Businessworld has a cover story on the Indian venture capital industry, the risks it faces, and key players. Read on…
Is the time right ?
i am posting after a long time. I have been quite active with India Against Corruption and had a brainstorming session with some people in the US. One of the topics was to create a company that would be an rti resource centre which would make it easier for consumers and govt agencies to get […]
Do you want to be known as one of the Future IT Companies globally..? ...
Do your products/services have the potential to redefine benchmarks of excellence for the industry? Have you witnessed accelerated growth patterns over the last 2-3 years consistently using innovative business models? Have you successfully ventured and leveraged emerging/domestic markets for faster financial growth? Here’s your chance to ride the wave to fame, as INNOVATION, GROWTH and […]
UnitedLex on Inc500 list
UnitedLex, a Canaan portfolio company, has been selected on Inc 500 list of fastest growing private companies. UnitedLex recorded an over 1000% growth in last three years. Congratulations to the team! Read on…
ET – Indian Ecommerce – Accounting and Legal issues
ET carries an article today on potential accounting and legal risks in the Indian ecommerce space. I doubt if entrepreneurs and investors would allow such subversions. People know well that this road doesn’t lead to heaven. Read on On a business level, the lifetime value notion is well understood and used – and in my […]
The Startup Centre Resident Programme Batch 2. Application Deadline So...
The Intent of the Resident programme is to help transform your vision into a viable product with Product-Market validation, over a 3 to 6 month period. The teams go through a cycle of Prototype Building, Customer Development, Product-Market Fit Process and to the beginnings of the Business Model Cycle Here’s What You Can Expect to […]
Give me an idea and I will make you POOR
Standard and Poor says America is getting POOR. Economists ,capitalists,governments and people are discussing the fallout of such a situation. But what does it mean for an entrepreneur.In case somebody has misssed recent article by Jug Suraiya in TOI ,here it is http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi/entry/debt-do-us-part .Wherein the associate writer mentions that in this knowledge economy ,US started producing everying […]
Organic Entrepreneurship – Article in Inc
Latest issue of Inc carries an article on Organic Entrepreneurship – the opportunities and challenges of supporting entrepreneurship beyond metros in India. Read on. Inc – organic entrepreneurship View more documents from Alok Mittal.
How iYogi Got Its First Funding
Vishal from iYogi shares his perspective on what worked for them while raising their first round of financing from Canaan. Read on…
Recent interview with TheDeal.com
I spoke recently to George White at TheDeal.com regarding the investment opportunities and exit expectations in the Indian market. See here. Indian tech companies head to public markets from The Deal on Vimeo.
Ideas, New Possibilities to “EMERGEOUT†on August 12th in Gurgaon
It is that time of the year again when you should block your calendars for the annual EMERGEOUT Conclave in Gurgaon. Given the number of ideas that you’d walk away with, the industry leaders you’ll get to listen to as well as the networking opportunities, the EMERGEOUT Conclave offers the very best ‘bang for the […]
Omnivore Capital (OC): Weekly Office Hours [via Skype]
Subhadeep and I are starting weekly office hours online via Skype video conference calls (one or both of us will attend every week). Any entrepreneur or startup that is interested in agriculture and rural India can sign up for the office hour slots. You don’t have to pitch us – you can just ask us […]