Speaking at Internet & Mobile Connect, Alok Mittal, Executive Director of Canaan Partners, emphasized the need for Mobile VAS companies to “own the customer” as well as directly create demand…
Speaking at Internet & Mobile Connect, Avnish Bajaj, Managing Director of Matrix Partners India, said said how while in 1999-2000, perception of Internet-based businesses was ahead of reality, over the…
Venture Intelligence organized “Internet & Mobile Connect”, a roundtable focused on opportunities and challenges for Venture Capital investing in Internet-based services and Mobile Value Added Services companies. The event, which…
Mohammed Yunus started it with Grameen Bank. Now, most banks in India and other parts of the developing world have embraced microfinace and profit from it. But, has anyone come…
Analytics outsourcing firms, though highly profitable, cannot scale beyond a stage. This is why pioneering marketing analytics outsourcing firm Marketics – with estimated revenues of $5-6 million and highly profitable…
Chennai-based IT services company SGS Technologie has launched a “business idea contest” called dreamZhunt. “The contest is focussed at IT professionals who are looking to kick-start their first business,” informs…
Kiruba Shankar interviewed me for a podcast. Check it out! Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the…
Fred Wilson has an interesting post on how a VC who has lost money on a company will never again invest in the sector even though things might work out…
Givent that one survey has found that IT professionals spend US$1bn annually on eating out, it is not probably not surprising that some IT industry executives in Bangalore have decided…
Businessworld has an interesting article on the opportunity and challenges facing the Indian hotel industry – including the current acute shortage of rooms, the supply rush to fill the gap,…