Brad Feld takes a dig at accounting firms
VC Brad Feld has a humourous post on his blog listing his complaints on accountants – especially the Big 4. Accounting is the only profession where you can completely screw…
Marketing to Rural India
Business Today has an article on the dynamics of marketing to India rural and small town India. According to the census of India, villages with clear surveyed boundaries not having…
Navis: A PE firm with a taste for restaurants
Business Today has a short profile of Malaysia-based PE firm Navis, which is a majority investor in three Indian Food & Beverage firms – Sky Gourmet, Mars Restaurants and Nirula’s.…
The top 10 Indian cities
Business Today has a cover story ranking and profiling the top ten Indian cities, with a suitably humble tone. This is not how best cities are supposed to be. Best…
Planes, planes and more planes
At the 2005 Paris air-show, low-cost airline start-up made a splash by announcing an order for 100 Airbus aircrafts. Businessworld has an interview with IndiGo co-founder and former US Airways…
Action heats up in the Indo-US VC corridor
Mark Sherman of Battery Ventures has a launched a new blog titled ABCDVC.com focusing on India investments. The first couple of posts – here and here – provide a profile…
Will India harvest the promise of bio-fuels?
Businessworld has an article on the opportunities and the policy bottlenecks facing bio-fuels companies in India, including an interview with Vinod Khosla. The most encouraging signal so far has been…
Why incubators don’t produce winners
In the last several years, we have witnessed several incubators being set up at leading Indian universities as well as a few in the private sector. However, so far, there…
PE firms solving (business) family problems
Economic Times has an article on how PE firms are investing into companies where there is discord amongst promoter family members. Paras Pharmaceutical is the latest instance where one of…
So you want to raise a VC fund?
In recent months, I’ve had the benefit of listening and talking to several Limited Partners, General Partners and Placement Agents. And learn how difficult it is to raise a venture…