Weekly Recap of BraveHearts/Funding/Startup News..& more

Quick recap of posts published week ending Nov 23rd.

[*] represents the quality of discussion/insights shared by the community.

BraveHearts (Entrepreneurs share their story)

• Ninemotion’s founder on shutting down and insights/experience gained. [**]
• “Learn how to negotiate with the big dogs.” – Founder, MBAKarma on lessons learnt [*****]

Acquisition/Funding Related

• MingleBox’s Second Round of Funding [***]
• Infibeam acquires Picsquare
• Vishal (InfiBeam Founder) on PicSquare Acquisition

Entrepreneurship/Startups:

• Social Entrepreneur of 2008 – Arbind Singh of Nidan
• Building Profitable Business [*]
• Rate/Review/Share your Candid Feedback with Startups
• P2W2 – Online Marketplace for Services Industry

General Tech

• Business Case for Operators to Open their Network? [**]
• Orkut improves GTalk Integration
• Airtel Blocks MyToday’s longcodes – Confusion over NDNC/Opt-in [**]
• Mobile Handset Replacement Market in India
• Google’s SMS search service in India
• Nokia Rules the SmartPhone Market [Ads Served Via AdMob]

Misc

• Chinese Cyberlaws and the Business Conundrum
• Mobile Web Consumption in South East Asia [Opera report]
• Zapak to shut down it’s Bangalore Office?
• How much is your data worth? Lets hear from Spam Industry

Prouct Strategy

• Do you follow any Usability Principle? [***]
• Lively and the Art of Failing Fast [**]