VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

When it comes to clarity of positioning to entrepreneurs, true early-stage firms in India (ie, Rs. Lakhs rather than $ Million investors) would do well to look at the web…

Howard Morgan has a post on how he manages his own time (“by far the scarcest resource”) between the various companies he invests in. I recommend keeping a sorted list…

Paul Graham has a couple of great essays on how other cities and countries could replicate Silicon Valley: 1. The first one, How to be Silicon Valley basically says that…

Peter Wagner, General Partner at Accel Partners, believes the US has no real alternative except to revert to nuclear energy. Speaking at a panel on “The VC Forecast” at the…

Or is it the 10th largest? Depends on who you ask. According to the Computer Industry Almanac, India was in fourth place with 50.6 million Net users (and a 4.7%…

Answer to this quick quiz question: “Murugan Capital”!! Don’t beleive me? Check out IPO filing of KPCB’s first Indian portfolio company, InfoEdge India (which operates Naukri.com), for confirmation. Here is…

Kamla Bhatt has a podcast with Seed Fund founder Mahesh Murthy. In this podcast interview Mahesh talks about VC funding trends and investment opportunities in India. Seed Fund recently closed…

Morgan Stanley Internet analyst Mary Meeker’s presentation at the Stanford business school provides an overview of Internet and Technology industry trends including a lot of interesting data and analysis. Mary…

Business Today has a report on the state of Indian retail and emerging trends in the industry. REAL ESTATE AND MALL ECONOMICS Biyani paid a cool Rs 250 crore to…

Business Today has a detailed article on ICICI Bank’s massive rural thrust using a franchisee model. This is a scaleable model,” says K.V. Kamath, Managing Director & CEO of the…