Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. Lots of it.

Technical Review 362

Technical Review America Partner United States 362

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I realized that this was an opportunity to solve a huge problem for an entire generation of parents and their kids using technology. Thanks to Jen Ohlson, Interactive Health Technologies ! #5- My expertise in product development and project management came after working as a consultant in many industries.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 145

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

With men and women increasingly investing in beauty services to get their groove on in today’s globalized world of style and luxury, a beauty on demand app would terminate the one thing people cannot afford despite needing the next-gen trendy haircut – TIME. The stylist review serves as an internal archive that signals the quality of demand.

Demand 138

Demand Software Review Technical Review SMS 138

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9) , Mumbai (April 16) , and Pune (April 17). Next Jigar Doshi, also from Chennai, India, pitched 3gSimplified , in effect, a comparative shopping solution for mobile plans, which are apparently quite complex in the Indian market.

India 119

India Guerilla Entrepreneur New Zealand 119

Board Effect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Amnesty International combined AI technology with crowdfunding to establish an army of digital volunteers who detect online abuse against women, in a project called Troll Patrol. Ensuring Ethical AI Strategies Some common ethical considerations have come to light as AI technology has evolved. Boards must be concerned with data privacy.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Government ChatGPT 52

techland.time.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Politics World Business Tech Health Science Entertainment Style Sports Opinion Photos Magazine Video LIFE.com Lists TIME Home. Reviews & Features. The New TIME.com: A Responsive Global News Site. 22, TIME.com becomes the first global news site to roll out a fully responsive redesign optimized for mobile and tablet browsing.

Global 68

Global Technical Review Minnesota RSS 68

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

Africa 106

Africa India Bangladesh United States 106

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

I was watching my favorite show on TV this morning – GPS (Global Public Square) with Fareed Zakaria. The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US.

Pakistan 150

Pakistan Technical Review Iran Russia 150

Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. 2- More due to uncertainty. Due to the pandemic a lot of people lost their jobs and because of that, people have been forced to look outside of the box — to go beyond of their comfort zone.

Entrepreneur 136

Entrepreneur Technical Review Security Demand 136

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

During today's roundtable, we opened the session with a discussion of the existential crisis in media and how talented bloggers and journalists are facing a tough time sustaining themselves due to lack of business models. The hosts were Girish Joshi of Microsoft India and 1M/1M Ambassadors, Praveen Karoshi, Rajesh Nair and Thejas Gupta.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Affiliate 115

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. While Facebook’s numbers have grown, internet usage (now mostly mobile even in developed markets) continues to evolve in a pace that rivals innovation in the past.

India 107

India North America Ukraine Silicon Valley 107

thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Block.one’s relatively small fine given its massive raise, in my view, is not too dissimilar from the small fines that tech giants Facebook, Google and others have paid due to privacy violations. Second, they can sever reliance on reserve currencies like the US dollar, a practice that now engulfs global trade.

SEC 56

SEC Technical Review Germany France 56

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. The concept, if technically as compelling as it sounds, could become a standard in building safety all over the world.

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. Other discussions on India's need for product companies have also been equally controversial. I like this business very much, and believe it can be a large, and important company.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur India Technical Review Los Angeles 118

thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. There were some debates at the MIT conference on where we were in blockchain development vs the internet (is it 1960’s or 1990’s?).

Finance 53

Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 53

Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

For start-ups looking to achieve leadership positions in emerging and highly competitive global markets, it makes sense to prioritize speed over efficiency in the face of uncertainty. John’s top-line OKR in Speed and Scale is to contain global warming to no more than an increase of 1.5 Then, there’s climate change.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Green Nigeria .Net 28

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Daniel expects SharePoint's cloud based solution provider eco-system to develop over the next few years. He wants to provide both a branded app store and white-labeled stores for developers to put on their respective sites. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book.

Spain 115

Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

Last week, a chart in the Wall Street Journal listed private companies globally that have raised capital at $1 billion-plus valuations from venture capital firms. Some, such as Chinese mobile company Xiaomi, were founded less than five years ago while others such as Good Technology have been around for more than a decade.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. And yet, most regional development efforts are still floundering - at best, moving slowly, and not very surely - and we need to understand why.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Ireland India Entrepreneur 124

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Today she is operating at a 30,000 feet level, and I am concerned that unless she gets down to earth and develops more granular and specific strategies, she will not get anywhere. Then Dhana Cohen pitched TheNextBigZing.com where she has collected various merchants with video reviews of products. TheNextBigZing.com.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

thebarefootvc

JULY 13, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. There were some debates at the MIT conference on where we were in blockchain development vs the internet (is it 1960’s or 1990’s?).

Finance 40

Finance Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Internet 40

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

Artificial Inteligence 138

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 138

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs.

Czech Republic 99

Czech Republic Russia San Jose Europe 99

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Vin proposes to build a restaurant search, reviews and ratings site for the Malaysian market catering both to tourists and locals. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally. That sounds great.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We see a lot of businesses that can be characterized as social enterprises, ranging from education to rural development businesses. While there may be initial grants that launch businesses and get them off the ground, philosophically, we believe that a model of self-sustaining development is the key to a stable global economic system.

India 116

India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2015

While today’s generation may be relatively prosperous, the country’s one child policy is beginning to take its toll; smaller numbers of the next generation will have to support a much more massive pool of aging citizens just like in the so-called developed countries. Explosion in technology. . What can we do?

Mozambique 100

Mozambique Ethiopia Tanzania Bangladesh 100

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We’ll ask some basic questions to help you “plan globally and market locally.”. Localization, especially in the digital context, includes everything involved in making a global site appear appealing, understandable, and persuasive to a local audience. Approach expanding in this order — Localization, internationalization, globalization.

Global 121

Global Technical Review Software Review Audience 121

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

And over time, I envision that eco-system after eco-system around the world would learn how to use this program to do effective and precise entrepreneurship development, not spray and pray, which is largely what goes on today, with huge amount of resources being wasted. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt.

Costa Rica 114

Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Resource scarcity leads to innovation — as those of us who have lived and worked in the developing world are acutely aware. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

Africa 40

Africa India Bangladesh United States 40

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. Discuss.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

This growth is due, in large part, to an aging U.S. To date, North America has dominated the home health care global marketplace due mainly to a more sophisticated health care infrastructure and more resources committed to research and development. Technological upkeep and maintenance. population. percent by 2030.

North America 95

North America United States Technical Review America 95

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Socioclean already has about 25,000 users, and has good interest from a dozen colleges and universities who want to offer white label solutions through their career development offices. The missing piece is getting reviewed by campus blogs and newspapers, which I advised Chris to look into. I like these two strategies. Discuss.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

This beta customer list includes the who's who of the tech business, and 1M/1M is very proud to continue hosting a monthly Stanzr event on an ongoing basis. It turns out a large number of consumers out there do not have dental insurance, so these special offers, reviews and ratings matter to them. I thought that was brilliant.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. However, 1M/1M is a development economics project. Globally, this is a much larger number. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Obviously, none of us can accurately determine what the future will hold, but thanks to globalization, rapid advances in the scientific and technological sectors, and a very connected online world ( among other things ), change is happening faster than ever before. And in the 21st century, it will take China and India just 15 years.

Small Business 60

Small Business Artificial Inteligence Demand Technical Review 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115