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Sampad Swain explores Marketing, Social Media and Technology trends, strategies and its impact on Business, Culture & us

33 Percent SEBI-registered VCs are Currently Inactive- Beats Me!

April 14, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: India, Random Thoughts

This might have missed under our radar but it surprised me when I read the news!
1/3 of total Sebi-registered VCs are currently inactive. On top of that, almost half of the funds are not active investors.
It beats me since it was always said (from mainstream to online tech gurus) that now is the right time when [...]

StumbleUpon Status Quo – Startup Again!

April 14, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Industry News, Web 2.0

Report came sometime back that StumbleUpon, the social bookmarking site has stumbled out of its parent company, Ebay. StumbleUpon which was a subsidiary of eBay for the last two years, today returns to being an independent company. It was taken over by the auction giant in 2007 for $75 million.

Infact, it was predicted sometime [...]

Google Enters VC-Land with *Google Ventures*; Good Idea or Killer Way to Kill Competition!

March 31, 2009 By: Sampad Swain Category: Industry News, Tech 2.0

Google finally launched their Venture Capital arm named *Google Ventures* which was rumored for quite sometime now.

But some (including me) are seeing this with a hint of skepticism both for Google as well as start ups. One of the primary reason being *Conflict of Interest* which can act as a hindrance to burgeoning start [...]

The Purpose Driven Web

November 12, 2008 By: Sampad Swain Category: Random Thoughts, Web 2.0

Al Gore – Oscar-winning movie director, venture capitalist, money manager, book author, cable television mogul and Nobel laureate has a thing or two to share in his recent Web 2.0 summit in San Fransisco. He mentioned about Web 2.0 and more importantly that “Web 2.0 should have a purpose“.
Now thats the question I want [...]

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