Deal Radar 2008: Studywiz Spark

In today’s second installment of the Deal Radar, we’ll also cover an online learning tool for K-12 education, Studywiz Spark. A service of Etech Group, Studywiz Spark was created by Geoff Elwood.

Deal Radar 2008: Regent , Frederick,Marryland

Deal Radar continues to focus on education with a discussion of Regent, an on-demand, SaaS provider of financial aid management solutions that make it easier for institutions to be current and compliant with the latest federal and state regulations and updates. Regent’s goal is to offer tools to automate and manage every aspect of the

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Deal Radar 2008: Grockit

Grockit, which describes its approach as “Learning 2.0”,  is developing tools to harness the power of the Internet to help the world learn. It began by helping students prepare for standardized tests and is now developing a learning game that will allow students from all over the world to teach each other, thereby creating an innovative method for people to learn online. The

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Vision India 2020: Harvard Medical School, India

As our MIT India project gained its stride, and MIT won tremendous international acclaim for the vision and leadership it demonstrated in promoting open education, the folks at Harvard were feeling jealous. They wanted their own playground to contribute and to show off!

Deal Radar 2008: Ning

Ning is a social publishing platform that allows users to create their own social websites and social networks. It was founded in 2004 by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini as a stealth startup called 24 Hour Laundry. The Palo Alto, California-based company changed its name to Ning, which means peace in Chinese, in October 2005.

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:

Vision India 2020: Bioscope

Professor Raj Reddy at Carnegie Mellon University first urged me to look at micro-franchise as a vehicle for economic development. Today, micro-finance has become a world-renowned phenomenon, especially with Dr. Yunus’ Nobel Prize two years back. [You can read my interview with Raj here.]

Acyut: Humanoid at BITS Pilani

Yesterday, I met Samay, one of the proud parents of Acyut, the humanoid robot at BITS. Samay, Arpit and their team members are in the Bay Area to participate in the robogames in San Francisco.