Startup Asia: Caucasus Startup Accelerator Ecosystem

This article presents an overview of the Caucasus Startup accelerator ecosystem. It explores its strengths and challenges and why the 1Mby1M global virtual accelerator is well-suited for the Caucasus. The Caucasus — often called the “Crossroads of Eurasia” — includes a remarkably diverse mix of countries: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. Each of these economies

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1M/1M Announces Partnership With MAD Incubator, Malaysia

Menlo Park, CA – April 6, 2011: The One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative and MAD Incubator are announcing a partnership to help foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Malaysia. The goal of the 1M/1M initiative, set up by Sramana Mitra, is to help a million entrepreneurs each reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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A Life-changing Trip to India

By Bob Compton, Guest Author On my first trip to India several years ago, I never imagined how visiting a classroom of first graders in Bangalore would change my life forever. But that is exactly what happened on my very first trip through exotic, engaging, emerging India in 2005.

Online Dating & Web 3.0 (Part 1)

Overview Online dating (including Matchmaking, Personals and Matrimonials) is making waves across the world. In this era of online networking, dating on the net has revolutionized the age old profession of matchmaking by making it more affordable and convenient to the masses. According to Hitwise there are more than 1,421 sites in the Lifestyle –

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The Last Rajah

Business Week has a wonderful profile of Ratan Tata, titled The Last Rajah. It is simply incredible what Tata’s acquisition of Corus and the more recent bid for Jaguar/Land Rover is doing for the image of India, Inc. Reminds me a bit of the time when India defied the international powers and did the first

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Silk Road 2.0

By Danny Cohen, Guest Author Globalization. International expansion. China & India. These are the big buzz words of 2007, and it seems that the Asian trend is only growing stronger. As the US market matures, many of the local VCs and entrepreneurs are looking for China as the next big thing, and mostly – the

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Is Australia in Asia?

When I first arrived in the US, I was once shocked by a fellow freshman in college asking me, “Is India in China?” This morning, Business Week, the Nation’s premier business magazine, shocked me once more. It has released a highly viewed story called Asia’s Most Liveable Cities, in which numbers 1 through 7 are

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