Few selected posts that were published in the month of October:
On Recession & Startups
- “..when going gets tough, we really really need to focus on execution” – Lalit, Mobisy
- “..best companies are created in tough times” – Suvir Sujan, Nexus India
- “There is lesser noise in the market now..” – iTrust Founders on Recession
- Downturn Survival Tips from Rajesh Jain
- Economic Downturn and VC’s Perspective (Sanjay Anandaram)
- Recession and Some Cool Advice
- What will you pay for?
- Go Real or Go Home – Sequoia to it’s Portfolio Companies
Startups Profiled
- Parentree – Online Community for Parents
- Phonon – CTI and IVR based Solutions for Businesses
- Mobee – Receive Emails on your Mobile (as SMS) for free
- JobeeHive – Rate, Review and Research your Employer
- NearHop – Travel Planner (across Cities as well as Local routes)
- Pustak – Online Book Store
- SongReference : Music Videos for your mp3
- Guitarati – Play Musical Games Online
Legal Resources/Misc
- Demystifying IP/Patent Process for Startups
- Demystifying IP/Patent Process for Startups [Part 2]
- How to Protect your Trade Secrets
- List of Incubators in India
- Grow Knowledge
- What are the Critical Success Factors of your Business?
- The Underdog Advantage of Being a Startup
Investment Related
- Ditch VCs – SBI to offer collateral free loan to SMEs (upto 1 Crore)
- Private Equity Investment in India hits $10Bn
- DimDim raises funds from Zimbra co-founder
- Telenor acquires 60% stake in Unitech
- HCL Acquires over 10% stake in Axon
- Peepul Capital’s 100 Crore Investments in UniverCell, and Understanding Branded Retail Outlet Dynamics
Industry Stats
- Matrimony Websites to touch 20mn subscribers in 2 years
- 88% of Mumbai Wireless Networks are open for hackers
- 10 mn mobile users added in September
- 30% of New Mobile Users from Rural India
- Local search stats for Indian Market
- ClearTrip targets 30% growth..Traffic stats from other OTAs
Misc (India Business)
- RBI issues Mobile Banking guidelines
- Understanding Web18’s Portal Consolidation Strategy (under In.com Brand)
- Online Advertising : Launch of NetworkPlay, Ad Forecast trimmed by ZenithOptimedia
- Only 18 million registrations for Do Not Call Registry
- RCom Launches it’s GSM Service..
- Rediff goes live with open platform (iShare being the first)
- India Inc set for layoffs
General Tech
- Indian Rickshaw goes hi-tech
- TringMe launches Flash based VoiceXML Platform
- IBM Goes SaaS-Y with Lotus Notes Domino
- RSS Feed Adoption @ 11%
- Web2.0 is a Big Myth in Enterprise World – Accenture’s Chief Scientist
- India 7th Spammiest Country, Russia Tops the Chart
- Google Knol: The Story so far
- Guess who is benefiting from the slowdown?
- How can Small Retailers compete with Biggies? Launch a Chain?
Deadpool/Shortcircuits
- Antya nearing Deadpool? Founders move on
- WorldSpace files for Bankruptcy
Ashish Sinha