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Re: Craigslist copycat

Startups.in/India — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 17:39:36 -0000

It is just a frame of the original.
Looking at their source:
<frame name='__main' src='http://www.craigslist.org/' noresize frameborder=0>
Not sure if that is legal though..

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Craigslist copycat

Startups.in/India — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:53:43 -0000

Well, they changed their main page now but still all the links still point to CL. Also, what they've on their "About Us" page is funny -
"Pay CraigsList Ltd. is an Mobile.de GmbH affiliated company, special created to combat the escrow company based in San Francisco, USA." :)

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Has Google tweaked its AdSense rev share?

Startups.in/India — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:15:58 -0000

Yahoo sure can beat Google at its own game & Google sure can do anything to win at it.

Warm Regards,
Kavs @ rateAcoder

Re: YouTube — the Flickr of Video?

Startups.in/India — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:29:10 -0000

In today's hi-tech age terms, Ytube is considered a late entrant into this space. Not sure what is the problem that they are going to solve considering the already high number of alternatives available in this segment..
Few other players that are not mentioned in this post are blip.tv & videobloggers.org

Kavs

Re: Google Sidebar

Startups.in/India — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:13:56 -0000

It is good to see major players compete with each other in an effort to bring out better products but off late they don't seem to interest us (atleast me) anymore...simply redundant.. not worth their effort...

Warm Regards,
Kavs @ rateAcoder.com

Re: Next up: Google Finance

Startups.in/India — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:36:59 -0000

"Google Hosting" :)

Warm Regards,
Kavs
Freelance1.com

Re: Google’s week, Google’s future

Startups.in/India — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:07:43 -0000

It's a mass syndrome called Google Addicts Syndrome (GAS). ;-)

Warm Regards,
Kavs @ Freelance1.com

Re: Google’s week, Google’s future

Startups.in/India — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:42:49 -0000

True. Google undoubtedly has driven innovation. If it were not for Google, we'd not have seen all those offerings from competing companies lined up so soon.

Kavs @ Freelance1.com

Re: Google branches out into print ads

Startups.in/India — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:21:07 -0000

Surprising that no one has been offering such a thing so far i.e., buy in bulk..divide and sell in smaller chunks...was that so tough?

"And some say Google's logo on top of the ads might entice advertisers to pay more than they otherwise would."

...I haven't even noticed that small text at the bottom until..as some other person said may be a logo would be better.

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Changes

Startups.in/India — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:47:55 -0000

Is it just me or does everyone find the new layout more cluttered?
I too think a smaller Arial font would make things better..or heck go back to the old layout..it was far better IMO.

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Oracle agrees to buy Siebel

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 09:12:26 -0000

may be you meant "dessert" and not a "desert" ;-)

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Open Thread!

Startups.in/India — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:48:45 -0000

What were they really trying to solve?
That's the question which still remains unasnwered -- atleast to me, personally. True, Web2.0 has demo'ed some incremental solutions to applications that existed since the age of Web1.0 in one form or another but that is all it was, "Incremental".
There hasn't been anything that is really radical about Web2.0, nothing that really helps address more important issues in today's world. By that I mean apart from polished applications/products used to build same old communities/blogs/access e-mails/web etc., there was nothing that solves problems such as growing demand for energy, environmental crisis, better predict natural calamities, reduce casualities in wars etc.
IMO, Web2.0 is nothing but a over hyped buzz word being used by some "smart" people to become rich before Web3.0 starts (including me). ;-)

Warm Regards,
Kavs @ Freelance1.com

Re: The latest search engine stuff

Startups.in/India — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:44:59 -0000

Gada's metasearch seems to only provide an option to select the categories to be searched (ex: blogs, entertainment, geeky etc.) and does not allow a user to specify a list of search engines to search. Not sure what is the reason for not providing such an option.
The search using the subdomain.gade.be seems unique but still it is YAMS(Yet Another Meta Search).

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Flock browser finally out for public use

Startups.in/India — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:57:30 -0000

Thanks for the pointer. I've installed it but looks and feels pretty much like Opera browser.
Also, it uses a little bit of less memory(run time) compared to Firefox.

However, flock failed to import my IE favorites even though the option was selected during install.

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: Why craigslist booted Oodle… and more to come?

Startups.in/India — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 07:47:07 -0000

I'm surprised to note that none of these sites (oodle,jobster,simplyhired) knew about the CL's limit that prevents external sites linking to CL from exceeding 100 postings or from using its RSS feeds for commercial use. CL clearly states in its ToS that the use of CL is to be restrcited for personal, non-commercial purposes only. As a regular user, I was infact aware of their ToS.

These sites should have very well read and understood CL's and other' TOS before they begun using the respective resources. Atleast they should have had a minimum courtesy to wait for CL to approve their use of its resources.

Warm Regards,
Kavs

Re: LiveDeal, cutting live deals

Startups.in/India — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:20:42 -0000

They definitely would have had some USP to raise $4.9mil in funding unless the investors have never heard of eBay and CL.
Anyhow, congrats Matt on the new house :)

Startups.in

Re: Peerflix nabs $8 million, now offers 100,000 DVDs

Startups.in/India — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:53:54 -0000

Either the folks getting these funds are very smart or the investors are too dumb...I mean seriously..c'mon, there already are quite a few sites doing the exact same thing with min budget. Take a look at sharedevil.com for example.

