Vision India 2020: Darjeeling

Our family has long been a connoisseur of Darjeeling tea. Growing up in Bengal, it is hard not to be. Later on, when I started living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I got to experience the cult of wine in Napa Valley and the surrounding wine countries. One September, I even worked in a

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Catching Up on Readings: Design In The 21st Century

Time for another round of recap since the last one on May 10 … See what you have missed, and catch up.

Forbes Column 08: A Technological Fix For Education

Here’s my new Forbes Column, A Technological Fix For Education, profiling HotChalk. You may have read the interview I did with Ed Fields, HotChalk’s CEO. Another recommended reading piece while on this topic is Lucid.

Vision India 2020: Lucid

In 2004, we started investigating the issue of K-12 education, especially in Math and the Sciences. As part of this endeavor, we interviewed a number of teachers at various high schools in the Bay Area. Two nuggets came out of these interviews (1) there is no standardized methodology of teaching (2) there is no methodology

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Another $800 Million Fund

Lightspeed Ventures announced the raising of its new $800 Million fund. “It was a robust fundraising environment,” [Chris] Schaepe [General Partner] said. “There continues to be very good appetite within the LP community for early-stage venture capital.” Right. Early stage venture capital with a $800 Million fund. Read: Fund Envy and The Real VCs of

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A Life-changing Trip to India

By Bob Compton, Guest Author On my first trip to India several years ago, I never imagined how visiting a classroom of first graders in Bangalore would change my life forever. But that is exactly what happened on my very first trip through exotic, engaging, emerging India in 2005.

Online Travel: Priceline Prospers, Expedia & Orbitz Slow

Last week, the key online travel players announced their Q1 results and it was quite a mixed bag as expected by some of them.

Vision India 2020: Urja

For many years, I had traveled around India and wondered how to take advantage of the tremendous craftsmanship that exists in the depths of India. Whether it is in Nagaland or Gujarat, Kashmir or Bengal, India’s heritage has been rich with artisans.