Archive for the ‘entrepreneurship’ Category

What does a VC want from an entrepreneur?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Recently I presented to a group of entrepreneurs about my experience in scaling Oneindia.in without VC funding. This event was organized by HeadStart in Bangalore. It was a very nice and interactive session, I am always interested to share and learn from others.

Bizcomp.in: What should be expected out of a business plan competition?

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="97" caption="Bizcomp.in Mysore"][/caption] Yesterday (March 21, 2009) I attended the final round of Bizcomp.in - organized by SJCE - Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (SJCE-STEP). I being an Alumni of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) look forward to some excuse to visit my alma mater - not ...

Age and the entrepreneur

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Most of you who have been thru or read about the late 1990s internet boom would agree upon one thing - most entrepreners were young (below 30).  Marc Andreessen was just 24 years when he co-founded Netscape. He has published his analysis of the relationship between  age and entrepreneurship based ...

Marc Andreessen’s Opsware gets acquired by HP for $1.6b

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Marc Andreessen is one of the internet legends. He fueled the growth of internet by creating one of the first internet browsers, namely Mosaic while at the University of Illinois. After graduation, Marc co-founded Netscape Communications, and played a critical role in the company’s hypergrowth. Andreessen later became CTO of ...

When the VCs say “no”

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Yet another good article from Marc Andeerssen about startups. Every entrepreneur goes thru this phase - being rejected by VCs. The article helps you interpret the "no" you hear often!