Are these investors so eager to dump funds on any and every website they come across?

I know of atleast a handful of startups with brilliant-never-executed-innovative ideas but who are short on funds. May be they should be pointed to these people to learn a thing or two about getting venture capital.

Startups.in

Re: SiliconBeat’s one-year anniversary, and a request

Startups.in/India — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:05:31 -0000

CONGRATULATIONS on this key mile stone. Bot you guys have been doing a great job covering the events in the Bay Area.
Though the site's primary focus is Silicon Valley, t'd be nice to see the following as well --
- Coverage on startups from other places in CA and US in general.
- Interviews with the key players behind startups.
- Visitor boards
- Pointers to useful resources .. to name a few.

Congrats once again and wishing you the very best going forward.

Regards,
Startups.in

Re: The Flock backlash

Startups.in/India — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:03:46 -0000

No doubt folks @ Flock deserve an appreciation for trying to enhance the browsing experience but there absolutely is no question regarding its dismal performance in beta stage.
I'm even utterly disappointed by the way they receive feedback. I've tried flock on the day it was released and submitted nearly 5 - 6 or perhaps more bugs/feedback requests but have not heard back from them so far. Not that they'd have to reply to me but atleast a automated reply with a tracking number for the bug would have helped.
Anyhow, I did not want to spend more time trying it out and it is off my system now and do not plan on getting it back. I'm happy with Firefox on one and Opera on my other system.

Startups.in

Re: Yahoo Maps: a Flash-y interface and a better API

Startups.in/India — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:16:23 -0000

Nice. Google should deserve the credit as well for driving up the innovation among these otherwise stale portals through competition.

Startups.in

Re: YouTube, and the many PayPal fathers

Startups.in/India — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:00:25 -0000

myveo.com
vimeo.com
video.google.com
blip.tv
youtube.com
ourmedia.org
clipshack.com
phanfare.com
evideoshare.com
streamload
bigvcr.com
justpress.com

few free..few stand out but definitely getting crowded.

Startups.in

Re: What Google Automat could mean for other media

Startups.in/India — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:08:49 -0000

I'm quite perplexed as to why Google needs a separate patent for this new program(Automata). To me, this sounds very similar to the way an advertiser currently uses AdWords program.
The only significant difference is that instead of redirecting a visitor to the advertiser's website, in case of Automata the visitor is directed to a page with the details of the classified ad hosted on Google.
Isn't that all or am I missing something else?

Startups.in

Re: En route to China; Happy Thanksgiving!

Startups.in/India — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:40:06 -0000

Enjoy the thanksgiving folks and Matt enjoy the trip as well.

InternetBrowser.org

Re: Knight Ridder, owner of Mercury News, to be sold and broken apart?

Startups.in/India — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:52:29 -0000

"..the giant Mountain View search company.."?
Has that line got something to do with Goog Fast :)

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Knight Ridder, owner of Mercury News, to be sold and broken apart?

Startups.in/India — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:54:00 -0000

"Ads by Yahoo"?

Re: iGenHome aims to marry offline and online real estate worlds

Startups.in/India — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:23:36 -0000

It's pretty neat.
BTW, may be you might want to edit the link to point it to "www.igen.."

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Hello London; Monday roundup

Startups.in/India — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:40:32 -0000

The brain drain and exodus of talent from from US is both good and bad for the administration. Good because now the local people get a chance to fill in those positions(no more outsourcing outcries) and bad because US is losing the best & the brightest and its status as super power.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Bangalore boom

Startups.in/India — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:20:17 -0000

Well done prezo. The boom and the brain drain has been going on for a quite a while now and is it is just that the media has been throwing more attention onto those topics off late for "obvious" reasons.
Seems, everything is going well with India and other Eastern countries but for the poor infrastructure and corrupt administration that gets worse with time :(

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Latest start-ups — Opinmind not ready for prime time.

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:00:34 -0000

Hey Matt -- May be the link should point to opinmind.com & not openmind.com :)

Not sure why the choice of "opin". With such a choice they are bound to lose some traffic.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Latest start-ups — Opinmind not ready for prime time.

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:04:06 -0000

Ah...they've explained it..

"11. Where did the name â€œOpinmindâ€ come from?

We came up with the name Opinmind during a team meeting we were having in a bio-engineering lab at Stanford. We had been struggling to name our selves for a while. James came to the meeting prepared with â€œSentimineâ€ based on the fact that we were mining the internet for sentiments. No one liked it (because it sucks). After a few minutes, we came up with Opinmind signifying the fact that we mine the web for opinions."

Re: Google releases transit planner, but not for its backyard

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:09:37 -0000

Wow..exactly the kind of service that makes a difference. IMO, these are the kind of tools people are looking for rather than 100.. bad clones of a service that already exist.
BTW..it is kind of nice that the planner also provide the fare details.
I love it.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Six Aparts scores deal with Yahoo

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:11:54 -0000

Probably the folks at Y! never heard of WP !

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Topix expansion aimed at building communities

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:11:13 -0000

Better late than never. Users always rule.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: StepUp takes $6.6 million

Startups.in/India — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:56:15 -0000

I like their concept but their system doesn't seem to be perfect yet.
http://internetbrowser.org/blog/2005/12/step-up-what.html

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Alexa changing the search game?

Startups.in/India — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:59:17 -0000

Time to moderate comments, I guess :)

--An avid Internet browser

Re: StepUp takes $6.6 million

Startups.in/India — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:59:57 -0000

I like their idea but their system does not seem to be perfect yet.
http://internetbrowser.org/blog/2005/12/step-up-what.html

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Telsima raises money for WiMAX

Startups.in/India — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:23:21 -0000

Surprising! No news of Google/Opera affair yet on SB. Also, what about Experian's PriceGrabber grab?

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Google’s music, perhaps a kingmaker role? — and note on Opera rumor

Startups.in/India — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:44:14 -0000

Was expecting a post on Google/Opera affair as there has been a post earlier on SB in a similar case -- the Google/Riya buzz.

BTW..Google does not exactly provide direct links to music files...so, not sure if the statement "...providing links to their songs..." is exactly correct.

All, I see on doing a search on "Eric Clapton" for example is a link to a page listing all his albums, reviews and stores where I can find them alongwith the pricing.

It kind of looks like a comparision shop site.

..and ofcourse good old Yahoo provides all this stuff as well.

Y! - "Eric Clapton Artist Page - Downloads - Videos - Photos - Fan Radio"

Goog

Re: Google’s music, perhaps a kingmaker role? — and note on Opera rumor

Startups.in/India — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:55:10 -0000

Congrats, Matt & Michael!
SB is listed as the "Feed of The Year Finalist #19" @ Feedster.

Great job.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Fingerprint payment has arrived — continued

Startups.in/India — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:10:24 -0000

Very promising indeed.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Fingerprint payment has arrived — continued

Startups.in/India — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:32:33 -0000

BTW..I think you'd have to define a custom comment pending template in case you are holding them for moderation.

Currently, the following error is returned.

An error occurred
You must define a Comment Pending template.

--An avid Internet browser

Re: Happy holidays!

Startups.in/India — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:13:04 -0000

Happy Holidays & Best Wishes, Matt & Mike.
--An avid Internet browser

Re: Google down, HP up in 2006? Say it ain’t so.

Startups.in/India — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:09:12 -0000

Cisco Systems to control Walt Disney Company...hmmn..that would be something :)

Re: TurnHere for local video

Startups.in/India — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:06:02 -0000

An excellent find. A site profiling all the local communities across U.S using short videos. Very interesting concept. Luv it.

j

Re: Yahoo buys Webjay

Startups.in/India — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 07:41:12 -0000

I hope Y! first removes the Goog ads from Webjay once the man-quistion is completed. :)
j

Re: SearchFox shuts down

Startups.in/India — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:12:22 -0000

That's really a short life. Sad to see it go. I'd miss its personalization feature.

jane

Re: SpotRunner: Easy TV ads for local businesses

Startups.in/India — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:34:07 -0000

Interesting execution. How come Google is still not actively in the game though we hear buzz about Goog entering the print media?
jane

Re: Glitches

Startups.in/India — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:38:37 -0000

Ah! No wonder, I woke up this morning to see SiliconBeat(16) in my RSS reader and was surprised that you posted so many messages overnight. Turns out the reader has downloaded duplicate messages since 1/6/2006. :)
regards,
jane.

Re: Catching up with Michael Arrington

Startups.in/India — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:47:10 -0000

From where does he get the $$$ for the frequent BBQ's :)
jane

Re: Catching up with Michael Arrington

Startups.in/India — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:55:09 -0000

Ah! thanks for the insight Matt. I rather was thinking that it was all off of Michael's deep pockets..good to know about the behind-the-scene BBQ deals ;-)
jane

Re: Kosmix raises cash for a new search engine — to compete with Google

Startups.in/India — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 07:43:15 -0000

"..crack the code on a vexing problem in search.."
Way to go guys. Just do it. Competition always brings the best things out for us. :)

regards,
jane

Re: Techdirt on a roll

Startups.in/India — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:13:37 -0000

Where can I find more details on the "TD Greenhouse" con. Sounds very interesting.

regards,
k

Re: Pando, Perenety latest competitors to BitTorrent

Startups.in/India — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:21:08 -0000

Pando..please say it upfront..

I'm appalled to see a "You're now ready to send any size* file to anyone!" message translate to "* Beta currently limited to 1GB per package." only after signup.

Why can't they just say so before signup instead of showing it in micro sized font at the end of signup.

Pando .. do you've something to hide?

j

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Startups.in/India — Wed, 10 May 2006 20:55:24 -0000

Thanks Ed. I've been searching for nice egreeting sites and saw that most of the good ones are no longer offering free services. Greetlets is a relief :)

Regards,
j

Re: Google’s Press Day: Google Coop, Google Trends….& Google stock drop

Startups.in/India — Thu, 11 May 2006 08:49:25 -0000

Is it just me or does any one else share the opinion that Google and most of other Web2.0 products/services though geeky to roll a few eyes are pretty useless in every day life.
I don't see what major problem are they trying to solve and how am I going to benefit.
Worse still what is the revenue model for most of these apps?

Regards,
j

Re: Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer visits valley

Startups.in/India — Thu, 11 May 2006 19:04:56 -0000

"Most important thing is having the right dialog with the user..", "...you need to religiously listen to user..", "..respect user preferences.."

So, Steve definitely realizes the importance of user in this game..that's cool.

Wow..so, Amazon & M$ team is (in all likeliness) going to come up with a mp3 player..that's some news for Apple.

btw Matt, thought you might want to look at the way mercextra.com shows up in my browser..
http://Startups.in/mercExtraCapture.png

Regards,
j

Re: Friday fish wrap

Startups.in/India — Fri, 12 May 2006 06:42:10 -0000

I wonder why they called it "Yokel"! Doesn't it mean unintelligent? ;-)

Regards,
j

Re: Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer visits valley

Startups.in/India — Fri, 12 May 2006 19:57:50 -0000

Matt --
It is just the way he said "No comment" instead of a strong "No" pitched alongwith the recent WSJ report indicated to me that there definitely is something in making.
But again you are right..we can never predict Steve :)
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/16/amazon-rolling-music-service-and-audio-players/
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114005222162375368.html

Regards,
J

Re: With record company, SF’s Doppelganger creates virtual hang-out for teens

Startups.in/India — Sun, 14 May 2006 20:35:54 -0000

Interesting! BTW, just got a thought while reading this..what if I were able to use this software to create a virtual family (with the actual characters from my original life) on my own and interact with them in a playful entertainment.
Better still, I can have several members of my family buy the software and do the same thing so that we can network virtually and play together :)..that'd be a pretty huge market I guess.
Any thoughts?

Regards,
Bandi @
Startups.in

Re: With record company, SF’s Doppelganger creates virtual hang-out for teens

Startups.in/India — Sun, 14 May 2006 20:38:12 -0000

Argh! I meant "...interact with them in a playful setup that is entertaining." in the post above.

Regards,
Bandi @
Startups.in

Re: Snap, a search engine promising pay-per-action

Startups.in/India — Mon, 15 May 2006 11:24:42 -0000

But should agree that their UI is exciting.

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: Skype’s splash, Bottlenotes, Blogging from Word & 165 University’s Karma

Startups.in/India — Mon, 15 May 2006 17:23:32 -0000

Can 911/toll free calls be made for free as well? I'm not sure.
But it definitely is an old & tried marketing gimmick to get new customers hooked up to the service by offering it for free for a while and later charge a premium.

Regards,
Startups.in

Re: The 53,651 Meme — and the Silicon Valley geek echo chamber

Startups.in/India — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:31:53 -0000

All valid points.
But we shouldn't be missing the multiplier factor, i.e., the number of other people these initial count of beta users would inturn tell about something they've just tried..ofcourse, only when they they think it is worth it.
So, instead of trying to play a band about the number of users trying your new product/service, instead concentrate on improving and making it useful.

Regards,
Startups.in

Re: StumbleUpon launches, raises cash from well-known angels

Startups.in/India — Tue, 16 May 2006 09:25:58 -0000

$20 to turn off ads?
I'd rather turn off Stumble.

Regards,
Startups.in

Re: Threshold’s shocker & the public’s lesson

Startups.in/India — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:35:10 -0000

"lossed of $46 million a year"..

Ouch! that hurts..more especially to some one who is looking to get 1/100ths of that in angel investment ;-)

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: AOL’s Uncut Video; a YouTube copycat, but history suggests it’s a long-shot

Startups.in/India — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:34:30 -0000

A very straight to the point and interesting Q/A.

"Now we're in the fourth zone, where it is good to be an entrepreneur and tough to be a VC."

How very true..So, what is going to be the next zone? Seems, we cannot have more combinations though the 3rd one came before 4th. Hope the cycle doesn't repeat.

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: M2Z: The latest Hail Mary on universal broadband access

Startups.in/India — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:39:31 -0000

Exactly...10 yrs is indeed a long play with a very high chance of being able to get free(or rather very cheap) telecom.
What's the inside secret that they are banking on?

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: Khosla enters virtualization space; invests in Moka5

Startups.in/India — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:45:16 -0000

Very likely the next big thing in PC market.

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: Ouch. Blue Security shuts down after spammer attacks

Startups.in/India — Wed, 17 May 2006 03:54:05 -0000

A big slap in the face. Looks like a very big opportunity awaiting this space as well -- anti-spam tech "that works".

Regards,
Nag @
Startups.in

Re: Venture firms are growing; where are the boutique VCs?

Startups.in/India — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:08:16 -0000

An excellent report on the current VC scene, Matt. Thank you.

