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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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interview
Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 6)
Om stayed with Forbes for several years, helping it become an established online venue. He then left to join a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley amidst the madness of the late Dotcom era. SM: At Forbes, for the first time you were working in an American professional environment, right? OM: Yes. This was more
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 13)
Here Raj discusses making the jump from Foundation Capital to becoming a member of Silver Spring Networks. He concludes the interview by providing advice and insight of the EIR adventure to other entrepreneurs who may be considering such a move themselves. SM: So how did you go from EIR to a member of the SSN
Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 5)
One of the seminal moments in Om’s evolution has been his stint at Forbes.com, which at the time, intersected with the infancy era of online media. SM: How did you get involved with Forbes? OM: Forbes had a piece on ARPANET which had a really profound impact on me. From there I kept building. Forbes
Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 4)
Om is largely a self-taught guy, with little formal journalism school style training. But he has great instincts as a reporter, which he has always used to his advantage. What you read below is a remarkable story of having, simply put, “fire in the belly”. SM: How did you manage to pull off the transition
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 12)
Raj continues to discuss Silver Spring Networks. Here he offers insight into the analysis of the market and the product capabilities which they would offer, and his initial formulation of a plan of action. SM: You were able to identify a very solid opportunity which would be long-lasting and in high demand, that sounds perfect!
Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 3)
Om discusses his first brush with the Internet. And we talk some philosophy. SM: What year was this? OM: It was 1992. SM: It was before the Internet bubble had started. OM: That was one of the things that crystallized things for me. While I was in London I had acquired a laptop and signed
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 11)
The benefits of an EIR opportunity should be beneficial to both parties, entrepreneur and VC. In Raj’s case, that was certainly the case. He leveraged his past networking experience, as well as his time in the EIR program, to become a key contributor to Silver Spring Networks. Here Raj discusses how he initially “discovered” the
Om Malik: Pioneering Blogs (Part 2)
Journalism is not the typical career path selected by young Indians in middle class families. However, Om made a choice and followed his passion. SM: What was the first significant journalism job you had, something you consider a milestone? OM: I don’t think there has been anything that significant. I have been going through an
