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 […]
VC1.0, Stagflation and VC2.0 Preambe
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a humorous piece on On Everything 2.0 and takes a dig the 2.0 trend with Arithmetic 2.0. Then he gets serious with Venture Capital 2.0 a series on paridgm shift in the (IT) VC space. First in the series, Venture 2.0 – Preamble traces the The sequential evolution of […]
Of Capital, Fear and Diet
Michael Sikorsky of Cambrian House a Crowd Sourced software play has written an interesting post, Raising capital: Six tips on Eating Fear. Interesting observations include: Most investors invest emotionally and then justify their decisions rationally. … You could have the most amateur answers in the world for how your business is going to operate and […]
Kathy Sierra’s Take on Techies
It is humorous, and educative. Check it out. Other posts are also worth a read. I love the tactful useage black and white images from yore. 0
VC Quiz at Forbes
I came across a VC quiz at Frobes that was very interesting. The quizes describe a venture situation and ask you to vote if the Venture thrive or die. I found the Quiz 4 Interesting: NEW YORK – Think you can sniff out a promising young company? Read the following preliminary analysis of an unnamed […]
Startup Failures: Blue Screen of Death – By Jawwad Farid
Here is an interesting and humourus book on startup failures and success: Ideas for a new venture arrive with a moment of blinding insight. Some start as accidents; otheres take us years of wandering effort to gel the real concept into shape. Regardless of the cause, for most new ventures, the flash of inspiration is […]