Archive for March, 2009

Akamai State of the Internet Report for Q4 2008…

Most things on the web are free and in abundance. Something that bucks this trend is data about internet usage, web traffic trends, specially what's dependable and comes from a credible source. In my day job with SlideShare, this factor has caused me so much heartburn, that it's just not funny! Come Akamai and their quarterly internet ...

Startup Viagra: How to Give a VCs a Hard-On

This is possibly the most sensational presentation you would have seen on startup funding and investor pitching. Delivered by Dave McClure (bio here) at the first PresentationCamp organised at the SlideShare office in San Francisco yesterday, this presentation is a freaky (though somewhat racy) take on the courtship between startups and VCs. DO NOT MISS THIS... ...

BJP’s IT vision document: Supports open source, unrestricted VOIP, broadband at cable TV prices

Elections in India are hotting up and the internet is now increasingly becoming a playground of the political forces in reaching out to the (urban) voters. Check out the BJP's IT vision document that was released a few days back. Someone uploaded it to SlideShare. The document lays out the party's views on various aspects of ...

Yauba: World’s first Privacy Safe™ search engine… does this make any sense?

Yauba, an Indian/British search engine company has rolled out what it describes as the World's First Privacy Safe™ search engine. Its USP lies in protecting users' safety, security and privacy online. Yauba believes in the somewhat purist standpoint that global internet companies are grossly violating their users' privacy. On its part, it assures users that ...

Free V/s Premium : The eternal debate continues…

In Jan, I was in Bangalore participating in Proto's fifth edition. I was involved in an on-stage discussion on Free v/s Premuim business models. The video for the event has just been released, so sharing it here. This could be useful to lots of folks reading this blog.

Startup “Moments of Truth”

I chanced across this minimalistic slide deck on SlideShare. This is a bunch of the best startup mentors sharing their mantras in a single quote. While each quote is probably standalone, putting all of these together turns the deck into a inspirational masterpiece. Check it out... Startups in 12 QuotesView more presentations from Lance Weatherby. (tags: ...