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Observations from my trip to India

Version One Ventures

I just returned from a weeklong trip to India, having spent a few days each in Delhi and Bangalore to meet with local entrepreneurs and investors. Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. I had only a few connections in India before this trip.

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- From personal experience. My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries. We felt that we should be the brand to share this wealth of knowledge from India to the world.

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Make the Market Work for You: Pick an Industry, Not a Job

Reid Hoffman

Good entrepreneurs are realists. The best entrepreneurs cultivate both being practical and idealistic. Entrepreneurs and investors are always on the lookout for industries, sectors, and product categories that seem poised for unstoppable growth. They don’t start on Day 1 with a moon shot.

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Beauty On Demand

YoungUpstarts

Serial entrepreneur Samar Singla is the founder of Click Labs , a technology solution provider with 5+ years of industry experience in developing enterprise grade solutions with focus on mobility. Click Labs excels in product development outsourcing in general and building On Demand platforms in particular.

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Gust Startup Trend Map

Gust

Gust is thrilled to have nearly 7,000 new entrepreneurs creating startup profiles each month. To help us visualize the scale and global reach of these entrepreneurs we have put together a monthly startup map, which captures all new startup profiles on Gust. Attention startup enthusiasts! Take a look below! "

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I don’t miss the silicon valley (and you shouldn’t either)

The Startup Toolkit

Entrepreneurs worldwide suspect the grass is greener in San Francisco. 25% during product development. 60% are for revenue generating companies with a sellable product. 10% goes to profitable companies ready to grow (this data is for the US & UK; the same chart for China & India is skewed way to the right).

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

ReadWriteStart

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. LetsGiftIt.

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