12th May '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Venture Capitalist
1. Twittering A Hedge Fund Event
I went to an event yesterday that featured a number of people active in the hedge fund industry and the financial markets. Here is the series of twitters I sent during that event. Headed to the semi annual meeting…
2. A VC: Neil Young on Stage at Java One
I am going to get every one of his “dumps”
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3. Two Entrepreneur Interviews: Deepak Shenoy of Moneyoga and Girish Saraph of Vegayan Systems
I recently did two interviews with two very different but passionate entrepreneurs: Deepak Shenoy, co-founder of Moneyoga and Dr. Girish Saraph of Vegayan Systems. Over the past year or so I have spent a fair amount of…
4. Sustainable ?
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From the news today (sorry, no link)Reliance Industries has shut all of its 1,432 petrol pumps in the country after sales dropped to almost nil as it could not match the subsidized price offered by public sector…
5. Triangulating For Insight
I am a huge fan of triangulating. I don’t think anyone or anything can give you the insight you need to truly understand things. Whether it’s visiting comscore, compete, alexa, hitwise, and quantcast to get a more…
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6. The Microsoft buying Facebook rumors commence, again
With Yahoo in Microsoft’s rearview (for at least a couple months until they double back), the acquisition gaze shifts forward. We laid out a few names over the weekend. One of them: Facebook. Now word is already coming…
7. Cleantech: Battery Life
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Image via WikipediaI had an interesting conversation today with a couple of folks at OpenCoffee Hamburg. We actually started talking about cleantech and to be honest, I said screw cleantech short-term. Give me a…
8. Karaoke app launched on iPhone, demoed on Android
The next-generation iPhone will launch soon, and development for it will only heat up, partially thanks to the $100 million iFund raised by Kleiner Perkins.It comes as no surprise then, when a start-up that has little…
9. 3G iPhone launch window: June 15th to July 12th?
Last year, before the launch of the iPhone, AT&T employees were sent a memo instructing them not to take vacations from June 15th to July 15th, due to the possibility increased traffic because of a new product. The…
10. Some Humor
A bit of Humor. I am writing coz i have some time, and this site has a humor section … and i don’t own a blog (yet) to backlink.You are reading, possibly because you also have some time. Nice, but then don’t…
11. Coca-Cola needs math tutoring
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Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) might need a little math help on their calorie counts.
A standard 12-ounce can of coke, according to the can, has 140 calories.
but the 8-ounce bite size cans say they have just 100 calories. …
12. If a "Tweet" Falls in the Forest….Does a VC hear?
If you have not yet heard of Twitter you are part of the blessed 99% of the population of the Western world that are not “early adapters.” For professional reasons and general curiosity of the 1% (I consider myself to…
13. Paul Kedrosky: Analysis of the Microsoft Decision, Plus Yahoo’s Hari-Kari
Here is my first cut analysis of what has happened here: On the friendly front, Yahoo drew a hard line at $37 per share, well above the $33 that Microsoft now says it told Yahoo this week it was willing to go On…
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14. Paul Kedrosky: Microsoft Walks From Yahoo Bid
Microsoft is walking, it says, from its Yahoo bid. Not a surprise given the history and given Ballmer's confused approach, but it is an open questions whether this is mere stratagem, a “for keeps” move away from the
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15. Paul Kedrosky: Full Press Release and Letter on Microsoft/Yahoo Splits-Ville
Here is the full press and “Dear Jerry” letter from Microsoft's Ballmer on calling it quits on the Yahoo acquisition. Via PR Newswire: Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo! REDMOND, Wash., May 3…
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