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HOT TOPICS
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
Timeless!
It has always irritated me endlessly, the quintessential Indian lack of respect for time. Here’s Satish Dey‘s piece: Let’s Have More Watches To Make Up Lost Time Modern life demands that man should be strapped to a time-machine. Can you imagine managing your life without a watch? I remember the tension and inconveniences experienced on
Investment Thesis: Paul Asel (IFC)
Below is an interview with a long time friend, Paul Asel, who now works for the IFC’s venture investment arm. I worked with him a fair bit when he was at Telos. Paul’s Background Paul Asel is a Principal Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank,
Sports Portals & Social Networking
Being in India these past few days, I am reminded how much of the content that is marketed in India (and the world) is related to Sports. The newspapers devote a lot of front page real estate to Sourav Ganguly’s ups and downs, as India plays South Africa. The IFA Shield soccer tournament is on,
From Calcutta, With A Frown
Apologies to my readers for not writing for a week. In India at the moment for the annual visit. As usual, taking stock, scouting opportunities, and assessing progress … Today is a Bandh (strike) in Kolkata, in protest of the Tata Motors small car factory in Singur. Besides the fact that this small car is
Bazaar Buster
Amidst huge concerns about Walmart’s numbers, the giant announced its entry into India. I have said before, that Real Estate and Retail are better investment opportunities in India right now than technology, and it is not a surprise that the big retail companies are going to flock to take advantage of this situation. I’d rather
Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 6)
SM: Where are you now in your frame of mind? You are at IBM obviously, are you going to be at IBM? How does IBM jive with your current state of mind? Where do you want to go next? What motivates you? MS: Well I am at IBM right now. I’m still running the Webify
Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 5)
In this portion of our interview with Manoj we take a deeper look at the person behind the success. We delve into the individual traits which have built success. SM: What is your own personal core competency? Is it engineering, is it sales, marketing? MS: I would say that it’s a combination of product management
Serial Entrepreneur: Manoj Saxena (Part 4)
In part 4 of our interview we discuss Manoj’s second venture, Webify. SM: In the case of Webify you were funding it with your own money, right? MS: Right, the first million bucks, I wrote those checks myself. The interesting part with Webify was I started it in March 2002. I had the hardest time