BA Systems and Teneo Systems: New stealth mode start-ups with Indian founders
Businesweek’s Deal Flow blog as a profile of these two companies as part of an article on “Stealth Deals of Q1” * BA Systems — Just four months old, this…
Start-ups shouldn’t bother with detailed business plans: Mike Moritz
According to BusinessWeek’s Deal Flow blog, Michael Moritz, a general partner at VC firm Sequoia Capital and an early investor in Google, Yahoo! and Cisco, while speaking at the VentureOne…
“India AND China” season
The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s visit to India this week has triggered a lot of “India and China” articles. Here are a few interesting extracts. From Businessworld’s cover story:…
Why ICICI Venture’s Renuka Ramnath is smitten by the retail sector
Economic Times has a profile of ICICI Ventures CEO Renuka Ramnath with a special focus on her fondness for the retail sector. Definitely the first and one of the few…
Hey, wanna go public?
I got the following unsolicited email today: I hope this finds you well, as you may already know, we specialize in assisting companies in Going Public. We also assist with…
Moment of truth for the Indian textiles industry
McKinsey Quarterly has an article on the opportunites thrown up for the industry by the removal of world trade quota restrictions. India’s apparel industry faces a moment of truth when…
Is publishing a good investment opportunity?
There is certainly a lot of action suddenly, as this Businessworld Cover Story shows: And a lot of investments going on as well: But are the players going to make…
The appeal of value-added BPO services
Businessworld examines the opportunity in outsourcing of services like data analytics, patent examination, tax return preparation and market research. That is, stuff that can fetch billing rates of above the…
“Do I need a MBA to become a VC?”
Here is Fred Wilson’s (of Union Square Ventures) answer to this often-asked question: I never place any value on the schools people went to and the degrees they have. It’s…
Why Aruba said no to Cisco
“You must always recognize that venture backed companies are not sold, they are bought. When the large company comes knocking on the door and offers a good deal, you should…