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In India, Niche Consumer Internet Business Models will Thrive more than GOOGs or AMZNs

November 22, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Entrepreneurship, India, Venture Capital

In India, I think we will see more of standalone niche consumer internet business models rather than the next Google or Amazon in the immediate future.
Let me give you a prologue before you think I’m too cocky to state that. Yes, some might think that. But for them, what the heck – you can always [...]

Deal Or No-Deal:Indian VC Investment Dilemma

October 15, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Random Thoughts, Venture Capital

I just read this article by Rajesh Jain where he pointed out an important aspect of Indian venture capital investment and entrepreneurship. He pointed out that missing strings in Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem are the first two stages of the investment pipeline: Angel investor and 1st round investor.

What is the Best Way To Launch An Internet Startup?

September 16, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Entrepreneurship, Strategy

I was just checking some of the demo presentations from TechCrunch50 and was wondering about couple of important things at hand for all startups. One of them is “What is the best way to launch?” My timing could not have been right since I just read a very similar article in Wall Street Journo which [...]

Must Watch- Indian TechCrunch50 Finalist ‘iMo’

September 16, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Uncategorized

This is one heck of product demo that I’ve seen in a long long time. While watching TechCrunch50, I guess I missed this one. BTW, one more interesting fact – the demo I’m talking about is given by the an Indian startup called iMo @ TC50 this year which developed an iPhone/iTouch app that transforms your [...]

Why Can’t India Produce $GOOGs or $AAPLs?

August 16, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: India, Random Thoughts, Venture Capital

I’ll start off this post with this note from one of VCCircle’s off-late post on “Will Indian Produce a Google” where Mohanjit Jolly, Executive Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India posted his comments about the state of Indian VC investments and where is Indian entrepreneurship heading.
He noted that:

India will see birth of new billion dollar companies [...]

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