Comments on: Startuppable Markets

By: Amit Tambe

Amit Tambe — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:54:29 +0000

Nice article Abhi. I tend to agree with you that scalebility (as I prefer to call it over high leverage) is the key for a startup to flourish. Which makes IT startups (particularly those relying on the internet) a natural choice for VC/PEs to invest in. We had reached a point in 2007 where any business demonstrating scalability via the internet was getting funded – viability notwithstanding! On the other hand I think investors didn’t fully gain from TV in India – which has more penetration but limited in application – I don’t want to get into an IPTV debate here though.

BTW, Indians like their food (over)cooked – which explains the lack of popularity of the Japanese favourite. The second reason I believe is that Indians are, by their very nature, non-experimental in food – which is why they carry their food everywhere like the Chinese – no matter which part of the world you are in, you will always find an Indian and Chinese food joint.

By: Mobile App market in India | Swaroop C H - India, Technology, Life Skills

Mobile App market in India | Swaroop C H - India, Technology, Life Skills — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:24:38 +0000

[...] Thinking from an entrepreneurial angle, it seems to me that there is almost no mobile app market in India today i.e., it is not a startuppable market. [...]

By: Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:39:22 +0000

@gopinath sir

as usual, a great thought and something which did cross my mind sometime.

But, i think VC’s are equally good in spotting oppurtunities which are not purely IT.Infact education albeit the e-learning sector has seen grt participation from the VC fraternity.TutorVista got a big funding recently, then FIIT JEE,Career launcher all have VC’s backing them.

As for the brick and mortar system, visibilty and growth predicition is difficult to gauge.Without metrics in place, it becomes rather difficult to bet on a comapny.Gone are the days when only a biz plan would do.new ventures need to slug it out to make their presence felt and attract a lot of media attention.Only then the VC’s take notice.
My 2 cents:)

By: Gopinath Mavinkurve

Gopinath Mavinkurve — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:20:45 +0000

Nice post! Now i know why when one refers to “startups” we only is talking about some IT venture – never a brick-and-mortar business; why “technology” invariably refers to Information Technology and not any other technology. I wonder whether markets and venture capitalists should continue to limit themselves to ’startups’ limited by definition or should venture capitalism should expand to encompass all other businesses in all categories including education? Its like trying to spot the genius in an infant in the pram. What do you think?