Unarguably, the next drivers of the Indian Tech Industry will be in the domain of Cloud and Mobile. In the next 5 years, the number of Internet users is expected to increase by three-fold, to a whopping 300 million. This penetration will most certainly include the semi-urban segment which is largely out of the ambit […]
Business coaching for entrepreneurs
I recently left the venture capital world to set up a business coaching practice and wrote the following piece for a venture capital related publication. Pasting it below, and would love to get the forum’s thoughts on how they perceive the value of coaching. From Venture Capitalist to Business Coach After several years of working with […]
CC is Evil
Well not all, but some of it definitely is. To know why we say that, lets dig into why we CC people on emails in the first place: 1) The “You must know this CC” – There is nothing wrong with this one. Example: I direct a question to someone in the To list, and […]
Call For Tech Startups To Demo @UnPluggd Event [Application Deadline:J...
Grab an opportunity to demo your product at UnPluggd, India’s largest startup event that brings together amazing entrepreneurs, active angel investors and a bunch of ‘unpluggd’ stories (of failure, rejection and success!). The event is scheduled for July 9th (Bangalore/details here) and last date to apply for the demo slot is June 26th (link to the […]
Indian Entrepreneur Mindset
Indian entrepreneurs typically think innovation means invention or product innovation… But, to be a successful grocery store owner also, you need to innovate enough… thanks Pradyot http://www.crunchbase.com/person/pradyot-sahu Innovation Engineering http://www.facebook.com/innoengineering Innovation Engineering Forum http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=3759712
Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals
During today’s roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. Two of them, Freshdesk and Bizosys (10Screens), are 1M/1M premium members, and we have already been working on their strategies for a few weeks. Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk, a SaaS company that provides small and medium […]
What makes a valuable company?
Great article on what creates a valuable company – while the article is rooted in a discussion around “revenue multiples”, the key characteristics it outlines seem generally true for valuable companies. Summary: 1. Sustainable competitive advantage 2. Network effects 3. Revenue visibility 4. Customer lock-in 5. Gross Margins 6. Marginal profitability/ Profit scalability 7. Customer […]
Pioneering Spirit – Call for entries
Canaan is pleased to partner with Lufthansa in this year’s edition of Pioneering Spirit. Apply now!
High-Octane Energy In Pune
On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event. Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. Well, Persistent Systems and IncuCapital hosted a highly interactive and engaging session. Here are the companies that pitched at the […]
McKinsey report – Impact of Internet
McKinsey has come out with an interesting report on impact of internet on GDP of countries. As per this, Internet contributes to 3.4% of GDP in these countries, and 21% of GDP growth in mature countries. For India, the numbers are 3.2% and 5% respectively. Policy makers – get it right! Internet matters: The Net’s […]
Canaan backed ABH acquired by Shire for $750M
Pleased to share the acquisition of Advanced Biohealing, a Canaan backed company, earlier this week. An extremely positive exit for the Company and for Canaan Partners, ABH’s largest shareholder. Congratulations to Kevin Rakin and the team! More details here.
SeedFund Event @ Delhi : After Funding What: Building High Growth Star...
 After Funding What?Seedfund and TiE presents the secrets of fast-growth startups.How did CarWale vault to the no.1 position among car portals? Or Redbus do to grow to 10,000 tickets a day from just 10? What ‘s Edusports secret sauce in signing 100 school customers in 10 months? TiE invites you to ask founders.Seedfund comes to […]