them are hopeless. They are half-baked solutions. They probably are great hobby projects and shouldn’t even allowed to be classified as a […]