Articles from VentureWoods

1. ‘India taking leadership in the Cloud’ at the NASSCOM Product Conclave 2010, Bangalore, 10-11th November

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Sep 6 2010)

   Managing a product company is becoming increasingly complex in today’s shrinking world. Product Design and Ideation, Market Fit, Operations, Deliveries, Staffing, Marketing and so on. Where do you begin? And if you’re already in business, how do you scale up? After a tremendously successful event last year, the next edition of the NASSCOM [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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2. NEN Program for Woman Entrepreneurs

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Sep 3 2010)

   Here is an announcement from NEN organization. Please feel free to the below mentioned email Are you a woman entrepreneur who dreams big or do you know of one? If so, this is for you! It is a known fact that most young companies die in the first 4-5 years of their life. This is also the time [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Navigating through M&A

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 29 2010)

   Interesting account of how Backblaze navigated through an M&A discussion, and what to watch out for, read here. (Read Full Article)
   

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4. Early stage entrepreneurs will see huge opportunities

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 26 2010)

   Peerzada has done a great job of reflecting our thoughts on early stage entrepreneurship, and what excites us about the Indian market. Its interesting that while we pride ourselves in being able to leverage our operating experience and help build companies, the best entrepreneurs know enough to run their businesses, and tend to involve us in [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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5. Mobile services for agriculture

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 25 2010) Mobile

   Seems like there is growing interest in mobile information services for farmers. TCS has mKrishi, Intuit had another application to get mandi prices etc, and IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd has a mobile information business with Airtel… Looks like a great application area given the number of farmers out there. The notion also extends to other [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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6. Journalistic over reach - why are we surprised?

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 19 2010)

   Finally we were able to come out and share our perspectives on our investment in Naaptol. Over past few weeks, as the news leaked first in ET, then picked by various blogs; and then a second round in VCCircle, we received several enquiries on the same. I would like to thank media persons who resorted [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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7. Canaan invests in Equitas and Naaptol

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 19 2010)

   Pleased to announce our investment in Equitas, the fastest growing top-10 micro finance company in India; and Naaptol, a leading home shopping business. We are very excited to participate in high-growth consumer services opportunities, with high-caliber entrepreneurial teams. (Read Full Article)
   

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8. A Billion Dollar Indian Internet Company

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 19 2010)

   I have always (after coming into the VC industry) heard the concept of $1 bn company while evaluating early stage businesses. “Can it become a $ 1 bn company?” has been a perpetual question. I always doubted on the concept of $ 1 bn market cap internet company out of India. However; last week [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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9. Launching GrexIt - Your shared email memory

   Explore Article VentureWoods (Aug 17 2010)

   I have been working for the last couple of months building this tool: www.grexit.com. If you use Google Apps for your email, you’ll most likely find it useful. A small description of where we are trying to get at with GrexIt follows (It uses a browser plugin that we currently build only for FF 3.x): This is what [...] (Read Full Article)
   

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10. Join us to learn about the opportunities and success stories of Indian Digital Economy

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 30 2010) Mobile

    More than 300 executives from start-ups, emerging companies and especially those developing mobile, internet applications will converge on New Delhi on the 25th of August for what is the definitive event for an IT start-up in India – the EMERGEOUT Conclave to understand “What it takes to build a successful [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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11. the First Startup Camp @HeadStart Ventures

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 23 2010)

    I am happy to announce the first set of startup workshops from August 20th till the 29th in Bangalore. The agenda is here. The objective is to find startups the HeadStart Ventures team can work with from now on. These will also form the pool of companies the fund that we are setting up can [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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12. Criticality of getting product roadmap right in early stage ventures

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 19 2010)

    This is a cross post from my blog. Thought it might be relevant to share it in this forum. It is common knowledge that the success or failure for a new venture is primarily dependent on three factors – market, product and team. Entrepreneurs are traditionally good at identifying a market need and hence the two potential areas of [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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13. Its time to unveil the Nasscom Emerge 50 for 2010

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 19 2010)

    NASSCOM EMERGE 50 is back – and in a bigger avatar. After the success of last year’s listing, the EMERGE Forum within NASSCOM has begun work in full earnest for the 2010 listing. In addition to last year’s categories of Growth, Markets (non-traditional / domestic), Products, and Services, this year, the [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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14. My experience of raising an Angel fund.

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 18 2010)

    I am an entrepreneur working on my third product venture. I also helped bootstrap one of India’s largest entrepreneurial platforms. In the past 3+ years of interacting with hundreds of startups in India, I found that the three biggest gaps in the ecosystem are - 1. seed capital (anything between Rs 20 lakhs to Rs [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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15. The ‘Cost’ of Facebook Marketing (Wall Street Journal)

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 15 2010) Social Networking

    There are frequent debates in our workshops about whether the time and effort spent on building a Facebook marketing or brand experience is worth it. Is it really positive when it comes to return on investment? Let me walk you through an interesting example [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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16. The Guy who sold 2 Cos. to Flextronics

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 14 2010)

    At Venture Intelligence, we recently did a podcast with K.V. Ramani, Founder of Future Software and Co-Founder of Hughes Software Systems - both of which were acquired by Flextronics in 2004. KVR’s story is a fascinating account of the tribulations and success of an early mover in the Indian software industry, who chose - in [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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17. Startup talks from TED

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 14 2010)

    Read write web has a good compilation of startup talks from TED - enjoy! On the topic, who do you think are the best presenters in startup space in India - on the big stage, not workshops… (Read Full Article)
    

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18. Startup Leadership Program - Inviting applications

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 14 2010)

    We are bringing the startup leadership program to India, starting with delhi. Admission Deadline - July 31, 2010 74 Fellows and counting…in Boston, Silicon Valley and now in Delhi. The Leadership Program is an initiative to groom startup CEOs in their mid-20s to 30s who have demonstrated outstanding potential and achievement, in life sciences, tech, cleantech and [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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19. Tracking Your Company Facebook Page (Wall Street Journal)

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 9 2010) Social Networking

    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, though, will require you to use the right analytics. Your business objectives for [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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20. Mobile Monday Delhi Meetup - 17th July

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jul 4 2010)

    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: When? Saturday 17th of July 2010 Venue: One 97 [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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21. Hemu Ramaiah – Story of an Indian Retail Pioneer

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jun 25 2010)

    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 “Entrevista”) served as a confirmation that a customer facing role is the best start to an [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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22. Why Will People Come to Your Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journal)

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jun 24 2010) Social Networking

    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 first step. After you’ve identified [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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23. How to Build a Great Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journal)

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jun 17 2010) Social Networking

    “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 community, you need [...] (Read Full Article)
    

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24. Agri content business

    Explore Article VentureWoods (Jun 16 2010)

    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 (Read Full Article)
    

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