TheFunded has published what it believes should be a standard termsheet in venture financings. Their argument is that the following balances the rights and incentives of investors and founders well, and the negotiation should be limited to valuation and amount being raised. Interesting point of view. FFI Plain Preferred Term Sheet – Chris Dixon has […]
Sunil Mittal’s Forbes Interview
I know its all over the web by now, but couldn’t help linking it here – great perspectives on conviction, persuasion, partnerships and organizational transitions.
Books on Entrepreneurship/ Facebook
I happened to make the following post on facebook and was amazed with the response I got there in 12 hours. Apart from the suggestions that came in, and some of them might be useful for venturewoods community, the level and timeliness of participation was great. Kinda makes blogging look like old world! Where is […]
Faceoff at Proto
ETNow did an interesting faceoff session with myself and Vishal Gondal at the Proto Pune edition. I quite liked the informal format – with Vishal at the other end, you can be assured of some laughter! On a more serious note, the discussion does touch upon some of the evolution of VC space in India […]
Google’s Research Interests
Readwriteweb has an article on some of the research projects google is pursuing. Interesting as to the kind of problems one can try and attack at scale! What should be Google India’s list?
Consumerization of Enterprise
The notion of enterprise customers as large monolithic technology purchasing entities is on a decline. This perhaps was first visible in sales people popping out their credit cards to buy subscription to salesforce.com. However, the trend is expanding with more and more of social web principles being applied to enterprise software. For some time now, […]
Thinking outside the (cellphone) box
Gigaom has a thought-provoking article on non-cellphone devices which use the cellular networks. The ones that Stacey mentions are: * Smart Insoles * The BI HomeGuard Anklet * Zoombak * The Cameo Picture Frame * Ford Work Solutions * The Flaik * DriveCam Ubiquitous networks are the future, and IMHO, represents a great opportunity for […]
Sharad Sharma joins Canaan as EIR
We are very pleased to bring Sharad Sharma as EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence) at Canaan. We have had a long standing relationship with Sharad, and share common interest in cloud computing as a disruptive area of growth. Over the next few months, Sharad with work with the Canaan team to identify an opportunity that he […]
MS Office Labs – Vision 2019
Interesting vision of ten years ahead from Microsoft Office Labs. Video: Future Vision Montage There is also a longer version here, and the Labs Blog here.
Proto.in Pune – Check out the Bootcamp!
Proto.in has just announced its Pune event on 25th July. Its a one day event, with the first part featuring prominent speakers such as the likes of Bharat Goenka of Tally and Pravin Gandhi of SeedFund. The second part has promised to be an “Oscar like event” showcasing 20 “mindblowing” technology startups. What got me […]
Changing face of VC
Venturebeat has a great summary on whats happening in the venture capital world. While the specific conversation is focused around US, some of the aspects have relevance in other markets like India. From new deal structures, building profitability versus value (when there is a tradeoff), virtualization as a macro trend, kids as a market, evolution […]
Naval & Nivi – Simple tips for Angels
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