Venture Capital in India: Ashish Gupta (Part 3)

SM: What about entertainment? AG: There are a lot of Bollywood and music sites. They have unclear business models, but traffic continues to grow and they are able to pay for themselves. Those continue to flourish.

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Venture Capital in India: Ashish Gupta (Part 2)

SM: Where are Indian entrepreneurs coming from? AG: Amazon India has produced several entrepreneurs. They were people who worked for Amazon in India. Similarly, people who worked at Yahoo! India have produced several companies.

Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Bootstrapping Is The Order Of The Day!

George Dearing plugged Sramana Mitra’s Positioning book on his blog, George Dearing dot com: “Enjoying Sramana Mitra’s 3rd book.  I’d recommend it to anyone working on new business models or trying to manage a product or services portfolio. Bootstrapping is the order of the day!” Positioning is available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle, and from Smashwords.com

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Will Intel Buy ARM?

According to a preliminary estimate from iSuppli, global PC shipments grew 9.8% sequentially in the third quarter. This week, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), the world’s largest chip maker with annual revenue of $37.6 billion, reported strong third quarter results driven by the rebound in the PC market. Let’s take a closer look.

Venture Capital in India: Ashish Gupta (Part 1)

Dr. Ashish Gupta is a co-founder of Helion and serves on the boards of Gridstone Research, Jivox, Kirusa, MuSigma, Naukri.com, and SMS Gupshup. He has co-founded Tavant Technologies and Junglee. His investments include Daksh (IBM), Odesk, Obongo (AOL), Speedera (Akamai), MakeMyTrip, Merittrac (Manipal Group), and Kaboodle (Hearst). Ashish is a Kauffman Fellow and holds a Ph.D.

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PLD Overview: Xilinx and Altera

The recession had a severe impact on the semiconductor industry in 2008, but the programmable logic device (PLD) market was one of the few segments which saw growth. This $3.8 billion market received a boost early this year following the expansion of 3G mobile networks in China. The overall programmable logic market is estimated to

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Next Positioning Roundtable On Wednesday, October 21

To help early-stage entrepreneurs develop their business ideas, Sramana Mitra is offering a series of free, online Positioning Roundtables. Entrepreneurs can participate from anywhere by computer or phone, and there will be a live, interactive chat throughout the webinar.  The next event will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 8:00 am PDT (11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30

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Deal Radar 2009: Yola

Today’s post is about a company that could be helpful for start-ups or businesses on a tight marketing budget to get exposure on the Web without the high costs. Yola, previously known as Synthasite, is a free, do-it-yourself website creator. It operates on a brower-based Ajax platform and supplies users with simple instructions, tailored services,

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