Startup

There is good news for those 2-wheeler users who ride with the risk of carrying the whole family which includes a couple and its 1 or 2 small children, on the zooming bike. According to a media report, automobile engineers at car maker…

This is the last in my series of articles that give a practical, simplified overview of Intellectual Property Rights. It would be a good idea to skim the overview article, and the article on understanding copyrights further before jumping…

This is the 4th article in a series giving a practical overview of intellectual property rights, targeted towards normal people like you. This one talks about the GPL (The GNU General Public License) and other such"open source"…

This is the third article in my series of practical, simplified overviews about intellectual property rights. The first article, which talked about the differences between copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets is required…

This is the second in a series of articles about intellectual properties. The first article gave an overview of the differences between patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks. It is recommended that you read that article before…

I am not a lawyer, so do not treat this as legal advice. However, I have learnt about copyrights, patents and other intellectual property issues the hard way, and hence feel qualified to give you practical 'big picture' advice (which might…

Delhi seems to be a lucky city – Some days back, it became first city in India to get remote controlled street lighting system, Now it becomes first city to get the first Public Air Purifier System. Air pollution is bad for humans, there…

I know each one of you is expecting an IPL post here, but I believe that you will be reading this post only if- 1. You are not watching IPL or 2. You are not watching IPL over youtube :). It’s amazing how this internet industry has…

Chicza chewing gums, who claim to be the first ones to manufacture biodegradable chewing gum ever sold, went on sale in Waitrose stores in Britain. It is organic and biodegradable chewing gum pitted against highly-adhesive chewing gums…

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates once said (I admit it is so clichéd to quote this), “640K ought to be enough for anybody” – Even a 64 Gigabyte Hard-Disk is now looked down upon. 30 years since that statement was made, we are now looking at…

Milk is the primary source of nutrition for the mammalian young. Milk has also been a source of food for humans and can also serve as a diet with sole purpose as complete food content with high nutritional value. In this age of…

Its high time our IT service providers moved into Product development (especially for Web & Mobile) and creating IP for themselves rather than just servicing clients. These are the companies best suited to take the risk creating cutting…

Well, to talk about education being a pre-requisite for entrepreneurship we have enough real world examples that shout out loud that it aren't. The likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the list can go and on. But, lets face it -…

Bangalore, the next Silicon Valley? Now, the community has always been divided on this one. With its early mover advantage and it being home to probably the highest technology companies in India , some say Bangalore is ‘the’…

Let’s face it. How good are you at managing your finances? I speak for myself and I know I am very bad at it. With finances I am not talking about investments and the savings , that I somehow do a decent job maintaining. What I am…

Two days back, at the Web2.0 expo, a respected blogging pioneer and six-apart founder, Anil Dash announced to the world the launch of ‘Expert Labs’   - a not-for-profit technology incubator, that will focus on providing value…

Amidst all the recession and the economic downturn hulla boo in recent times , one major positive has been the resurgence of India as a nation to reckon with. Not that India was not walking shoulder to shoulder (at least in some areas) with…

I am seriously tempted to buy it…. As soon as I read the press release that Amazon has slashed Kindle rates and now is offered globally across countries – My first reaction: Is it available in India? Yes, it is very much available…

What environmental factors are necessary for startups to flourish? This question has been examined by several authors, and most have come to the conclusion that a place that looks a lot like Silicon Valley is the natural answer. In…

I am part of the crowd that believes that Bengaluroo is not the silicon valley of India! Bengaluru has many IT services companies and has probably reached a saturation level that its quite difficult for it to become a valley anymore. The…