Momo Delhi had their first event yesterday. Great show, and I hope this become an ongoing activity. Personally, I would prefer a more discussion oriented format — 5-6 10 minute presentations on new ideas, and then one specific discussion, with participants who can rip apart that topic, and something thats actionable. I was part of […]
Breaking Oligopolies
The oligopolistic power that telecom operators have in India is probably slowing innovation in the mobile space. Discount broking made trading volumes grow exponentially so if SMS were very cheap or near free we would see much more use and much more spam as well. Similarly if the rev share on VAS were to be […]
I would buy one
I just came back from the inaugral MMS ( Mobile Monday on a Saturday) get together sponsored by Adobe and Value First. Kudos to the organizers. I know very little about this space so I just went to listen and learn. I have a “smart” phone and an old mobile phone and strangely ( or […]
Matrix Partners India Launches $150 Million Fund
First Consumer Services Risk Capital Fund in India Matrix Partners India, co–founded by Avnish Bajaj and Rishi Navani in partnership with Matrix Partners US, today announced the closing of its first fund. The $150 million, multi-sector, multi-stage fund will focus on early to growth stage businesses in the Internet, mobile, financial services, media & entertainment, […]
Canaan Teams with Yahoo! Inc. in an $8.6 Million Investment in Bharat ...
Canaan Partners Makes Investment in New India Office Canaan Teams with Yahoo! Inc. in an $8.6 Million Investment in Bharat Matrimony, an Online Marriage Service Canaan Partners, a leading international venture capital firm, today announced the funding of Bharat Matrimony Group, the leading online matrimonial service in India. This is an exciting new investment by […]
Cell Phone to Blog
Erik Sundelof who is mentioned in this article is a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University. I am an alum (2002-03) so I got mail from the program. I do not know the cell/SMS domain well but this leads me to believe that with ring tones and premium SMS we may only scratched the […]
FINO
I will be an advisor to FINO with a brief to act as a coach to a team that will focus on scaleable business architechture. FINO is looking for two management trainees, located in Mumbai who will be 100% dedicated to this effort and report to Niket Kamdar who has overall responsibility for this deliverable. […]
New Feature — Venture Jobs and Talent Exchange
Dear all, We are introducing a new feature on venturewoods — this is an experiment with a job and resume board for startup opportunities, especially finding the core team members who share the passion for creating something out of nothing. We have received a lot of feedback that such people are not easily accessible through […]
IPv6 and India
I recently read about IPv6 and what China’s plans are in the domain. http://www.cio.com/archive/071506/china.html Interested to hear other thoughts and what this means for India & Indian entrepreneurs.
Looking for Ma
China has Jack Ma. India has ____( fill in the blank). According to one of my fellow Band of Angel members quite a few VC’s investing in India are looking for exits by getting say a Net Flix to buy the Indian equivalent just as say Monster bought Jobs Ahead or eBay bought Baazee. They […]
Senior One Pager
Opportunity: Senior Citizens need a variety of services. They have special needs and also control over their time. They can go for morning shows of movies or fill up happy hour slots at restaurants. They are large consumers of pharmaceuticals. They often need assistance and healthcare. AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) is a pretty […]
MIT Open Courseware
Some of you may find the course material of Global Entrepreneurship Lab Spring 2004/Fall 2005 interesting. I viewed a one hour plus video of a class session using Real Player. There were three options 56K, 80K, 220K. With my MTNL Broadband connection ( 256K) only the 56K worked with no interruptions. Three entrepreneurs spoke from […]