A few of the magical ingredients of what makes Silicon Valley unique is the easy access to mentors and investors. I turned to Yogen Dalal an engineer-turned entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist to find out the answers to many unanswered questions. Yogen came to Silicon Valley in the early 1970s to study at Stanford University. He is the Managing [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Business, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, San Francisco, Technology, Venture Capital
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Bombay/Mumbai, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Venture Capital
Invariably when a first time visitor drives down highway 101, the main artery to Silicon Valley their first question is: Where is Silicon Valley? I don’t see any tall buildings? Well, there are a few tall buildings you can spot, but for most part Silicon Valley consists of low, mostly 2-storey nondescript office buildings that are home to many, many [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Living In America, San Francisco, Technology, Video
Steve Jobs clearly recognizes the power of storytelling.
A consummate marketer Jobs known the art of storytelling, and this Stanford Commencement address is a great example. “I have 3 stories to share,” he says in his introduction. The 3 stories seem to map to birth, life/love and death. The cycle of life. Jobs apparently subscribes to Buddhist [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Events, India, New Delhi, People, YouTube Videos
The partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947 is probably one of the most under reported stories of the 20th century. However, in the last few years there has been a clear, upward trend in the number of researchers and historians, who have been excavating and unearthing this long buried event and looking and examining at it [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Interviews, Technology, Web 2.0
What caught my eye on my Gmail chat window was this message: “Hiring: $1500 Referral Fee.” I had not seen that kind of message in a long time. Why, it reminded me of the mid 1990s when companies could not find the right people and it was not uncommon for companies to offer a referral [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 6th, 2008 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Technology, Web 2.0
Thanks for your continuing support and encouragement without which we would not be able to move forward. We are doing a 12-part online radio series with Mint for their LiveMint Radio Show that is launching next week. The series is titled “Tune In To The Future.” The first 3 guests on the show are Yogen [...]