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26.Tracking Your Company Facebook Page (Wall Street Journal) (www.venturewoods.org)
In my previous posts on community building on Facebook, I mapped out a way to create a Facebook strategy and promote your company’s Facebook Page.
Monitoring it continuously and making sure it occupies the right position in the consumer’s mind, th... -
27.Mobile Monday Delhi Meetup - 17th July (www.venturewoods.org)
MoMo Delhi Meetup is here again. I am very happy to inform you that we will be having 10th Meetup of MoMo Delhi on 17th of July 2010 . We would like to thank One 97 Communications for sponsoring the event. Details of the event are mentioned below:
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28.Hemu Ramaiah – Story of an Indian Retail Pioneer (www.venturewoods.org)
At Venture Intelligence, we recently had a great experience interviewing Hemu Ramaiah, founder of the Landmark bookstore chain (in which the Tatas acquired a majority stake in 2005). For me, the interview (which is part our Entrepreneur Podcast series ...
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29.Why Will People Come to Your Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journal) (www.venturewoods.org)
Communicating the presence of your company Facebook page and keeping users or readers engaged is a second important part of building a company page on Facebook. I had written last week about developing a strategy and an execution plan as a fir...
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30.How to Build a Great Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journal) (www.venturewoods.org)
“Does your company have a Facebook page?”
In order to be truly successful in building a live and engaging community on the web, you need to have both a positioning strategy and an execution plan in place. To formulate a strategy for your online ... -
31.Agri content business (www.venturewoods.org)
Interesting business around creating content and answering questions regarding agriculture. I guess the kind of content people will find relevant and will pay for - check out aAQUA.org
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32.India to gain in PE investments? (www.venturewoods.org)
A Coller Capital report suggests that India and China might be net beneficiaries of the degradation in PE returns in developed markets. It predicts that PE investments in India and China will continue to climb despite higher risk. Key question: will it...
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33.Google TV - Why Google will succeed where Microsoft failed (www.venturewoods.org)
Why Google will succeed where Microsoft failed
Back in 1997, Microsoft announced the acquisition of a company called WebTV. WebTV’s product was a set top box with a 100Mhz processor, 2MB RAM and 2MB ROM. Using a built in dial-up modem, subscriber... -
34.NASSCOM EMERGE 50….emerge a winner! (www.venturewoods.org)
It is publicity (of the right variety) that creates winners. Of course not to suggest even for a minute that substance is secondary. It isn’t. If anything, it will always remain the primary reason, that will differentiate the winners from “also-rans...
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35.Dotcom has Enabled ‘Choice Entrepreneurship’ in India (From WSJ) (www.venturewoods.org)
It was September 2000 and I was waiting for my U.S. work permit to join one of the big five consulting firms. Obviously, I was excited and had already started dreaming the American Dream.
Interrupting the day dream was a call from one of my Indian In... -
36.WSJ - iPad for Small Businesses in India (www.venturewoods.org)
I penned some thoughts on how iPad kind of device can be used to create SAAS offerings for SMB customers in India, across healthcare, hospitality and other sectors. The ease of use led by touch interface, the table top usage scenario, bundling hardware...
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37.Potential of Mobile as a platform for new ventures (www.venturewoods.org)
In December 2009, mobile data traffic (surfing the net, checking email, exploring social networks etc.) officially exceeded the volume of voice calls across the world’s wireless networks for the first time. Global data traffic has nearly tripled in ea...
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38.Next frontiers in Online Travel (www.venturewoods.org)
Online travel market has been one of the most exciting ones over past few years from a growth standpoint. Starting with IRCTC, and then followed up by Online travel agents (OTAs), this category has seen a decisive shift online. Amongst other things, it...
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39.Incubators - hot or not? (www.venturewoods.org)
WSJ India Chief Mentor has an interesting article on incubators being an important engine of growth of entrepreneurship. It is an interesting observation, and makes me think about what will make these successful.
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40.Angel Funding Framework - some additional viewpoints (www.venturewoods.org)
There is general consensus that entrepreneurship is on the rise in India, even though it is one of the most difficult propositions. Compared to their counterparts in other regions in the world, Indian entrepreneurs face more challenges that are ingrain...
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41.Die another day (www.venturewoods.org)
Very interesting post on why “fail fast” philosophy might be ill-founded. I think partly this mantra is open to interpretation - if an idea is not working, do you wish to spend $10M on it and then realize it, or quicker? In the manner that ...
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42.That’s when you know a startup has made it! (www.venturewoods.org)
Hilarious!
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43.IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Initiative: The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge (www.venturewoods.org)
The Next50 Global Innovation Challenge is an IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Alumni Initiative to identify 50 early stage innovators in Agriculture, Cleantech, Financial Inclusion, Education and Technology, who can change the way we work and live.
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44.Rs. 18000 crore broadband push - is this in the right direction? (www.venturewoods.org)
ToI reports a 18000 crore broadband push by government to improve broadband access to every gram panchayat. While the initiative is welcome, it raises several questions:
Investing versus creating an environment to invest: Government spending at such ...
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45.UnPluGGd – The Event for Entrepreneurs (www.venturewoods.org)
Ah well, before you ask me, why another startup event?, here is the core philosophy behind the event:
Focus on Business – Over the last three years, we all have seen great products not going anywhere. Some of the companies who became the next hype,...
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46.Morpheus announces dates for next batch. To invest 5 L per startup (www.venturewoods.org)
Its really good to see a bunch of active initiatives and discussions around providing support to the young entrepreneurs who are just getting started.
My firm, The Morpheus (previously morpheus venture partners) is one such initiative. The Morpheus is ... -
47.DreamCatchers! Call to Action (www.venturewoods.org)
I am very grateful to you all for the response to my previous article: Funding for Real Innovation in India ! Unavailable. Many of you wrote to me as well as extended action/offers to the DCE AUV team. What was however in my opinion the best outcome, h...
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48.GrowVC - community angel investing (www.venturewoods.org)
Interesting concept here - www.growvc.com - entrepreneurs can now raise money from the community, kiva style. And they can invest their money into other startups to diversify their risk. With some strong on-ground facilitation (and an incentive model f...
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49.Koovs.com - Buy in Group and Get Best Deals (www.venturewoods.org)
Koovs.com is an online platform to find and buy all kind of products at discounted prices.
This service aims to bring people with similar interest together at one place and facilitate them getting the best price from the service provider using the pow...
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50.Building the Green Entrepreneurial Ecosystem city by Indian city (www.venturewoods.org)
“The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. “ This is what President Obama said in his recent State of the Union address. Building the clean energy economy is not easy. Entrepreneurs have to start b...
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