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Vision India 2020: Oishi

Posted on Sunday, Jul 27th 2008

During the dotcom heydays, two companies had caught my eye: online diamond jewelry retailer BlueNile and online gift retailer RedEnvelope.

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Pioneering Data On-Demand: Salary.com CEO and Serial Entrepreneur Kent Plunkett (Part 3)

Posted on Saturday, Jul 26th 2008

SM: It was easy to raise money in 1999. It was not easy to raise money in 2001. What was your experience raising angel money during that time window? KP: I have never had a problem raising angel money. It was extremely easy in 1999. We did talk to some venture capitalists, but they did

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Infineon: Valuation

Posted on Saturday, Jul 26th 2008

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author Last month, we discussed in detail the various businesses of Infineon and also peeked into its strategy. We noted that Qimonda was the cause of most of its miseries. We also suggested acquisition and growth possibilities for the German company. Against this background, it is time for us to look

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Top Seven SaaS Startups

Posted on Saturday, Jul 26th 2008

In the recap mode, here are the top seven SaaS startups that I am tracking: * Qualys – Managed security and compliance; Interview with CEO Philippe Courtot; Forbes Column: The Next VmWare.

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Pioneering Data On-Demand: Salary.com CEO and Serial Entrepreneur Kent Plunkett (Part 2)

Posted on Friday, Jul 25th 2008

SM: What was the genesis of Salary.com? KP: Right before I started Salary.com I was building software for What Color Is Your Parachute?, which is also in the career management space. There we ended our process with a recommendation as to what would be a good career fit for an individual. The goal was to

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Top Eight Online Travel Startups

Posted on Friday, Jul 25th 2008

We have covered online travel extensively over the last couple of years, beginning with the in-depth analysis, Web 3.0 and Online Travel. Here is an overview of the online travel startups to watch:

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Deal Radar 2008: Revision3

Posted on Friday, Jul 25th 2008

Revision3 is a San Francisco-based Internet TV network. The company was formed in 2005 by Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson, Dan Huard, Ron Gorodetzky, and David Prager to address the lack of good content on traditional television.

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Forbes Column 08: Peeking Inside the iPhone

Posted on Friday, Jul 25th 2008

My new Forbes column, Peeking Inside the iPhone is out. Have a look.

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