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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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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world? How big is the market for Muslim-friendly products and services? A key point to note here is that developing halal products doesn’t limit a company from cross-selling to non-Muslims.

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Transportation, On-Demand And The Asian Economy – Asian Horizons

YoungUpstarts

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, India and some other countries have been privy to the on-demand bubble, so to speak. While Uber has had several problems with both, governments and passenger based complaints, Grab decided to improve on both fronts. Co-operation and Synergy. It also equally focuses on improving their drivers’ lifestyles.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India. In addition to entrepreneurship, she has a background in chemical engineering, supply chain management, biomedical engineering research, microbiology research, and new product development for U.S. and Indian companies.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

Over the next few decades, this young cohort would comprise a rising proportion of citizens in Asia (31%-40% in Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan, and more than 51% in Malaysia, Philippines, India and Indonesia). 2005 to Today: Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, Government Specific, etc. Macro Trend 4: Emergence of the Third Platform.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

So the product development team was busy creating lots of split-tests for lots of hypotheses. That’s causing the Product Owner and team to spend more time with each other reviewing the results of experiments, which is allowing them to learn and iterate much faster. They’ve learned to see this waste.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – January 2014

VC Cafe

INDIA AND ISRAEL TO SET UP $40 MILLION FUND FOR JOINT VENTURES. India and Israel recently announced plans to set up a $40 million fund to support joint technological ventures. The company is privately held, and half owned by the Kibbutz. The company’s factory will remain at its present kibbutz location, located near Afula.