April Recap: Posts on Entrepreneurship, New Product Launches..and more..

Better late than never!

Here is a recap of what happened in the month of April, 2008 – a few interesting posts and few very relevant posts on entrepreneurship.

New Launches

• Y! India launches Local Search
• Qualcomm to launch 3G services in India
• ReviewGist launches india site, adds comparison engine
• iXiGo launches Hotel Search Engine
• IndiaTimes launches itimes, a social network. May I ask why?
• RouteGuru launches On the Go SMS Service

Posts on Entrepreneurship:

Most Emailed:

• Boring Stuff Thats Critical To Your Startup’s Existence
• Stock Compensation in Early Stage Start-ups – How to go about it?
• Notions in India on Startups – Are Few Startups Spoiling the Ecosystem?
  
• Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship: Failed entrepreneurs most likely to be successful in the second venture?
• Entrepreneurs : Do a Quality Check on VCs, before you “hire” them

Liked:

• Fostering Innovation in India
• Indian VCs losing interest in web/mobile sector?
• India Inc dares to think beyond obvious – Why are startups lagging?
• Luck? Right Place, Right Time? Divine Intervention?….What makes an entrepreneur successful

Otherwise Interesting:

• Sulekha books Bloggers with Book Series – to publish 2 books every month
• Advertising Market in India: TV and Radio to grow faster than the Print
• Indian Media goes Vernacular- Is this the future?
  
• Why do Indians Flock to Social Networks? Just for Friends?
• Google starts pushing Google Apps via Airtelive
• Google Apps and SalesForce Integration – That’s what the SMEs ordered for

Startups Profiled:

• CoCubes
• TringMe
• GINSchools
  
• moblf
• Talenty and Coders2020

Events

• TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008 – dates announced