I recently came across this report titled “The Mobile Development Report“, published by CKS on a research commissioned by Nokia for developmental use of mobile networks in emerging economies. The report focuses on social transformations around a new technology and its adoption. The report beautifully documents lives and ways Indians in tier 2 cities and […]
Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor
Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor UNDP Report: July 2008 See the full 180 page report at http://www.undp.org/gimlaunch/press/docs/GIM_EN.pdf (around 7MB PDF file)
Security startups to watch
Here’s a list of some bright and upcoming security companies which, in my opinion, have a promising potential: Endeavor Security (www.endeavorsecurity.com, Rating 4/5) – My bets are on this startup. Endeavor is an early-stage company working on a truly disruptive security framework which could be the next big thing in Internet-wide threat analysis and actionable […]
10x Faster Enterprise PC Backup
Value Proposition 10 times faster PC backups with 90% reduction in bandwidth and storage utilization. Never lose a file. Ever – Timeline based, from the past Restores. Where its useful ? Remote backups – low bandwidth scenarios like – remote-office/off-site backup, traveling user backups Local backup – Savings in time and storage space. Bare-Metal Restore […]
List of mobile services and limitations
I believe that mobile is one of the most revolutionary thing happened in our lifetime. It would become the key enabler in the process of human development (socially/economically). The reason, for this, is the following services which would be available on a mobile sooner or later if unavailable now. Note : All the following services […]
Startups , Students and Universities !
One of the biggest constraints faced by a startup is access to cheap & quality manpower. Though you can get experienced techies to lead or manage your projects ( Thanks to ESOPS & the startup bug – a lot of experienced hands are willing to associate with bootstrapped startups) . But the real problem is […]
A good list of social entrepreneurship resources
To all who are interested in social entrepreneurship A good list of social entrepreneurship resources See their fellows (only US based), but for the ideas that can be implemented anywhere in the world if relevant at http://www.draperrichardsfoundation.org/fellows/index.html ->There are too many things possible in social entrepreneurship in India and worldwide.
Vision India 2020 Series: Multi-Billion Dollar Venture Ideas
Here are pointers to the articles so far in this series: Preface MIT India: Engineering Education Urja: Global Fashion Brand Lucid: K-12 Education MIT India and Urja have also generated a great deal of discussion, which I welcome you to read and participate in. Lucid is a new piece, and I expect, will generate similar […]
TrendWatching in India
Another day, another idea. This time, it is TrendWatching. I define TrendWatching as a disciple where one observes (not sees), engages people in conversations (not interviews), identifies what is popular (not market research) and finally using these popular social objects to help businesses. Why TrendWatching? Market research as we know it is dead. I have […]
Business Idea: Branded Entertainment
Cast Away is an awesome movie. You see it and you come back with two things. One, Tom Hanks survives the lonely island. And Two, he is a FedEx employee and he delivers that Wilson ball in the end. Then there is a book called How Starbucks saved my life. You read the book and […]
Introducing eHealthopinion.com
One of the most common reasons for people to go online is to search for health information. 55% of those with Internet access have used the Web to get health or medical information – reference survey by Pew Internet Survey. Said so the present form of web information is limited to learn about diseases, obtain […]
Agri Commodities
Food prices are at an all time high in most places around the globe. We have been reading news on Wheat, Edible Oil, Corn etc reaching their multi year highs. A report on the same topic reads “Rising Food prices can be good news for the food companies who are attempting to pass along those […]