Vision India 2020: Oishi

During the dotcom heydays, two companies had caught my eye: online diamond jewelry retailer BlueNile and online gift retailer RedEnvelope.

Sridhar Vembu: Silicon Valley’s Unknown Indian

The story of Sridhar Vembu’s innovative bootstrapping. A story all entrepreneurs should understand.

The VC-Entrepreneur Compensation Disbalance

We started discussing the leadership development problem in my previous post referring to Prof. Khurana’s new book about Business Schools losing sight of their mission of grooming leaders capable of building and running sustainable enterprises by following the money trail. So, what’s happening in the Venture Capital / Private Equity world? The compensation disbalance here

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Mike Moritz Explains Philanthropy

A few days back, I took Mike to task for spreading trash on the internet, while his illustrious colleagues John Doerr and Bill Gates are trying to address important global issues. Here’s an interesting interview in The Guardian, where he explains his (and Sequoia’s) philosophy of doing good: He maintains that Sequoia is a force

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Saying YES to $1.65 Billion

YouTube said YES to Google. No surprises there. Sequoia strikes again. Mike Moritz plays a perfect game. Again. Moritz leveraged Google with Yahoo, and now he has leveraged YouTube with Google. This time, faster. All the nuances were thought through. Just in case the SEC raises concerns, notice, Moritz is not on the YouTube Board.

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