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- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
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Indian Entrepreneurship Blogs
Here are some of the blogs that report or reflect on the Indian entrepreneurship phenomenon. I tend to keep an eye on these (and others), along with numerous offline conversations, to stay on top of the trends developing in the business. Venture Woods: India’s leading VC and Entrepreneurship blog with a vast host of experienced
Cash Salary vs. Options
If you think Bangalore is the only place where talent is migrating to larger companies and bigger cash salaries, think again. Ann Winblad says not. In Silicon Valley, Google, Apple, Yahoo, VMWare are pulling talent away from startups. So what are VCs and entrepreneurs going to do for their employees? The simple answer is probably
Israel – Deal(s) of the Month (August 2007)
By Danny Cohen, Guest Author After taking some time off (and as such, skipping the July report), I am taking another shot at reviewing important deals that happened in the Israeli market. Like in Europe and the US, Israel slows down during the summer time. However, a few important deals were announced. A few deals
Online Auto & Web 3.0 (Part 5)
M&A and VC activity In June 2007, Chicago based Cars.com added women’s automotive site Mother Proof to its network of car sites. The Cobalt Group has acquired has acquired Cowboy Corp., AutoTown and Dealix in the past few years. Autobytel Inc. has acquired a number of companies over the years. In August 2001, it acquired
Re-engineering the Book Business: Blurb CEO, Eileen Gittins (Part 5)
SM: How did you penetrate the market and get early traction? EG: Word of mouth driven by a great and viral product and turbo charged with amazing PR. SM: What stage are you at now? Revenue? Profitability? Traffic? Titles? Any other metrics you track? EG: Blurb expects turnover between $5-10MM in 2007, its first full
Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 5)
Bootstrapping has emerged as a very popular trend recently in the Valley as more entrepreneurs are bypassing Venture Capital. Here I ask Rene about the roll of boostrapping within the Incubator, and also get introduced to SmartFunded. SM: Do you have examples of partners who have been able to bootstrap and avoid VC funding? RB:
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 10)
Raj continues to discuss his criteria for evaluating EIR opportunities. SM: How about the experience level of the partners – I imagine having the opportunity to learn from them was rather important in your decision to join Foundation? RV: I found it very useful to be able to talk under the same roof, first about
Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 9)
While Raj did not make much effort in the way of formally analyzing his acceptance of an EIR position, he does share with us what his criteria should have been. In essence, we are benefiting from a “hindsight is 20/20”. Raj goes into detail regarding what he feels is important in an EIR arrangement. SM:
