I am visiting India and will be in Pune from Tuesday 7th Feb for about 10 days. Folks: I run Tandem Entrepreneurs, a mobile accelerator in San Francisco Bay Area. I would be happy to meet with a few entrepreneurs if you want to use me as a sounding board. At Tandem we work with 6 companies at a time. We invests $200k in each mobile startup and works closely with the team for an initial 6-month period. MORE
Ran across a facsinating article this morning in Mail Online India. The actual products are interesting, but what strikes me about this at a different level is that India might be a hotbed for new innovation. MORE
New Delhi, India. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Social/Mobile Platforms have Changed the Game in the US (but not India yet). WATBlog India. NextWala. MORE
I authored this article for Inc Feb 2011 issue. The underlying strength of growing markets and entrepreneurial talent make growth of venture capital a foregone conclusion - the questions lie more around how it will take shape… Would love your thoughts! Inc feb 2011 -alok mittal - venture capital. View more documents from Alok Mittal. Ecosystem MORE
Fortune has raised a firestorm with its cover showing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as Lord Vishnu, a revered Hindu deity. Others don’t like the word “invade” in the title because it smacks of colonialism. After Charlie Hebdo, it is surprising. Globalization and Technology MORE
New Delhi, India. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Social/Mobile Platforms have Changed the Game in the US (but not India yet). WATBlog India. NextWala. MORE
Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra describes where India could be – or should be 10 years down the road. Sramana’s Vision India 2020 is an entrepreneurial utopia, as well as a personal and intellectual futuristic autobiography. MORE
Although relatively few Israeli startups are focused on India, the market dynamics driving its mobile sector are worth a closer look. From a modest $200 million in bi-lateral trade in 1992 (when diplomatic relations were established), India-Israeli trade surpassed $6 billion in 2012-13. MORE
Sumanth posted this comment on my earlier post regarding 2013 predictions for startup ecosystem in India. I write this post as one member of angel investment community in India. His question was direct - “I have heard that VCs have stopped backing ecommerce companies in India. ” I tried explaining to him that Canaan is still keen to look at exceptional ecommerce companies, but this question captured the state and issues with angel investments in India. MORE
He recently founded The Startup Centre , an India-based accelerator for early stage start-ups, and also a hub for initiatives related to tech, design and entrepreneurship. We communicated with Anand who kindly shared with us his thoughts on the start-up scene in India. MORE
India has been synonymous with IT services for a while. India''s status as a global IT services hub is well-known. Why Starting Up in India Is So Hard The problem is not that India is lacking for talented technologists making innovative products, Sharma says. MORE
2011 has been an eventful year for venture capital in India - perhaps a record year in terms of overall volume of financing. Public markets were choppy throughout the year in India, and globally in the latter half. Happy 2012 to all readers. More importantly, traditional growth equity firms stepped in and provided later stage support to venture backed companies, which augers well for entrepreneurs and venture industry. MORE
Mark Sofer, the Israeli ambassador to India, has left his role optimistic that economic ties between the two countries will accelerate. The goal of the ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiation between India and Israel is to raise trade to $15 billion per year between the two countries by 2015. MORE
The Facebook CEO expressed support for an Indian government initiative that aligns with Internet.org's drive to bring internet to rural areas MORE
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this weekend, with stops planned at Facebook, Google, and Tesla. Entrepreneurs are hoping the trip inspires Modi to be more supportive of startups back home MORE
First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. MORE
In 2013, India stands at a point where the compass of its destiny is, once again, in its own hands. Among them, the two fastest-growing will be China (8.1%) and India (5.9%), versus the US (2.5%) and the Euro area (0.8%). The median age in India is 25.1, MORE
Overall, India's economy struggles with corruption and over-regulation. But India is not just one economy. It scores high on regulation of business--labor laws, for example, are among the most reasonable for entrepreneurs in India. MORE
Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, is the third most populous city in India. Here's why the lush, sprawling metropolis is a thriving hub for startup activity MORE
Professionalisms business law India intellectual property intellectual property rights legal protection Navarre Royby Navarre Roy , Senior Associate with Selvam and Selvam. MORE
This past week, I visited India for the second time, and while work brought me there (keynote speech), I in part agreed to do it because I wanted to have a second go-around as a tourist in this massive, complex, important country. India in 2006 kicked my ass. MORE
India has been abuzz with startup activity -- here's what you should know MORE
They face difficult situations in understanding and comprehending the Compensation Bench marking, hiring practices & success, Performance expectations Vs. Output etc., - Right Person but Wrong Job: Rightly many organisations deploy an Imported Indian(Indian side) to run the business when they acquire a stake in or a business in India. This presents a significant challenge for this Manager deployed in India to run the business. MORE
Policy seems to have adopted the belief that growth is a given; that India is so attractive for capital that no matter what the policymakers do, capital will continue to flood the country. India still has to deliver 30 years of super normal growth for the aam aadmi to win. Rupee touched a long time low yesterday. For all the talk about “no intervention”, the worry marks are visible amongst regulators. MORE
Annupama Chandrasekaran of Livemint.com offers us an inside look at India’s some of India’s student entrepreneurs and their firms. Welcome to India’s student start-ups—companies founded by people in graduate and postgraduate schools across the country. Moreover, Mint will be doing a series on student entrepreneurs in India throughout April and May. Business Plans & Competitions Campus as Market Campus Eco-System Entrepreneurship Programs Students Indi MORE
On June 1946, at Buckingham Palace, a little kid born in Vizhupanoor in 1898 and who spent his early childhood in Watrap (both places now part of the Virudhunagar district in Southern India) became Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan for his scientific contributions. MORE
Recently, impact investing in India has been taking center stage in the news. Interestingly, in India socially focused ventures are attracting large numbers of young entrepreneurs. Ecosystem Entrepreneur Incubator india innovation venture capital MORE
Lo and behold, Internet growth is stagnating if you take out India. India still is at only 27% Internet penetration so there’s a lot of growth opportunity. Here’s the full report with a detailed look into India and China trends too. MORE
Say you’ve worked and socialized with Indians for the last ten or fifteen years in America – does it help you to understand what India is about when you travel over there for a business trip? That is, in a nutshell, what Anand Giridharadas’ s India Calling is about. MORE
Taking place on October 12, 2011 at JW Marriott in Mumbai, India, the Cloud Computing World Forum India is a free-to-attend event and will feature all of the key players within the cloud computing and SaaS market providing an introduction, discussion and look into the future for the ICT industry. Young Upstarts is a Cloud Computing World Forum India media partner. Events & Happenings cloud computing Cloud Computing World Foum India India SaaS software-as-a-service MORE
One Infosysian, as the company’s employees are called in India’s tech circles, however pointed us someplace beyond all these voices. The birth of India’s outsourcing stigma. Enter India. India needs better technological training. In June this year, N.R. MORE
E-commerce is getting huge in India – according to industry watchers, the industry is expected to grow a compound annual growth rate of 57 per cent and is likely to reach US$34.2 Ideaspotting cultural products e-commerce India online retail ShopAtPlaces.com MORE
The first reason is the emergence of key investment themes which could redefine the complexion of technology ventures in India. Next on the rung is mobile application startups – given the large base of mobile consumers in India, and the nature of India as a mobile-first market, innovation in mobile applications could also lead to global leaders in the space. Such a stream of exits provides increasing validation to viability of venture capital in India. MORE
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). from Chennai, India, as well, discussed Report Bee , a data visualization solution for schools around report cards and student performance. MORE
The interesting part is that this is the handiwork of a 17-year old with no business knowledge whatsoever living in India — a land that was nowhere on the product map a decade ago. And more so, when you are sitting in India trying to sell to Fortune 500 companies around the world. MORE
Planning Commission has just released this report - Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India. Hopefully, the report is implemented well and sets the road map for putting entrepreneurship on steroids - one of the few routes that I believe can truly propel India forward. Creating a vibrant Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India from Alok Mittal. MORE
boasts 23 million small businesses; with 48 million India has more than twice as many, but securing financing is an issue The U.S. MORE
Their startup scene is thriving. Money MORE
Investment firm WestBridge Capital has raised India’s first so-called evergreen fund from global investors, or limited partners (LPs). Ecosystem evergreen india VC WestbridgeInteresting. Unlike traditional funds, the $500 million (around Rs 2,500 crore) corpus that WestBridge has raised will not have an investment cycle. Instead, returns generated on investments will automatically be ploughed back into the investment pool, creating a perpetual flow of capital for investments. MORE
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
This past week, I visited India for the second time, and while work brought me there (keynote speech), I in part agreed to do it because I wanted to have a second go-around as a tourist in this massive, complex, important country. India in 2006 kicked my ass.
Grade A Entrepreneurs
MARCH 7, 2010
Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra describes where India could be – or should be 10 years down the road. Sramana’s Vision India 2020 is an entrepreneurial utopia, as well as a personal and intellectual futuristic autobiography.
