Quick recap of interesting articles published during the week ending Dec 14th.
Inspiration
- Why you should not be an Entrepreneur [And why I am still an Entrepreneur!]
- Inspiring Tales from Entrepreneurs
Funding/Startup Related
- Mercatus Capital Invests in Lucid Software
- MayField Raises $110mn India Fund
- Hiraj – Online Journal for Parents
TriedPool (ShortCircuit)
- TripMela shuts shop – on sale @ eBay
- Video Startup TinselVision out of sight – shuts shop
Mobile/Telecom Industry
- 3G Auction – Foreign Players Allowed, Only 2 blocks for Delhi
- GSM Subscriber growth drops marginally [November 2008]
- And finally, 3G Debuts in India
- 80% of Indian Mobile Phone Users Exposed to Ads
- Africa/Middle-East markets lucrative for Indian VAS Players
- Unlocked Google Android Phone for Indian Developers ($399)
- Indian Politicians don’t give a damn to NDNC
India Business
- Indian Railways Clocks Rs 3.7Billion in e-transaction, partners with ClearTrip for Hotel Booking
- Travel Agent Faceoff with Jet ends – will pay 3% Commission
- Komli to represent PointRoll in India
- Recession & Impact on Media – Outlook group up for sale?
- Sun Launches DTH in Mumbai, MTNL’s 3G Service
General Tech
- Potter vs. Carpenter and Difference Between Mahalo and Wikipedia
- India Software Product Business Case Study
- 1 in 10 IITian is an Entrepreneur
- Indian Supercomputers in World’s top 500
- Most Popular Search Terms for 2008 in Google [India]
- PIL asking Google to remove India from Google Earth
- Smile – You are Awesome [Friday Fun]
Ashish Sinha