While the incubation programs at several of the country’s business schools are figuring out their model, NirmaLabs, located in the Ahmedabad, Gujarat based Nirma University campus, has come up with…
Bill Burnham,Managing Director at Celsius Capital, has a nice 3-part blog post on the choices and dangers VCs face while saying “No” to funding pitches from entreprenreurs. “Saying “no” to…
Paul Graham, co-founder of ViaWeb (acquired by Yahoo for $50 million), has figured out why (most) VCs are jerks. The problem with VC funds is that they’re funds. Like the…
A must see presentation from the famous KPCB partner behind Amazon.com and Google. Just one extract: Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thought possible with less than anyone thought possible UPDATE:…
McKinsey Quarterly has article on how multinational companies entering India should avoid replicating products and processes that have worked in other markets. “Clearly, any entry into a new market requires…
Business Today has an article on incubation programs at various business schools in India. I found the changing face of incubator programs like IIM-B’s NSRCEL (sponsored by Infosys co-founder Nadathur…
Economic Times points out how companies are finding it attractive from a valuation perspective to raise money from private equity funds just before going in for an IPO. Suzlon Energy’s…
In my opinion, Bill Gurley, a partner at Benchmark Capital and one of the best known VC columnists (in Fortune and News.com), was a “blogger” even before blogging was invented.…
Business Today (paid access required) has a profile of Kishore Biyani, Founder & CEO of publicly listed retail firm Pantaloon. A little over seven years ago (August 1997, to be…
Ravi Chiruvolu, a general partner at Charter Ventures, provides a reminder of why early stage companies, while currently out of fashion, are an attractive investment opportunity in his column for…