Vision India 2020: Framed Ivory

I have been receiving emails from readers with many compelling ideas for the Vision India 2020 series. Particularly interesting are opportunities in Healthcare and Green Transportation. I will get to those later in the series.

Obama’s Economic Policy

Yesterday’s discussion on Obama’s Economic Policy somehow got side-tracked to a discussion on venture capital compensation, which is not what I had intended.

Entrepreneur Case Study Widget

Readers, especially those amongst you who have your own blogs and sites, upon popular request, we have created a downloadable widget for you that you can place on your own sites to reference the Entrepreneur Case Studies. The widget is in action on a test site here along with download instructions. Please feel free to

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Catching Up on Readings: Bootstrap Yourself!

Amidst the ocean of content that is coming at you, readers, I am sure you find yourselves overwhelmed. Here’s a recap of some articles from this site which you may have missed, but may be worth your time:

Indian Entrepreneurs: Here’s One for You

Folks, I would like to point Indian entrepreneurs to another gap that I see, which may be fertile ground for new startups out of India …

An Open Letter to IIT Students

I received an email last week from Anuj Dayal, a Junior Year Undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur. Anuj asks the question: “What’s next for India? What should we, IIT students, do?” (You can see the message in its entirety below.)

First Time Entrepreneurs?

[This discussion is getting really interesting … please chime in, folks …] I am trying to figure out the seriousness of something that I see is going on in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. I need your help to understand the phenomenon, and would appreciate if you engage in this thread and offer your perspective. VCs

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Early Stage

Brad Feld has a good post here on entrepreneurship and early stage venture capital. It is actually an email from one of his readers.