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
MARCH 16, 2012
Ran across a facsinating article this morning in Mail Online India. The actual products are interesting, but what strikes me about this at a different level is that India might be a hotbed for new innovation.
VentureWoods
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
I am visiting India and will be in Pune from Tuesday 7th Feb for about 10 days. Folks: I run Tandem Entrepreneurs, a mobile accelerator in San Francisco Bay Area. I would be happy to meet with a few entrepreneurs if you want to use me as a sounding board. At Tandem we work with 6 companies at a time. We invests $200k in each mobile startup and works closely with the team for an initial 6-month period.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
One Infosysian, as the company’s employees are called in India’s tech circles, however pointed us someplace beyond all these voices. The birth of India’s outsourcing stigma. Enter India. India needs better technological training. In June this year, N.R.
NextWala
MARCH 1, 2012
New Delhi, India. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Social/Mobile Platforms have Changed the Game in the US (but not India yet). WATBlog India. NextWala.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 8, 2016
In India, entrepreneurship has taken different forms than it has in the U.S. The economy, society, and culture are different, and these factors drive business and entrepreneurship
Inc Startups
AUGUST 31, 2015
Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka, is the third most populous city in India. Here's why the lush, sprawling metropolis is a thriving hub for startup activity
VentureWoods
DECEMBER 11, 2013
The first reason is the emergence of key investment themes which could redefine the complexion of technology ventures in India. Next on the rung is mobile application startups – given the large base of mobile consumers in India, and the nature of India as a mobile-first market, innovation in mobile applications could also lead to global leaders in the space. Such a stream of exits provides increasing validation to viability of venture capital in India.
Inc Startups
DECEMBER 21, 2016
India has been abuzz with startup activity -- here's what you should know
Inc Startups
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
The Facebook board member defended colonialism in a now-deleted tweet on Tuesday evening
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 7, 2013
E-commerce is getting huge in India – according to industry watchers, the industry is expected to grow a compound annual growth rate of 57 per cent and is likely to reach US$34.2 Ideaspotting cultural products e-commerce India online retail ShopAtPlaces.com
deal architect
JANUARY 23, 2016
Fortune has raised a firestorm with its cover showing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as Lord Vishnu, a revered Hindu deity. Others don’t like the word “invade” in the title because it smacks of colonialism. After Charlie Hebdo, it is surprising. Globalization and Technology
VentureWoods
JULY 19, 2013
Recently, impact investing in India has been taking center stage in the news. Interestingly, in India socially focused ventures are attracting large numbers of young entrepreneurs. Ecosystem Entrepreneur Incubator india innovation venture capital
VentureWoods
DECEMBER 26, 2012
Sumanth posted this comment on my earlier post regarding 2013 predictions for startup ecosystem in India. I write this post as one member of angel investment community in India. His question was direct - “I have heard that VCs have stopped backing ecommerce companies in India. ” I tried explaining to him that Canaan is still keen to look at exceptional ecommerce companies, but this question captured the state and issues with angel investments in India.
VentureWoods
APRIL 6, 2012
They face difficult situations in understanding and comprehending the Compensation Bench marking, hiring practices & success, Performance expectations Vs. Output etc., - Right Person but Wrong Job: Rightly many organisations deploy an Imported Indian(Indian side) to run the business when they acquire a stake in or a business in India. This presents a significant challenge for this Manager deployed in India to run the business.
VentureWoods
AUGUST 27, 2012
Planning Commission has just released this report - Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India. Hopefully, the report is implemented well and sets the road map for putting entrepreneurship on steroids - one of the few routes that I believe can truly propel India forward. Creating a vibrant Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India from Alok Mittal.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Mark Sofer, the Israeli ambassador to India, has left his role optimistic that economic ties between the two countries will accelerate. The goal of the ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiation between India and Israel is to raise trade to $15 billion per year between the two countries by 2015.
Ben Casnocha: The Blog
AUGUST 21, 2012
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind…has most deeply pondered over the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions to some of them which well deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant — I should point to India.
Grade A Entrepreneurs
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Say you’ve worked and socialized with Indians for the last ten or fifteen years in America – does it help you to understand what India is about when you travel over there for a business trip? That is, in a nutshell, what Anand Giridharadas’ s India Calling is about.
Inc Startups
DECEMBER 16, 2013
India has been synonymous with IT services for a while. India''s status as a global IT services hub is well-known. Why Starting Up in India Is So Hard The problem is not that India is lacking for talented technologists making innovative products, Sharma says.
