VC & Startup Founders saga continues

You might have already caught these on TechCrunch (in separate back to back articles). I just thought of sharing both the decks together for those who missed it. The first of these decks is titled VC Non Admissions. The deck was adapted from a thread on ExpertCEO contributed by a range of CEOs and VCs about ...

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... ...

Good startup read… How Twitter was born?

Twitter's startup story is fascinating. It sprung up as a new business idea from the creators of Odeo, the audio/podcasting startup which was going nowhere. From the 140characters.com blog "The company had just contributed a major chunk of code to Rails 1.0 and had just shipped Odeo Studio, but we were facing tremendous competition from Apple and ...

Proto IV… India’s best startup showcase event comes to Delhi this weekend

Proto is happening in Delhi this weekend. Scheduled for the 18th & 19th of July, this is the fourth edition for the event and the first time it is happening outside Chennai. The event will feature a medley of startups, entrepreneurs, technologists, bloggers, media, investors etc. The first day is dedicated for the 'The Startup ...

StartupLunch…. startup hiring a la speed dating style

The team behind Proto has come up with a useful idea... it's called Startuplunch and it's meant to help startups & job seekers serenade each other before tying themselves into a hiring relationship. How is this supposed to work? Check out this excerpt from their website ".......the principle is roughly the same as the SpeedDating ...