It’s Friday afternoon, and the funky, open floor office of Treehouse LLC, a fast-growing tech company, is empty. The lights are off. Rows of computers are silent. The food in the well-stocked pantry, the ping-pong table and video-game consoles untouched.… Read more ›
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According to the latest reports, this year would observe a huge exodus of technology focused startups. A growing number of young ventures will be shifting overseas for more investors as well as better regulatory environment. They will be seeking better… Read more ›
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Have you thought about what foreshadows who will become truly rich? It’s remarkable how clear the one sign really is when you think about it. “There are many types of rich — and I am talking about both external and… Read more ›
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How is it that Airbnb and Uber have been able to build thriving ecosystems in just over five years with such significant scale and influence that they are now valued at $10 billion and $12 billion? And how have these… Read more ›
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Imagine that two twins are leaving university. One says, “Great news, I’m going to be an engineer at a large IT company.” The other says, “I don’t want to work for a big engineering firm. Or any large company. Or… Read more ›
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A joint study from INSEAD/Princetonshows that “Non-pecuniary motivations are more important than monetary motivations for people to start a new business. One is autonomy: People want to be their own boss. The other is identity fulfillment, which is more about… Read more ›
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Global investors have for long spoken admiringly about India’s technical prowess. Now they are putting serious money where their mouth is. This flurry of action is being brought about by a confluence of circumstances — Indian tech companies are helping… Read more ›
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Foxconn Technology Group, maker of iPhones and iPads, is launching an investment fund to finance startups developing new kinds of wearable computers, according to two people familiar with the project. Syntrend Creative Park Co., a Foxconn unit, will administer the NT$200… Read more ›
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Vinod Khosla: India is very nascent when it comes to startups. There’s a lot more work to be done in the way of developing an ecosystem that supports entrepreneurship, from having enough investors willing to take risks to veteran entrepreneurs… Read more ›
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Vinod Khosla, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems who later went on to create Khosla Ventures, says that the vast majority of VCs aren’t in a position to offer decent advice to startups. In fact, most of them probably… Read more ›
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