VentureWoods
NOVEMBER 22, 2011
Policy seems to have adopted the belief that growth is a given; that India is so attractive for capital that no matter what the policymakers do, capital will continue to flood the country. India still has to deliver 30 years of super normal growth for the aam aadmi to win. Rupee touched a long time low yesterday. For all the talk about “no intervention”, the worry marks are visible amongst regulators.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 25, 2011
Taking place on October 12, 2011 at JW Marriott in Mumbai, India, the Cloud Computing World Forum India is a free-to-attend event and will feature all of the key players within the cloud computing and SaaS market providing an introduction, discussion and look into the future for the ICT industry. Young Upstarts is a Cloud Computing World Forum India media partner. Events & Happenings cloud computing Cloud Computing World Foum India India SaaS software-as-a-service
Grade A Entrepreneurs
MAY 12, 2012
On June 1946, at Buckingham Palace, a little kid born in Vizhupanoor in 1898 and who spent his early childhood in Watrap (both places now part of the Virudhunagar district in Southern India) became Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan for his scientific contributions.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 7, 2013
In 2013, India stands at a point where the compass of its destiny is, once again, in its own hands. Among them, the two fastest-growing will be China (8.1%) and India (5.9%), versus the US (2.5%) and the Euro area (0.8%). The median age in India is 25.1,
Inc Startups
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
The Facebook CEO expressed support for an Indian government initiative that aligns with Internet.org's drive to bring internet to rural areas
Inc Startups
JUNE 19, 2017
Their startup scene is thriving. Money
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MAY 26, 2017
The turmoil is a complicated matter and not untimely or unexpected.
NextWala
JANUARY 27, 2012
New Delhi, India. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Indias Mobile Apps & Services Industry is in a Slump. Anu Anand on Social/Mobile Platforms have Changed the Game in the US (but not India yet). WATBlog India. NextWala.
VentureWoods
JANUARY 1, 2012
2011 has been an eventful year for venture capital in India - perhaps a record year in terms of overall volume of financing. Public markets were choppy throughout the year in India, and globally in the latter half. Happy 2012 to all readers. More importantly, traditional growth equity firms stepped in and provided later stage support to venture backed companies, which augers well for entrepreneurs and venture industry.
Brandanew
JUNE 1, 2017
Lo and behold, Internet growth is stagnating if you take out India. India still is at only 27% Internet penetration so there’s a lot of growth opportunity. Here’s the full report with a detailed look into India and China trends too.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 14, 2013
Overall, India's economy struggles with corruption and over-regulation. But India is not just one economy. It scores high on regulation of business--labor laws, for example, are among the most reasonable for entrepreneurs in India.
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). from Chennai, India, as well, discussed Report Bee , a data visualization solution for schools around report cards and student performance.
VentureWoods
MARCH 8, 2011
I authored this article for Inc Feb 2011 issue. The underlying strength of growing markets and entrepreneurial talent make growth of venture capital a foregone conclusion - the questions lie more around how it will take shape… Would love your thoughts! Inc feb 2011 -alok mittal - venture capital. View more documents from Alok Mittal. Ecosystem
Campus Entrepreneurship
APRIL 24, 2011
Annupama Chandrasekaran of Livemint.com offers us an inside look at India’s some of India’s student entrepreneurs and their firms. Welcome to India’s student start-ups—companies founded by people in graduate and postgraduate schools across the country. Moreover, Mint will be doing a series on student entrepreneurs in India throughout April and May. Business Plans & Competitions Campus as Market Campus Eco-System Entrepreneurship Programs Students Indi
YoungUpstarts
MAY 14, 2015
Professionalisms business law India intellectual property intellectual property rights legal protection Navarre Royby Navarre Roy , Senior Associate with Selvam and Selvam.
Inc Startups
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this weekend, with stops planned at Facebook, Google, and Tesla. Entrepreneurs are hoping the trip inspires Modi to be more supportive of startups back home
VentureWoods
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Investment firm WestBridge Capital has raised India’s first so-called evergreen fund from global investors, or limited partners (LPs). Ecosystem evergreen india VC WestbridgeInteresting. Unlike traditional funds, the $500 million (around Rs 2,500 crore) corpus that WestBridge has raised will not have an investment cycle. Instead, returns generated on investments will automatically be ploughed back into the investment pool, creating a perpetual flow of capital for investments.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 27, 2015
boasts 23 million small businesses; with 48 million India has more than twice as many, but securing financing is an issue The U.S.
ReadWriteStart
MARCH 10, 2011
First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India.
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