Nag @
Startups.in

Re: Silicon Valley’s latest: Google, Maxthon, Matrix & More

Startups.in/India — Sat, 20 May 2006 08:04:50 -0000

Boompa is really slick.
Also, in case any one is interested..here is a backdrop on boompa by the boompas.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/5/18/16204/1055

Regards,
NagB/at/
Startups.in

Re: Wavion’s WiFi access points could help Google in SF

Startups.in/India — Sun, 21 May 2006 19:22:00 -0000

Doesn't the giant Cisco have any offerings in this space that we are starting to see so many players in the wireless market?

Regards,
Startups.in

Re: Presto: a foolproof photo service for the elderly

Startups.in/India — Tue, 23 May 2006 07:43:30 -0000

Now, that's something really unique & useful and off the web2.0 track for a change. If priced & marketed right, it should be a hit. But why stop at email?
IMO, this idea can be applied to other cases as well.

Regards,
NagB /at/
Startups.in

Re: Friday round-up of Silicon Valley action

Startups.in/India — Sun, 28 May 2006 22:57:22 -0000

"pester the venture capitalist by emailing him every day for a week" :))

Thanks for sharing the secret ;-) That was a good one.

Regards,
NagB /at/
Startups.in

Re: Video start-up One True Media lands $5 million from Kleiner Perkins

Startups.in/India — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:19:38 -0000

Hmmn.. Wonder how effective is the strategy of creating a service targeted just at a niche market segment (ex: just mom's market) from having a service that can be used by everyone but provides an option to tag/categorize accordingly!

Nag .B /at/
StartupHubs.com

Re: Google finally to launch GBuy, to challenge eBay’s PayPal

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:20:07 -0000

"By tracking online shoppers from the moment they start looking for something to buy to the moment they reach into their virtual wallets"

that is kind of creepy..when what I buy and when I buy etc., gets tracked. Isn't there something called privacy left on Internet at all :)

Nag .B /at/
StartupHubs.com

Re: Om Malik quits Biz 2.0, raises cash to build out broadband news site

Startups.in/India — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:12:36 -0000

Matt & Mike, what is up your sleeves? :)
Is that just matter of time as well ;-)

Nag .B /at/
StartupHubs.com

Re: Roundup — the Silicon Valley beat continues with YouthNoise, more

Startups.in/India — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:12:53 -0000

NGO raises $1.5 mil. Web2.0 kid next door gets approached by VCs.
Everything is possible in this Valley!

Luv this place.

Regards,
Nag .B /at/
StartupHubs.com

Re: Indian govenrment, on blockade: It wasn’t us! Might take action.

Startups.in/India — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:52:35 -0000

I wouldn't think your earlier post was off at all. This finger pointing is nothing new in Indian bureaucracy (and politics). It's just one of their tactics to coverup the facts and save some big as*** in the government.

What do they now mean by saying "...ordered the ISPs to block certain WEBSITES/webpages."?

Re: Is Bay Partners falling apart? Maybe, maybe not

Startups.in/India — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:06:06 -0000

Probably this pointer can be of some help to get started.
http://vcratings.thedealblogs.com/

NagB /at/
Startups.in

Re: Roundup — PayPal’s Thiel sued, Web 2.0 hitting wall, collective delusion & eBay strays on Yahoo

Startups.in/India — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:04:29 -0000

"Thiel proposed to buy Amisil out of Calrium for $372, which Thiel ..."??? three hundred and seventy two only!!! Was that supposed to be a joke ;-)

Re: VentureBeat is back

Startups.in/India — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:01:27 -0000

Finally!
But well it has been worth the wait. The layout looks refreshing and neat. Let it rock Matt.

Re: VentureBeat Launches

Startups.in/India — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:04:14 -0000

Matt, Our best wishes for a great future.

Re: Biggest alternative energy VC deal, for Cilion, confirmed

Startups.in/India — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:17:55 -0000

You meant $40mil, $170mil and $25mil, right? ;-)
or is that way it is usually written and said?

Re: VentureBeat is back

Startups.in/India — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:34:36 -0000

That's right, Matt. Haven't been able to view/post the comment section since y'day. Working fine now.

Re: The thief’s Chihuahua, loopt, Snocap & more

Startups.in/India — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:02:37 -0000

I just feel sorry for the poor Chihuahua looking so innocent in the picture but not the current owner of the phone and not even for its original owner.

Re: HP spied on board members, including KP’s Tom Perkins

Startups.in/India — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:11:13 -0000

Hmmn.."Pretexting". Never heard of it. Almost all SEs say "pretexting is illegal and a punishable offence". Definitely gonna be a buzz word for the next few weeks.

Re: When is the best time to raise venture capital?

Startups.in/India — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:58:10 -0000

Excellent post, Matt. Very well explained. A must read for all startups planning on raising funds as well as for VCs/AIs.

Re: Bigtime Web 2.0 angel investor Reid Hoffman adjusts how he invests

Startups.in/India — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:42:06 -0000

He invested $250,000 of his own money/or the funds he raised in all of these or each of these???

Re: Stunning photo site, Zooomr, releases Zmail & much more

Startups.in/India — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:45:52 -0000

18 y.o and just a team of 1.5? No kidding. Didn't know that. Amazing indeed.

