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Our Startup Eco-system Needs Founders to Help Founders 9 Aug 2013 | 04:44 pm
(Source: Ron Mader) We are in an early eco-system here in India for technology startups. It is hard to find strategic talent or mentors with experience in product management and marketing, as I have...
The Silent Killers of Startup Growth 30 May 2013 | 04:32 pm
[Published in Mint on May 30, 2013. Here is the link to an abbreviated version of the article on LiveMint.] [Credit: Laurynas Mereckas] Building a startup into a successful high-impact company is not ...
Video: Qubole on GigaOm 30 Apr 2013 | 02:48 pm
Here’s Ashish Thusoo, CEO & founder of big-data-as-a-service company Qubole, speaking with GigaOm: Filed under: B2B, Lightspeed portfolio, Outlets - GigaOm, Video Tagged: analysis, analyst, b2b, big ...
The Inventory vs. Marketplace Model Debate 17 Apr 2013 | 08:48 pm
There has recently been increased discussion, and mainstream press reporting, on the adoption of a ‘marketplace’ model (vs. an inventory model) by e-commerce companies (e.g. these two articles in Mint...
Consumers are Paying for Online Services in India 11 Apr 2013 | 10:19 am
I think there is a lot of potential and hope, especially now, for founders to start online (only) services businesses. Indian consumers seem to be opening up to paying for online B2C services, where p...
Great Mobile User Experiences, Made in India 3 Apr 2013 | 05:17 pm
[Also published on Nextwala] The approach to mobile design and information architecture here in India has been haphazard at best and atrocious at worst. Perhaps this is caused by consumers just being ...
Video: Meena Ganesh of TutorVista at event on Women in Computing 14 Jan 2013 | 02:40 pm
Meena Ganesh, founder of Lightspeed-backed TutorVista spoke at the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India. Here’s the video! Filed under: Education, Lightspeed portfolio, Video Tag...
Video: Indian Energy Exchange at CII Conference 6 Dec 2012 | 01:49 pm
Mr Venkat R Chary, IAS (Retd), Chairman of Lightspeed-backed Indian Energy Exchange Ltd delivered a speech at the CII Southern Regional Power Conference in December 2012. Here’s the video! Filed und...
Economic Times: Incubating two startups was a positive experience 23 Nov 2012 | 12:55 pm
Lightspeed India MD Bejul Somaia was interviewed by Paramita Chatterjee of the Economic Times newspaper about Lightspeed India’s experience with incubating both OneAssist and LimeRoad. Here’s the lin...
The Right Way to Build Mobile-first B2C Startups in India 21 Nov 2012 | 12:09 pm
(Source: kenteegardin) We have been thinking through how to start and build large mobile B2C businesses, with an eye toward the megatrend of mobile that is slowly building here in India. Megatrend-w...
