I was just waiting for something like this to happen. Purewire and ZScaler will be upping the ante in the lucrative managed services market. The companies are backed by security superstars like Jay Chaudhary and veterans from CipherTrust and ISS. Prices range roughly from $1-$5 (per user per month) and $30 (per user per year) […]
TiE Retail Summit 2008, Aug 1st New Delhi
I had the opportunity to check out the TiE India Retail Summit 2008- not all of it—but a few hours towards the end and I’m using this platform to put down a brief account of the same—all comments, questions, suggestions and queries are welcome, either here or by mailing me on nsnsns(at)gmail(dot)com- also, incase you’d […]
Voice your opinion on the Killer App for Mobile Phones
We at Mobisy always strive to build concepts & applications that would put a smile on your face. As a part of understanding user preferences for mobile applications, we’d like to hear from you about what excites you as a user. We would really appreciate if you take the on-line survey here. We heartily welcome […]
TiE Canaan Second Episode
Second episode of TiE Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge would be aired on CNBC TV18 on: Saturday – 26th July – 1:30 PM AND Sunday – 27th July – 9 AM; 1:30 PM; 6 PM
Canaan led $6MN investment round in UnitedLex
I am happy to share that we have led an investment round of $6MN in UnitedLex with Helion. UnitedLex is a legal consulting and outsourcing firm. Sahad has covered some numbers on broad KPO market in his posts. Since last 12-18 months, we came across many companies in the broad KPO market – Legal Outsourcing, […]
The WHY
With 3 talented founders, today, you can build a service leveraging Internet platforms from the likes of amazon, google, paypal, salesforce and 100’s of others. You can then get your service to users by leveraging social and search engine marketing and you can do this with no expensive infrastructure, very little money and all in […]
Vision India 2020
Friends, writing the Vision India 2020 series has been extremely interesting and rewarding. The series is being syndicated by Indian newspaper, DNAIndia, and I keep receiving emails from entrepreneurs who are working on / thinking about ventures along the lines of my Vision India columns. Here are the ones that I have written so far: […]
TiE Canaan on CNBC
The play out time for The TiE- Canaan entrepreneur challenge are as follows: Saturday: 1.30pm Repeat on Sunday: 9.30am and 10.30pm This Saturday the 1st episode goes on air. There will be a total of 3 episodes at these times. -Mukul
ESOP Successes – Onmobile On Steam
Someone anonymously posted this comment to our earlier story. Based on Onmobile’s public filings, the person has done an analysis, which indicates the successes in Onmobile ESOP plan. The analysis is based on share price of Rs 520 as of July 8th. While these are estimates, it seems that they are broadly right – I […]
TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge – Final Results
TiE Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008 was concluded on Saturday, 5th July. The winners of the Challenge are: Equitas – A microfinance company, which started 6 months back with great management team. They have been able to innovate around processes to scale very fast in this business. Druvaa Systems – It’s a backup company focusing at […]
Universal McCann Social Media Report
Interesting report from Universal McCann on social media. With respect to India, while overall Internet penetration remains abyssmal, some of the social media metrics fare better (on base of 17M active users in target group): 85% read blogs, with fairly high frequency of usage 66% have created a profile on a social network, and frequently […]
Strategies for entering into rural market
The following are very generic comments for companies focused on rural market. Focus: The company/organization must focus on a single service unlike Drishtee or n-logue or Akshaya. However after achieving success with a product/service you may broaden your portfolio. Training: Training is essential for all the stakeholders in the company – employees, customers, vendors, etc. […]