Re: Roundup: Apple secrets, India hype, Cheney’s visit, VideoEgg, Zillow,

Startups.in/India — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:18:11 -0000

"India getting more bubbly by the day" Part of the reason for the insane numbers is the rising real estate costs in India. I'd not be exaggerating if I say that in cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, NCR (National Capital Region) the real estate costs are on par (or maye more) than what is seen in Bay Area. Doing business in India is not going to be cheap any longer.

Re: VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows

Startups.in/India — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:26:43 -0000

Even though the numbers of deals in 2005 is more than double the year before it, the amount raised is not. Why? Lower infrastructure costs??

Nice quality post though, Matt. This is what sets Venturebeat apart from the herd.

Re: The downfall of female role models

Startups.in/India — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:52:13 -0000

Sorry to say this but do one or two bad apples represent the entire working class-women in corporate world? IMO, the title for the post is not apt.

Re: Approver, a simple way to collaborate online

Startups.in/India — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:46:15 -0000

I'm impressed with it simplicity yet rich functionality. Great job.

Re: VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows

Startups.in/India — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:48:27 -0000

That definition should make its way into Webster. Well summed up, Matt.

Re: Roundup: Apple secrets, India hype, Cheney’s visit, VideoEgg, Zillow,

Startups.in/India — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:27 -0000

http://delhi.craigslist.org/apa/202479485.html
Point being, yes, rents vary depending on the location but they are not cheap any longer.

Re: Grand Central gives you a single phone number; backed by Halsey Minor

Startups.in/India — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:40:22 -0000

Isn't this the same company that supposedly was offering free voicemail service for the homeless?

Re: Jajah grabs attention with free mobile calls

Startups.in/India — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:37:40 -0000

Surprising that not enough coverage on MojoPac from Ringcube led by two SJSU profs.

http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2006fall/...

Re: Grand Central gives you a single phone number; backed by Halsey Minor

Startups.in/India — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:40:05 -0000

Yes, Alison. Thanks. I later found a link at the bottom of their home page. The project is called C.A.R.E.

Re: Silicon Valley & the Industry of Cool

Startups.in/India — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:45:49 -0000

Now I see why Yelp needed $10mil more.. :)

Re: More on Powerset, the secretive search engine

Startups.in/India — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 04:18:26 -0000

People are so googlified that they have begun to accept that google is the oracle of search. (the same way people thought about AltaVista before Google debuted). Point being one should never underestimate new players. Who knows Powerset really could be the next power in the search space.

Re: Kleiner-backed Xsigo regroups, will raise more money

Startups.in/India — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:15:32 -0000

The introduction rather should should say "..that designs more efficient datacenter solutions." Designing datacenters is a different trade.

Looking at their job openings (Sr. Logic Design Engineer, Sr Architect Design Engineer, Logic Design Manager, Sr Logic Verification Engineer, Sr. Windows Systems Test Engineer, Sr. Systems Test Engineer, Sr Network Processor Software driver / microcode engineer, Sr Windows Device Driver Engineer etc.), it is clear that they are into designing efficient datacenter "systems/solutions".

Re: Ram Shriram says India bereft of middle management, skilled engineers

Startups.in/India — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:20:12 -0000

Well, another dimension to this problem is that due to the ever increasing easiness with which one can set up a startup in India today, more & more of the talented young engineers prefer to start up on their own rather than work for one of these companies. Another point to take note of is that companies likes Google might be demanding engineers who are both academically outstanding and highly proficient with web2.0 jazz. They also got to dig mud to find gems.

Re: Mercury News cuts 101, as advertising income plummets

Startups.in/India — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:12:33 -0000

That's sad. But what about the revenues from Merc's online site? Isn't that compensating to an extent? May be if they are doing so bad offline then it is time they focus driving up the revenues from their online presence. As someone wisely said "Opportunities are never lost -- someone else will take the ones you miss."

Re: Bush uses “the Google”

Startups.in/India — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:56:23 -0000

"Iâ€™ve forgot the name of the program"

Does he mean "earth.google" or "maps.google"?

Re: YouTube’s dancing Jawed, iLike’s music service, Veeker’s mobile splash

Startups.in/India — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:39:40 -0000

Just wondering was Kareem a part of YT when it got acquired or rather does he hold a stake?

Re: YouTube’s dancing Jawed, iLike’s music service, Veeker’s mobile splash

Startups.in/India — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:39:32 -0000

Thanks Matt. That one has some real good information. Jawed sounds very modest and indeed his choices seem unusual as one of his prof said.

Re: Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

Startups.in/India — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:39:59 -0000

Right, Finally! I was expecting so see a JB on VB for quite some time now and what a niche..$100K jobs..cool..

