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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

They don’t feel the need to do a deal in NYC today, India next week, SF the following. I know that I had things easier as a new VC because I came into the business in 2007 when the market was frenzied like today but an order-of-magnitude less so and the world wasn’t living in public.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral. Think Sergey Brin, the Russian-born co-founder of Google, or Vinod Khosla, the India-born co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Irony, hey?).

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3 Cost-Saving Tips for Your Business Website

The Startup Magazine

Weebly : Since its inception in 2007, Weebly has remained popular as website builder with small businesses. Agencies in the Philippines, India, and other countries with a lower cost of living offer wide range of services, from web designing to content writing and marketing. They also offer free and secure online web hosting.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Appirio is one such company that jumped on this trend way back in 2007 and has now built a significant company in that space. Rajeev wants to build a BPO firm in a place called Bolpur in West Bengal, India. Sequoia has financed them. Next, Rajeev Pareek discussed his rural BPO idea. Photo by thesaint.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Collison co-founded Auctomatic in 2007 when he was a teenager. Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. Source: Pexels.

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Dhingana.com – Streaming Site And App For Indian Music

YoungUpstarts

When it comes to entertainment, India’s more known for Bollywood and its movies far more than its music. The service, launched in 2007, reached 11 million users worldwide – with 3 million from the United States – and has recently launched an advertising platform to help brands reach the Indian diaspora around the world.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007. For 2019, finalists come from Australia, India, Sweden, France, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and the UK. The Awards ceremony has always been a highlight of the event for me, even well before I took the helm.