“It is good time to be an entrepreneur and tough to be a VC”
Mercury News has an interesting interview with former PayPal CEO Peter Thiel who recently joined with two other PayPal co-founders to launch the $50 million Founders Fund to invest in…
Web Site on Valuations
Professor Aswath Damodaran of the Stern School of Business at New York University has an exhaustive web site on corporate finance related topics including valuation techniques. Interestingly, the web site…
Why more Indian cos. are listing in Dubai and Singapore
Businessworld has an article on the trend of Indian SMEs preferring to list in exchanges at Dubai and Singapore rather than New York. Remember, not a single Indian company has…
Are FCCB issuers in a fix?
Businessworld has an article on how the current stock market correction could create trouble for companies which have raised funds through foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) with a conversion price…
Profile of ICICI Ventures’ latest moves
Business Standard has a profile of ICICI Ventures’ recent investments and new funds. Says Renuka Ramnath, managing director and CEO of ICICI Venture: “In the next two to three years…
The future of investment banking according to Goldman Sachs
Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert quotes Goldman Sachs’s annual report to provide a glimpse into “the future of investment banking”. The key messages are that investment banks need to take more…
A SINE of big things to come?
Businessweek has an article on IIT-Bombay’s SINE incubator which helps students, professors, and alumni develop and commercialize their business ideas. Today there are 15 companies at SINE, all of them…
Investing in India’s energy sector
KPMG has produced a report on India’s energy sector and the related investment opportunities. The report profiles the Coal Sector, Oil Sector, Gas Sector, Nuclear Energy Hydro, Renewable Sources and…
Companies headed by founders perform better
Research by Fortune magazine, found that the stocks of 26 Fortune 500 companies, where a founder still remains CEO – including Apple Computer, FedEx and Cardinal Health – “returned an…
Details of Two Retail Giants-in-the-Making
Business Today has a good article titled “Biyani Vs Ambani” on the retailing plans of Pantaloon’s Kishore Biyani, which has a head start, and Reliance’s Anil Ambani, which is planning…