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Is Bangalore really India’s silicon valley ?

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 24th

By Savita Kini, Guest Author Any news article you have read since the emergence of the Indian IT industry often talks about Bangalore as India’s silicon valley. It’s going to be a year very soon, since my husband & I relocated to B’lore. We have enjoyed the experience very much. The environment is dynamic here

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Is Bootstrapping Becoming Sexy Again?

Posted on Friday, Mar 9th

Gone are the days when entrepreneurs boasted at cocktail parties about how many million dollars they have raised for their startups. That was so very nineties! Yes, times have changed. Entrepreneurs seem to have become savvier. In the last 2 months, I have worked / spoken with several sets of entrepreneurs who are perfectly happy

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Indian Incubator Fund: Specs (Part 2)

Posted on Monday, Mar 5th

We dicussed the “Problem” in the last part. In this one, let’s discuss the “Entrepreneur”. Again, I’ll tell you a story from my own experience. My advisor at MIT, Prof. Anant Agarwal, was (is) also an entrepreneur. So, when I walked into his office one day in 1994, and declared that I wanted to finish

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Don’t Take Venture Money

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 16th

Charles Moldow of Foundation Capital writes a good piece on when and why entrepreneurs should not look for Venture money. My addendum: There is a glut of good small business opportunities out there right now, especially because the Internet makes it ever so easy to market, generate traffic, etc. I want to also point out

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