Re: Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

Startups.in/India — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:44:22 -0000

"sprit", "threshhold"
Sorry but can't help it ;-)

Re: Google acquires wiki company JotSpot; Kraus vindicated

Startups.in/India — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:57:10 -0000

"Get Yourself Out of a Spot"
Neat. That's quite some timely marketing from SocialText. :)

Re: Charles River Ventures introduces friendly “convertible” seed round

Startups.in/India — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:10:45 -0000

I'd not want to sound stupid but I'm assuming that CRV would only be looking at ideas with a working model/prototype. Is my assumption correct?
or..would they even be entertaining just the ideas..brilliant ones of course :)

Re: Tip on how to read VentureBeat

Startups.in/India — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:47:50 -0000

1) The first carries ...
2) The second carries ...

It might also help if you could hyperlink the two points to the respective RSS feeds.

Re: Dan Primack launches PEHub, a private equity blog and forum

Startups.in/India — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:05:07 -0000

Was that screenshot from a private beta?

Re: The Charles River Ventures Quickstart Calculator

Startups.in/India — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:05:53 -0000

Neat & Nifty. Thanks both.

Re: Founders should live on Ramen noodles, and $2,000 a month

Startups.in/India — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:31:15 -0000

Did Sherpa Ram really endorse "Ram"en noodles or did he just say noodles? ;-)

Re: Founders should live on Ramen noodles, and $2,000 a month

Startups.in/India — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:30:21 -0000

@Mike - "...talented folks donâ€™t come cheap nowadays."

and what better proof than VentureBeatâ€™s high-end jobs :)

Re: ClickFacts, a new company countering click-fraud

Startups.in/India — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:43:39 -0000

Isn't ClickFacts a YCombinator funded startup?

http://ycombinator.com/faq.html
"Which startups have you invested in?

The ones that have launched so far are Reddit, Kiko, Loopt, ClickFacts, TextPayMe, Snipshot, Inkling, Flagr, Wufoo, YouOS, PollGround, LikeBetter, and Thinkature. "

Re: Phonezoo offers free, extensive ringtone download service

Startups.in/India — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:46:22 -0000

Cool! I like free stuff ;-)

Re: Note to Washington: About half of VC-backed company founders are immigrants

Startups.in/India — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:59:23 -0000

"Imagine if Jerry Yang had stayed in Taiwan and had not been able to immigrate to the US as a child? Or Andy Grove remained in Hungary? Or Sergey Brin was now living in Russia? Companies that have changed the way we live, work and think would certainly not be headquartered here â€“ and maybe wouldnâ€™t exist at all."

Well, may be they would have existed but in their respective home countries. :)
Yahoo like company in Taiwan, Intel in Hungary, Google in Russia...

Re: Entrepreneur Idol competition shows digital media is hot — perhaps too hot

Startups.in/India — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:47:18 -0000

Excellent one. The winning plan sounds like LED Lamps Light the Way for Social Entrepreneurs

@Tom - Lot of people do still use kerosene in the developing world as pointed out in the post.

"...provide a LED-based source of light to replace kerosene in the developing world."

Also, read this Global Challenges

"Life without lumination. As night falls, Rukman Rottor (ph) lives by the glow of this kerosene- fired wick lamp. Others manage with the light of their cooking fires.

Life's tough in this southern India village, but it's not the exception. There are thousands of communities like this in India with no access to electricity.

Rottor (ph) and millions of other Indians are too poor to even consider, leave alone buy battery-operated lights. But their lifestyle can be changed without spending too much. New solid-state lighting that uses solar power and consumes only a fraction of the energy of a conventional light bulb is being used to light up thousands of lives."

and also Low-cost lamps brighten the future of rural India and Solar India.

Re: Ron Conway’s Web 2.0 tour de force, and VentureBeat’s mea culpa

Startups.in/India — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:06:30 -0000

You are right Dasher except that it seems to be 1 company every 6 days. I love the Valley. :)

Re: Azureus soaks up $12M and launches Zudeo, but not simple

Startups.in/India — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:10:37 -0000

Unless I'm missing something here Zudeo is not exactly "YouTube", in that it doesn't allow users to "play" the content but is only a central resource to "share - upload/download" and "review" the content.
Beats me why they don't let users at least "preview" the content before downloading if they have bandwidth concerns.

Re: Metacafe sold?, Common Sense raises $, Calacanis joins Sequoia, AskCity & more

Startups.in/India — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:02:28 -0000

Re: Metacafe
Matt, which one is it? "Sold" as the headline says or "..to be sold..." as stated in the post?

Re: CrossLoop’s online tuition tool

Startups.in/India — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:53:17 -0000

"...lets two people meet online to share their computer screens." !!!

I don't think Mr. Desai was able to see your desktop, right? So, you are not "sharing" it with him really. Please, correct me if I'm wrong. Also, how well does it work if one of the participants is behind a VPN or not using a dedicated IP?

Definitely a useful application but as you've said there already are scores of applications out in the market including the more advanced dimdim and sharemypc, xvnc etc., that lets the host/participants do a lot more. Question would be how sustainable is their business in the long term?

People would definitely use these as long as they are kept free but once they require the users to pay, I'd think most of the users would simply migrate (in droves) to another open source/free application. I think this is a challenge for most of the companies today.

Re: Pitch your business plan to VCs via mobile phone — on MyWaves

Startups.in/India — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:25:23 -0000

Doesn't say if this contest is open to international audience or if it is just for US residents!

