Dec 24 2010
The key behind building (online) communities is to understand the latent need (of users) and convert them to tangible goods [point system/badges etc]. It ain’t easy and even though you have created an active community, the most challenging part is to...
Oct 5 2010
When you start a company, you and your founders own 100% of the company. That is usually in the form of founders stock. If you never raise any outside capital and you never give any stock away to employees or others, then you can keep all of that...
Oct 4 2010
“Although Android devices are rapidly gaining usage share, iOS has 4.9 times the global usage share of all Android devices,” NetMarket Share said.
Sep 8 2010
Before BP could stem the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, it unleashed $100 million in ad spending, largely on network TV, to stem the damage to its image. But it also started spending heavily where it had never spent much before: buying...
Sep 7 2010
Feature doesn’t make a product. A product doesn’t make a business; And most importantly, a business doesn’t make a company. A company is a means of organizing a business.
Jun 2 2010
Great progress has been made in hacking PCs to run OS X, and it is now possible to install Mac OS X without a Mac. Thanks to some great tools put together by some brilliant hackers, it is also much easier and does not involve nearly as much time and...
May 12 2010
Delhi has significant market share in web startups.
May 7 2010
The PC market after enjoying the heyday of 30 years is showing a plateau, (or I would say a downfall) at least HP’s low margin during the Q1 FY10 results suggests so. And at the same time, the smartphones have contributed to 40% of the company’s...
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Mar 12 2010
Publishers are able to sell (direct sales) not more than 25% - 30% of their inventory and the rest is pulled by the ad networks (indirect sales). For content publishers, revenue based on the CPM model is the best and well suited bet. But at times, the...
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Mar 9 2010
The fact remains that in some sectors, women’s pay levels remain considerably less. In Britain alone, five million or so women are living in poverty in Britain. Women have 40 percent more chance of being poor than men, with the gender pay gap...