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Ratan Tata gets it

May 14, 2009 India

For all the buzz that Tata’s release of the Nano received last year,  the long term impact of the company’s new venture may be even greater.  The sprawling Tata empire, loosely held together by Ratan Tata, recently announced a plan to build affordable housing for India’s burgeoning middle class.  Here’s an excerpt from BusinessWeek:
Tata’s Nano Home: [...]

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ReadWriteWeb discusses the state of software innovation in India

January 22, 2009 Business

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ReadWriteWeb recently ran a post about the state of India’s innovation engine.  I’ve posted a clip here, but click through to read the whole thing:
State of Innovation in India: 2009 – ReadWriteWeb
That Big Wide-Open SaaS Opportunity
Indian start-ups that dreamed of creating the next SAP or Oracle faced massive hurdles on the sales and [...]

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Information Overload in call center environments

November 26, 2008 Business

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I recently posted an entry over at the blog for the Information Overload Research Group.  Click on the link to read the entire post:
IORG Forum Blog » Blog Archive » IO in a call center environment
The same successful companies that spend vast sums of money to optimize their supply chain and [...]

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Twitter for Business webcast from O’Reilly

November 16, 2008 Business

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As a regular user of Twitter I often get asked by business people if I see value in using the micro-blogging service for business.  While the nuances of twitter may vary if you are in marketing, customer support, or other parts of an enterprise,  I do think its an important new channel to [...]

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Quick thought: Uncertainty dominates enterprise software market

October 23, 2008 Business

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So I figure I’d write a quick post this morning while I wait to catch my connecting flight home. This is also my first post via the iPhone Wordpress application, so it’s somewhat of a test from this device.
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This week I was at the SSPA trade show in Las Vegas, and it [...]

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A good post about the challenges, and fun, of being an Entrepreneur in Residence

January 2, 2008 Venture Capital

Andrew Chen, who’s blog is a new addition to my regular feed, has a nice post about being an E-i-R and what he learned from working inside a Venture Capital firm.
I spent most of 2007 affiliated with Mohr Davidow Ventures, where I started out as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and then transitioned into a consulting role about [...]

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