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 • 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 • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Start-ups, TechLife - Financial Express, Technology, Venture Capital
“Is Silicon Valley really all that different?”” wondered an American entrepreneur recently. His question caught me by surprise considering he was born and brought up right here in the San Francisco bay area. What was surprising is he thought the ecosystem and the ability to do startups, raise money, succeed or fail were available in [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, User Generated Content, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube Videos
Sprout launched about 10 weeks ago and within a short time has created a lot of buzz about its tool: SproutBuilder. One writer described SprouBuilder as whimsical, while another writes that “you have to see this drop and drag widget maker.”
I caught up with Carnet Williams, CEO of Sprout at AdTech in San Francisco to [...]