TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Widened in scope, the annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best […]
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A venture fund backed by people which have had hands-on experience with raw startups in India. Pravin Gandhi and Bharati Jacob from Infinity Venture, the fund behind Indiabulls, Indiagames and the like. Mahesh Murthy from Passionfund, where he backed Geodesic, Pinstorm and other successes.
Their templates for Business Cases and Business Plans serve as good guidelines.
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Started in April 2006, the Band of Angels brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in start up / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value. The Band, in addition to money, provide constant access to high quality mentoring, vast […]
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The Venturewoods blog is an attempt to bring the Indian venture community closer together. All its constituents, right from the entrepreneurs themselves, venture capital firms, angel funds, lawyers, recruiters, investment bankers, incubation cells — the list goes on. It was started by Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners, and contains some excellent insights for entrepreneurs,
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A global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials, Mobile Monday fosters cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. Founded in Helsinki (Finland) in 2000, it has more than 25 chapters worldwide.
The Mumbai chapter, meets once a month to […]
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Digital media today accounts for 8% of global ad spend. In the UK, it’s already as high at 17%. Over the coming years, it is expected to touch about 25%. “Consumers spend about 20-25% of their time online, so ad spend should follow thaat and stabilize around that level,” says Mark Read, WPP’s directory of […]
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