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The Market cap, revenue & profit correlations of top technology companies 25 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
Fortune has a post on the “market cap” problem for Steve Ballmer. During the period from Jan 7th 2000 to Aug 23rd 2013 here is the change in market capitalization of the top technology companies. 1. ...
On generosity, selflessness and bias towards action 23 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm
I dont quite know how to separate my public, business and private life. I treat all of the people I know as friends. I got that from my mom. She is the most privately public person I know. On Tuesday...
Why it is awesome to start a company when there’s a downturn 22 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
Over the last few days a slew of bad news on the economic front (falling currency, stock market tumbles) has had many entrepreneurs and folks in the press ask me if they should put off their entrepren...
Outcome based ownership – an Accelerator model for the future 19 Aug 2013 | 09:22 am
While accelerators have helped nearly twice the number of companies grow and start, there are still many questions about the value they provide to a startup. Which is why I see a dramatic change happe...
How to apply MapReduce() to your #startup #funding process 15 Aug 2013 | 06:54 am
MapReduce comprises of 2 parts – Map() - filtering and sorting and Reduce () performs a summary operation. The “MapReduce System” orchestrates by marshalling the distributed servers, running the vari...
Accelerators have supported twice the number of entrepreneurs to the Indian startup ecosystem 13 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
I have been researching the data from Thomson Reuters to understand the optics of the accelerator business in India. There are 37 accelerators we track, who give a little seed money and take a percent...
A/B testing your email messages 10 Aug 2013 | 09:28 am
I have about 30,000 friends who follow my blog on email, and the open rate is about 8% (which according to Mailchimp is very low) on each blog post. Besides this I have another 9,500 friends and acqua...
How the risk appetite of entrepreneurs affects their exits in Silicon Valley, India and Africa 9 Aug 2013 | 09:59 am
I run this fun experiment each time at most events I speak at. I ran is again yesterday at the CII event yesterday in Bangalore. The experiment is to gauge the risk appetite among entrepreneurs. It is...
Where is analytics headed in 2020? An insight gathered from 25 top #startups 1 Aug 2013 | 09:53 am
The most amazing part of my job is that I get to learn from the smartest entrepreneurs in the world. I cant think of too many people who get a chance to talk to 3 entrepreneurs via video conference in...
Which universities produce the most #startups in #India? 30 Jul 2013 | 07:30 am
It is not uncommon to see most startups have founders from IIT and other top schools in India. I wanted to only take a look at the funded startups (Yes, that funding is not a guarantee of success is n...
