Barcamp now in bangalore and yes I am going to be there 🙂 Dates are yet to be finalized, most probably a date in may.More
Hyderabad vs Bangalore
This seems to be the hot topic for discussion everywhere these days – TV, print media, board rooms of MNCs, lunch tables in IT companies, blogs – just about everywhere. Semi-conductor fab plant setup and the visit of President Bush’s happening in hyderabad instead of bangalore this chatter has accentuated to a whole new level.…More
Talk on “Open standards and open source”
Attended a talk yesterday on open source and open standards by Dr. Bob Sutor who is the VP of standards and open source at IBM. He is evangelizing open source and open standards in a pretty big way. Open source is one of those often discussed and debated topics all the time and hence I…More
Replication Wars – Naukri vs Bixee
Sooner or later they had to surface in India and here they are: Naukri vs Bixee (Hat tip:- Amit). Replication wars a big business in itself in the valley arising out of ill defined property rights. It does not benefit either of the companies except the lawyers involved whose coffers get filled obscenly. Amit points…More
Barcamp Hyderabad
I had ranted earlier about how cool barcamp would be and my not being able to go to Delhi to attend it, since then a few of us here in hyderabad got together and thought of getting a barcamp organized here in hyderabad and voila we have BarcampHyderabad now :D. We originally thought of having…More
Good Set of Resources
If you from a technical background but want to get a bit of knowledge of the terminologies used in the VC industry and about technology entreprenuership then here is great set of resources. Lectures on Entrprenuership at IIT BombayMore
To All My Geek friends and other Geeks in the World
I had been thinking to write this post for very long and I could pen it finally today. There was a chapter in the book of my life when I was a geek (an undoubted one at that, I can produce proof of it if you want me to 😀 ). It was chapter 4…More
OrangeHues notes on BarcampDelhi
Manu is a Usability expert based out of NCR and he runs an beautifully designed blog called OrangeHues. I thoroughly enjoy his posts, he has that strategic way of analyzing technology which I have never come across any India based technology bloggers in my years of blog reading 🙂 [Ofcourse leave aside Atanu Dey because…More
another startup blog
Snigdha from Business world has started a blog with posts covering topics on startups, angels etc.More
To MBA or not
To MBA or not is a something which hogs the mind space of the 90% of people that I meet with. Here is an interesting ebook that I came across which discussess the pros and cons of an MBA, I am not sure if it will help make any decisions for anybody but nonetheless have…More
Picsquare advertorial
Bear with me for this one piece of advertorial, I am trying to do my two bits to popularize a service launched by two very young dynamic entreprenuers(Karthik and Mansih) whom I met & became friends with a few months ago. Picsquare launches in India with a new look… Introductory India Launch Offer! Get Prints…More
Mauj may have mauj
But only for a short while. Just read this piece of news on contentsutra that mauj had a 10 million round from westbridge, sequoia & intel capital ! I don’t think it’s a news to celebreate. Because the business of mauj(ringtone) has already reached its peak if not started its decline. Also the business model…More
Ideas do matter
I have met many VC’s, listened to many more them in conferences, read even more of VC blogs, one theme that I have seen recurr without fail is the talk of “Ideas do not matter, execution does”. While I don’t deny that execution matters, it matters a hell a lot but Ideas do matter as…More
Barcamp in Delhi
Very Exciting things happening !! A barcamp is being organized in Delhi. If you are new to the terminology then check out Nivi’s post on how barcamp came about. Wish I could go to delhi to attend that :(, I moved out from delhi thinking all technology action is to happen in Hyderabad and Bangalore…More
Tech blog network in India
ITVIDYA is blogging network focussed for technology blogs, a first of its kind in India, I met Ajay Sanghani on monday evening at ISB and we had a pretty interesting discussion about the concept of IVIDYA and how it could lead to an immense value generation. It already has very interesting posts and members as…More
IITians(B) winners of TiE DFJ contest
TiE DFJ organized a national level business plan competition in november last year which had an overwhelming response. Unlike other TiE events the group here was very tightly knit, there were only two sets of people the one who wanted their business proposition funded and the others(VC’s) who wanted to fund businesses. The competition was…More
Invention is a flower, innovation is a weed
John Hagel and Seely Brown have an excellent article in Businessweek on the difference between invention and innovation. The article though written for a general reader is more accessible to people with managerial background. But nonetheless the arguments made in the article are quite excellent.The difference between the two is very favourite subject of mine,…More
a new blog discover
Here is a new blog called startupbangalore that I discovered which might be of interest to those who are planning a startup. Take a look at it, is this the beginning/germination of the startup ecosystem that I keep complaining about. Btw the folks there found me before I found them. Guys/als:Â I appreciate the mention…More
Comeback you will
Was recently talking to Professor at IIIT when he quipped “Comeback you will” and went on to detail it, this phrase really left me pondering over it for quite a while. “For so many years you see the same faces around you and you literally get bored and want to break free out of it.…More
How not to analyze ?
Mobile pundit critiques an article on Number Portability, the article suggests that number portability implementation in India should be delayed as it is not the right time now. While it is true that number portability is not the holy grail solution to competition problems in the telecom industry but nonetheless the arguments in the article…More