I guess for entrepreneurs, this abstract is enough to do catalytic innovation-Pradyot Disruptive Innovation for Social Change Clayton M. Christensen, Heiner Baumann, Rudy Ruggles, Thomas M. Sadtler Harvard Business Review December 2006 Issue Reprint # R0612E Abstract: Countries, organizations, and individuals around the globe spend aggressively to solve social problems, but these efforts often fail […]
Mobile VAS Meet @ Bangalore
Happened to be at the Mobile VAS meet at Bangalore and had a mixed opinion on the event. There were potentially more VC’s hob nobbing than innovators and geeks. As a consequence lot of “jargon” got thrown and some 😉 operator cribs. Overall there were few startups to showcase there offerings. The “Oberoi” factor was […]
Finalists of TiE Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge
We had a great response to the Entrepreneurial Challenge — over 100 existing businesses applied, and we are very encouraged with the quality of applicants. The following make it to the finals! (yes, we had said we will have 10 finalists, but landed up choosing 11) – 6 Dee – Anyasoft – Athena Info – […]
Why are entrepreneurs worried about VC involvements?
There has been multiple studies suggesting that more and more businesses are relying on bootstrapping / angel money to start their business and are not too keen on the venture capital, at least in the initial days. A part of this is because of the decreased cost of starting a company and lower development costs because of […]
Yi Summit December 9th, New Delhi
I’d like to extend an invitation to Venturewoods regulars for the annual Yi Summit being held in Delhi this saturday, December 9th. Titled ‘India on the Rise – Aspire to Succeed’, the day long programme has a number of exciting sessions – My Story sessions with Sunil Munjal, Ashish Dhawan, Malvinder Mohan Singh and others. […]
India 2.0: The new garage culture
This is an interesting news for all and a very encouraging news for start-up owners and prospective start-up owners esp. in India From http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16161310.htm India 2.0: The new garage culture MUMBAI, India – The founders of newly launched Kreeda Entertainment come from New York City, Belgium and Bangalore. Their headquarters in India? A garage. The […]
Paul Graham’s 18 start-up mistakes
Paul Graham’s 18 start-up mistakes From http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html 18 mistakes that kill start-ups. Only the points pasted below. Please see the URL for the details (for a software industry) The points are mostly valid for any start-up. May be valid for social work initiatives also. You may like to analyze your start-up/ future start-up from this […]
Changing the Faces
gmail and orkut story
Future of Online Jobs
Of course, this is a favourite topic of mine. Techcrunch has an article which provides a couple of directions for online jobs. Notably I want to see a company come out and eHarmony-ize the job market. Make it so candidates go through a 15- to 30-minute application process that might include various tests related to […]
Guy’s Venture Capital Aptitude Test (VCAT)
Are you right for the venture capital business? Guy (Kawasaki) has created an aptitude test, Venture Capital Aptitude Test (VCAT). http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/11/the_venture_cap.html The main points:- Part I: Work Background What is your background? * Engineering (add 5 points) * Sales (add 5 points) * Management consulting (subtract 5 points) * Investment banking (subtract 5 points) * […]
Matrix India invests in Yo! China
25 crore investment to scale India’s first and largest Chinese fast food chain
teenage entrepreneurs – http://switchpod.com
From http://www.startupnation.com/pages/keymoves/teenage-entrepreneur.asp?src=nw Company – http://switchpod.com Founders: Weina Scott and Jake Fisher Location: Miami Beach, Fla. (Weina); Rochester, Minn. (Jake) Year Founded: 2005 Initial Capitalization: $50 Sold For : $200,000 Weina Scott and Jake Fisher’s Story: Even among startups with cut-to-the-bone budgets, the creation and launch of Weina Scott’s and Jake Fisher’s podcast hosting company was […]