August 2008
25 posts
“The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright,...”
– Banksy (via ihavegoodtaste)
abhilashr:
Quoting @guykawasaki: “it’s better to have a cool phone that you have to charge everyday than a sucky phone that you can charge once a week”
Well, BRAINLESS Beauty is a TOY forever!!!
Get good at iPhone app development
[ Reblogging marco ]
I keep getting emails from people who want me to develop iPhone apps for them. The very few people I know who have this ability are booked solid for the indefinite future. There’s a big market here for developers.
If you’re looking to learn a new programming language and platform, and you’re at least moderately familiar with C, I strongly suggest that you look into this.
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New breed of VC firms focusing on bottom rung of... →
Mint-WSJ is talking about ME!!!
“There is enough seed money available in India waiting for quality start-ups,” says Kris Nair, Founder, Opdrage Venture Partners.
LiveJournal On Why They Chose India; Plans For... →
LiveJournal recently announced the launch of a writing contest in India, in collaboration with Caferati*, a community for writers. Livejournal has a fairly small but highly involved base in India - 5000 unique visitors a month, 13000 registered users.
Interview: Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, Director of Corporate Development, SUP and Rajesh Lalwani, founder of BlogWorks
Entrepreneurship: it’s all about the big idea, not... →
“Will I love doing this for the rest of my life even if I am not financially successful?”
If the answer is a clear yes, then you have passed the first test of commitment.
Very interesting post by Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Co-Founder & CEO Naukri
“Every commercial transaction has within itself an element of trust, certainly...”
– Kenneth Arrow, noted economist
I like this word
Meraki (Greek): doing something with soul, creativity, or love [ via: joannasoon ]
Me too!
Ten rules for web start-ups →
Be Narrow, Be Different, Be Casual, Be Picky, Be User-Centric, Be Self-Centered, Be Greedy, Be Tiny, Be Agile, Be Balanced, … plus Evan’s bonus :)
What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial →
First Good paper I’ve seen?
Startups and Blogging - DNA →
Brag! :D My name is there!
How to Present to Investors
1. Explain what you’re doing 2. Get rapidly to demo 3. Better a narrow description than a vague one 4. Don’t talk and drive 5. Don’t talk about secondary matters at length 6. Don’t get too deeply into business models 7. Talk slowly and clearly at the audience 8. Have one person talk 9. Seem confident 10. Don’t try to seem more than you are 11. Don’t put too many...
Venture Fund Economics: When One Deal Returns The... →
fred-wilson:
If you looked closely at the model and the assumptions in my last post on this topic, you’ll note that I assume an early stage venture fund will lose money on 1/3 of its investments, breakeven to…
“The really interesting result we’re seeing across multiple studies is that these...”
– Scientist quoted in AdAge (via What I Learned Today , nickdouglas)
Quit your day Job!
Venture Fund Economics →
Must read!
“If people keep focusing so much on documenting their life on Twitter, Tumblr,...”
– (via karmcity)