March-2000 issue
VC Talk
As noted in Qualification of an Angel (siliconindia, December ’99, www.siliconindia.com/magazine), angel investing is a phenomenon on the venture capital scene. It is estimated that each year over 250,000 angels invest $10...
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Cover Feature
It’s bigger than anything else you have seen on the Net yet, and it’s as big as commerce can ever get. Pundits...
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Some consider the Internet hype too much. Awaiting the burst of the Internet bubble, they prophesize the collapse of the...
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“The next holiday season will not be like this past season.”
"It’s the last few miles for delivery that...
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. It’s about the e-stamp, or electronic stamp, one of the earliest...
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“In July 1997, the White House released a document declaring a revolution, “… a revolution that is just as profound as...
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Cover
The stories of our time are two. One, the proliferation of India dot.coms at a rate that appears to rival the rate of growth...
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It all started in 1995. Cisco Systems hired Anil Batra, a 23-year industry veteran, and ex-country channels manager for...
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Sometimes when I look back at my life and where I came from, I am simply amazed. I was born and raised in very humble...
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Last year was a spectacular year for the Indian stock market. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index (the BSE Sensex) was...
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Look at the time horizon in which a startup has operated for many years now. A minimum of two years to go from inception to...
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SONY VIAO
Look out for the next generation of MP3 players. This is the most hyped equipment reaching the shelves of high...
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Traditionally most of the compensation packages include a salary and other benefits such as medical, 401(K), employee stock...
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In the sixties, when a bright young man graduated from the now-famous Indian Institutes of Technology, there were not many...
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The $4 billion stock-for-stock acquisition of Sterling Software, Inc. by Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is...
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For the technology community that has shaped a lot of what is known as Silicon Valley, what passed in San Antonio, Texas was...
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Global Management
In his book, The Work of Nations, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich succinctly captured the import of...
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Career Advice
Salary vs. Security
I have a consulting job in the US and am looking to move on. In the US, some software professionals want...
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Inbox
Utpala Anand's article, "A Venture For Those Who Dare," (siliconindia, January '00) was an excellent synopsis of the dynamics...
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Career Wize
Vasudev Bhandarkar is our model business developer. Between the time we started interviewing Bhandarkar, vice president for...
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Legal Advice
Continuing demand for engineers in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the US has resulted in positions being filled by many...
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Openfile
Who Thought Life Would Get Simpler?
The Web just keeps getting more complicated and business models more specialized as...
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Sam Pitroda Column
I went to India after a long time and spent three weeks there. I was in Ahmedabad for one week and in Goa for another. At...
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