All of you might have seen venturewoods in transition over past month or so. Thanks for bearing with us through a relatively slow upgrade effort. The key things we have been able to accomplish are: Transitioning to the latest wordpress system to provide us flexibility going forward Have author names on individual post pages, and […]
Go to Market
Subject: Go to Market Going to Market is always a big event for a startup and I am glad to report that we went live today at our pilot location with real money and a real bank. For about a month we will be controlled and will go into full pilot only after that. I […]
The Creation of a Sustainable Ecosystem.
This is perhaps a wee bit of eerie timing, as there are posts by Sujai* and quite a few others circulating around the blogosphere with some very serious questions about the Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem. Perhaps its of relevance to go through the basics yet again and what it would take to make this ecosystem mature, […]
Top 5 Usability Challenges
Jared Spool has an interesting article on top user experience challenges. They are: Scalability Visual Design Comprehension Interactivity Change Management The other gap I see very often is Site Speed. In my experience, speed makes a tremendous difference to how much a site gets used. What is your sense on readiness of India’s skill pool […]
Facebook Demographics
Interesting presentation on facebook demographics and marketing case studies. Key points: 56% Female Only 46% in Professional jobs or Students – notice the shift here from earlier student-only position Demographics are shifting fast over time – interesting implications for marketeers Marketing is more a function of communication than advertising – engage with your audience – […]
Evolving Online Video …
As the founder of ventunotech.com , I might have been biased on my thoughts when I wrote the article below. Hence posting it here for a reality check. Every media distribution technology was built upon its predecessor. Television did not simply appear – it evolved from the radio. TV’s evolution is marked by a series […]
Building a Telecom Equipment Startup from India
Sujai Karampuri sent me his recent piece, Ground realities from a technology product company in India . Sujai’s company Sloka Telecom is building Wimax base stations, and recently, they have won an important validation in France at Saint Medard en Jalles (5.8 GHz Wimax deployment). I know that Sujai is pounding the doors of the […]
GS – Tech VC Trends
Goldman Sachs just came out with a report on Tech VC trends – amongst the highlights, is (surprise, surprise!) the reduction in enterprise software investments, and increase in web/mobile and global (india/china) investments. It makes me wonder if these two put together create a blind spot for VCs. Enterprise automation in developing countries like India […]
Proto.in January Edition: Nominations Open
Ladies and Gentlemen, The finally awaited moment is here – well, atleast the first of it. The nominations are open for companies that do want to submit their products for evaluation, out of which 20 companies will present before an esteemed audience – the creme de la crop, the movers and the shakers of the […]
Headstart: Call For Product Nominations
If you are a product company and looking to demo your product check out Headstart that will take place in Bangalore from Jan 18-20, 2008 at the Indian Institute of Sciences campus. Here is the criteria for nominating your product: The product or technology elements must be new and should not have been launched before […]
Event announcement: BarCampDelhi3 on Dec 8th
BarCampDelhi3 is happening on the 8th of Dec. The venue for the event is Impetus Technologies at Noida. We’d like to invite readers of this blog to attend the event and contribute in whatever way they can- as a volunteer, speaker, blogger, podcaster, sponsor etc. For other details and for adding your name to the […]
P2P Lending – further thoughts
Couple of days back; I posted about P2P lending and its India Feasibility – got mixed reponse from readers. I thought to bounce some more facts/findings from Deutsche Bank Research Report. Interesting to note: 1.) Less default rate for borrowers who are member of some group (remember SHG of Indian MFI industry) 2.) At present; […]