Good marketing strategy either way. :)

Re: CrossLoop’s online tuition tool

Startups.in/India — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:01:40 -0000

Thanks for responding, Joe. I'll definitely test it out but I noticed it interesting that you mentioned only about users with broadband. Does it mean there is a noticeable performance hit if the users are on dial-up connections which is not uncommon in India? Again, most of the broadband users in India do not have a public IP address and from what you are saying crossloop handles this (and also connections behind firewalls and on VPNs) transparently and very well. That is good to know.

BTW, I understand it is currently not cross-platform compatible(Windows, Unix, Mac etc). I hope it's in the works along with multi user collab feature.

My closing question :) - Why isn't there a hosted version? Why force the users to download ?

Re: West Coast vs. East Coast — West is drubbing East, in modesty too

Startups.in/India — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:51:08 -0000

The correct link to the article on the differences is at Capital battle between the coasts.

Matt, lately, you've been pointing to incorrect URLs in quite a few posts. What's going on? Stressed out? :)

Re: Founders Fund hires Sean Parker as partner, to launch second fund

Startups.in/India — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:01:27 -0000

When I first looked at that foto, I rather thought it was of Sean Parker's son. ;-) But seriously, he looks too young for a VC. :) Nice accomplishment. The post was all interesting. Felt like I was "watching" a Hollywood flick made on corporates. Lot to take home. :)

Re: Google’s reign of terror over Valley workforce coming to end?

Startups.in/India — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:12:31 -0000

Interesting! But I wonder if it'd help increase retention or speed up attrition!? :)
Unless I'm missing something, wouldn't it also facilitate those employees wanting to leave, to just sell them in this auction market and make some bucks rather than having to wait in hope for their options to be any worth 10 years down the lane?

Re: Google’s reign of terror over Valley workforce coming to end?

Startups.in/India — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:39:14 -0000

Obviously this is to benefit those who already have vested shares but are under water. But still without this program there is a chance that the employees might stick a bit longer in hope that some day they might profit. But with this program employees no longer need to stick around.

Re: Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation

Startups.in/India — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:35:14 -0000

$30 million funding, $150 mil valuation for a media company? BIGGG BUBBLE?

Re: Renkoo launches event service — in time to schedule holiday cocktails

Startups.in/India — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:31:08 -0000

Joyce Park from CommerceNet? I met her at one of the networking events and is a really nice person. I know she is(was ?) a most avid user of evite to setup her events and so I'm sure she knows what was lacking in evite. I haven't yet tried Renkoo but am sure it'd be a pleasant experience knowing that she is behind it.

Re: Gary the VC Snowman

Startups.in/India — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:45:31 -0000

Couldn't stop :)).
It's indeed awesome. If only I could, I'd give it the Oscar for "Internet Video of the Year" or something of that sort ;-)

Happy Holidays ya all.

Re: Start-a-Startup - Interesting Idea

Startups.in/India — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:51:56 -0000

The Build-Operate-Tranfer model is easier said than done, from my personal experience. For starters most clients get worried with the legalities and have concerns about the trust factor . Unless proper contracts are in place, most of the clients consider it as a scary proposition, especially when it comes to dealing with the courts/system and other formalities in developing countries.

Nag.B /at/
Startups.in

Re: 2006/11/02/indian-youtube-doesnt-deserve-15-million/

Startups.in/India — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:36:20 -0000

In general, writing off startups just because they were built upon off the shelf scripts isn't right. As Joe#15 pointed out above, an angel or a VC capable of investing $1.5 mil is not dumb enough not to understand how the $1.5 mil is going to provide them with better returns.

Did any one try contacting MeraVideo's founders to get their perspective?

Now, if someone is simply bamboozling, then that's completely a different story and in no way means that successful startups cannot be built using cookie cutter scripts.

Re: Startup School

Startups.in/India — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:30:54 -0000

Thanks for the round up. I was there as well but had to leave after Paul's talk. Found your blog while trying to catch up with the rest of the events.

Re: Meta videoblogging the ScobleShow

Startups.in/India — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:41:34 -0000

Hey, I thought you didn't want to name the TV site after Scoble. Is it now christened ScobleShow, finally?

Re: India's First Internet Stock Naukri Lists Today; Closes At Rs 594 After A High Of Rs 623

Startups.in/India — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:29:34 -0000

Definitely a great start for Info Edge. Will also be a success if only it could maintain the positive sentiment in the market in the days to come.

Re: Meravideo.com Close To Getting $1.5mn VC Funding?

Startups.in/India — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:35:03 -0000

"Is the Internet demarcated - that YouTube is an American site, and Meravideo is Indian? I don’t think so."
That is not entirely true. It's been proven that there is always a chance for sites focused at Indians. naukri.com, bazee.com are a few examples.

Re: Post-Listing: Bikhchandani Worth Rs 722 Crore, Hitesh Oberoi Rs 123 Crore; Kleiner Gets 3X

Startups.in/India — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:36:08 -0000

Ram "Sherpa" Shriram knows where to find gold or may be he carries the golden touch. :)