October Recap: Articles on Startups/Entrepreneurship/India Business..and more

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