Multi-Billion Dollar Venture Ideas for Indian Entrepreneurs

For Indian entrepreneurs looking for scalable venture ideas, here is a list to work on. I have modeled one venture for each category, which you will be able to access from the Vision India 2020 series:

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Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 3)

SM: How did the sellout craze affect you? Were people coming to you trying to buy your site? SW: I had been in Portland for a couple of months when out of the blue I got an email from Andover, which is the company that bought SlashDot and was later acquired by VA Linux. They

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3G iPhone’s Top 5 Component Beneficiaries

The 3G iPhone is out. Besides Apple, who else is a beneficiary of this major PR event? Here, we look at the top five component vendors: Infineon, Triquint, Samsung, Broadcom and Interdigital.

Top 10 Web Entrepreneur Interviews

I have done numerous interviews with entrepreneurs on this forum. Here’s a list of 10 Web entrepreneur interviews that I think have the most interesting strategy discussions on how each of them are building their companies:

Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 2)

SM: Did you do SysOpt.com full time or was it just on the side? SW: I was doing it on the side. When I was in high school I worked on it after school as a hobby. When it started to pass the $30K, $40K, and $60K a year mark, I started to think there

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Google Keeps Scoring

Yesterday, Google reported Q2 earnings of $4.63 a share (excluding stock-based compensation costs), missing Wall Street’s expectations of $4.74 EPS. The company reported a weaker-than-expected 35% rise in quarterly net profit, according to Reuters. Google attributes this to lower returns from its cash pile (which is now $12.7 billion), rather than slacking online ad sales.

Forbes Column 08: Web-Savvy Authors Reap Fame, Fortune

My new column on Forbes, Web-Savvy Authors Reap Fame, Fortune tells Elle Newmark’s story of how she got to a seven-figure book deal using the Internet and print-on-demand technology.

Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 1)

I have interviewed many entrepreneurs, yet few interviews have been as interesting (or entertaining) as Scott Wainner’s. His first company, SysOpt.com, emerged from his childhood hobby of PC performance optimization (founded when Scott was 15). By the time he started college he had a thriving business and a six-figure income.