Seed Funds in India

A survey of seed funds and the state of early-stage investing in India.

IBM: “India Is More Than Good”

IBM pours $$$ into India. Reflections.

Micro-finance and Rural India Marketing

This week’s Economist has a great study on India. I strongly recommend you read it. I wrote a piece over a year back presenting the thesis of merging the models of home based sales reps and micro-finance, called, Tupperware Party Around The Village Pond. One of the the Economist stories describes “Project Shakti” by Hindustan

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Apple: “India Is Not Good Enough”

Why did Apple abandon India?

Indian Chips

Cadence – Apollo JV: huge opportunity for both companies.

Online Colleges: Staggering & Growing Numbers

Online education is a great category. Opportunities exist in India, China, and other hungry emerging markets.

Mango Diplomacy

President Bush allows Indian mangoes to be brought into the US: A nostalgic tribute to the fruit, and a culture that had developed around it.

Tutoring: Enormous Opportunity

Tutoring within the NCLB framework is a great business opportunity.