Deal Radar 2009: Chaupaati

We have discussed India’s Innovation Gap at length recently. Here’s a company that is trying to innovate with the mobile phone as a way to get to people who are otherwise unreachable, even via the Internet.

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Water Shortages: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Part 3)

By Guest Author Dominique Trempont The third and final part of the article discusses how conserving the existing fresh water supply can have a considerable impact and concludes with an analysis of what entrepreneurs must do to change the way the market, governments and consumers think about water. 5. Conserve available fresh water by reducing

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I Want To Change TV: Mitch Berman, CEO of ZillionTV (Part 6)

SM: In terms of an investment thesis, how many millions of dollars has ZillionTV raised? MB: Not going to be speaking to that right now.

Deal Radar 2009: Extentech

We continue our focus on businesses that have monetized open source and discuss another core business tool which is being remade as a web-based application: the spreadsheet, by San Francisco-based Extentech, a leading developer of Java components and development tools. Founded in 1999 by John McMahon and Nicholas Rab, Extentech started as a consulting and

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Water Shortages: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Part 2)

By Guest Author Dominique Trempont The first part of Dominique’s article on the global water shortage introduced the problem and named five categories in which there are opportunities for innovation and funding. The first two were 1) collecting storm water and rainfall in a more comprehensive way and 2) storing and transporting water safely and

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I Want To Change TV: Mitch Berman, CEO of ZillionTV (Part 5)

SM: The one thing I see in what you have talked about is the user experience. The user interaction with Netflix is fragmented. You are saying that you have cut out the computer and are allowing the entire experience to happen via a remote control. MB: That is one of the key differentiating factors between

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My Radio Conversation with Liz Saint John on 97.3

Here’s a radio show I did with Liz Saint John on Alice’s 97.3, KLLC-FM last Thursday. Liz is an excellent interviewer. She asked me questions like, How did we get into this mess? and, How do we get out? Enjoy!

Water Shortages: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs (Part 1)

By Guest Author Dominique Trempont While people focus on carbon footprints and potential ways to reduce the impact man-made CO2 emissions, the world is running out of another of its key elements: fresh water. We use fresh water much faster than it can replenish: it is increasingly scarce and has no alternative. Water is a

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