Weekly Recap

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]