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An Opportunity: Startup Weekend Ahmedabad 2013

QAspire

During this time, they get support from well-known mentors and industry experts to fine-tune their ideas before pitching their business idea to Venture Capitalists on the last day. The event is scheduled from 1 st to 3 rd March 2013 at IIM – Ahmedabad. The line-up of mentors and judges is impressive. Great stuff, isn’t it?

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The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick

Harvard Business Review

They are taken to school on how to create innovation clusters in their geographies, and too often they come away with surface-level solutions: bring in venture capitalists, create incubators, provide incentives for universities and labs to commercialize their technologies, build a robust IP system, establish liaison offices in Silicon Valley.

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It's Time for a "Slow Conversation" Movement

Harvard Business Review

My day job as a venture capitalist focuses on innovations in digital media and big data, and new models of business information and community connectivity. Which, leads me to three resolutions for 2013 that all swim against the mass-connectivity tide: 1. Maybe 2013 year is the year to begin a slow conversation movement.

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Publishing Is Not Dying

Harvard Business Review

It’s also attracting large investments by established companies and venture capitalists. Mommy blogs” created an entirely new category. Vox Media, a venture-funded publishing start-up, recently lured Ezra Klein away from the Washington Post. Though not everyone prospers, there has never been a better time for publishers.