The Economist recently ran a special report on India which was highly informative. I particularly found “A Billion Brains” to be a great summary of the education scene in India. One aspect called out in the article was the humongous skill gap that…
Tag: indianstartups
Is it a good idea to ping an investor via LinkedIn?
I personally think it is worth a shot for an entrepreneur to try reaching a potential venture capital (VC) or angel investor via LinkedIn. Particularly if you can find a mutual contact to provide an introduction. The main benefits of this approach…
Introducing Edustars
Go to the EduStars website Education continues to be an exciting sector for entrepreneurial ventures in India. The following chart shows the extent and frequency of the investments that were made in this sector by Private Equity investors (includi…
SaaS Tools Aimed At Startups
I just got back home after the unpluggd event here in Bangalore. Checked out some really cool demos. I want to highlight some that are trying to solve problems that startups run into and can’t afford expensive solutions. Here are a few such cool S…
Startup Competitions – How Do They Help?
Recently, I had the chance to be one of the judges at a startup competition. After the event, I was thinking through whether these competitions are helpful to the participating startups and if so how. Overall, my conclusion is that these competiti…
Investing in Education – MIT Enterprise Forum Event
I had the pleasure of participating in the MIT Enterprise Forum Bangalore’s kick-off event last night. The topic for the night was “Education”. The event was well attended and it was great to see the entrepreneurial energy and excitement among the…
Do we need an Angieslist in India?
I was reading Ashish Sinha’s experience using various online classified/listing services (you can read it here) and have to confess I had a similar bad experience over the past 10 days. I will share the story and the learnings below. But, this who…
Employee Equity Allocation
Employee Equity Allocation I get this question often (and was asked again today). I wanted to include links to two really good posts (that I point entrepreneurs too) on this topic that are relevant to startups around the globe. The first is by Fre…
Amazing Indian Entrepreneurs
Now that India has reached the top of the rankings in all forms of cricket (One day, Test and T20) after the splendid cricket world-cup victory last Saturday, I’m sufferring from acute CWS (cricket withdrawal syndrome). To take my mind off cricket…