Author: ashwin

LinkedIn Success Story

I have been using LinkedIn for quite some time now and i think its a fantastic business tool. Some the networks that i have built through linkedIn are great. One success story, I met Rohan Jacob of Q5 Capital in Bombay through LinkedIn and we explored working together on areas of mutual interest. When i […]

Kickass Careers Page

Why dont we have more such companies? From PlugHR site We also hire young professionals with experience ranging from a few months to some two years who wish to beat the more experienced one’s in delivering results. While education in business, human resources, communications would be of your own use, we do not discriminate basis […]

Bangalore Startup – Pixrat, Bixee, ApnaMarket

Via Swaroop Himanshu Nautiyal, Ruban Phukan and Rajesh Warrier – three ex-yahoos from Bangalore, who now call themselves as RHR Networks Pvt. Ltd, seem to be dabbling in quite a number of things : * PixRat – Bookmark and Tag Photos from the Web (it got techcrunched recently) * GlogBlog – Bangalore Classifieds * Bixee […]

Paced RSS to your inbox

Interesting twist on RSS. Can i pace my feeds? I am overloaded with alerts/emails/feeds from a variety of sources. I think this will be an interesting tool, where i can say, send me 5 pages/ 5 paragraphs everyday of this page/book. Check it out, sound intriguing. from http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/004775.html If a user is allowed to tune […]

Do you want to produce a movie?

Now you can. A canadian director has set up a website where you can help him make the movie!  The difference: “MYMILLIONDOLLARMOVIE.com” gives the public the opportunity to purchase parts of the film for $10/frame and be privy to the process of making the film. Instead of providing a space for small, still images, “mymilliondollarmovie.com” […]

No ban on blogging in India

I think we should all take a break, ban or no-ban. I am quite amused by the exaggerated worries from all those doe-eyed bloggers. Lets face it, if the govt bans the blogs, we will find a way to get around it. I know there are enough smart people who are blogging, and continue to […]

Startups – how do you choose your people?

Originally posted at Venturewoods How are startups hiring people in India? What matters – Education, Background, Aptitude… Last few months at Vaatsalya, we have assessed ourselves on how well we have done on our people front. First off a few things about our business which will put this in context, a. All our hospitals are […]

Ode to bloggers

Jay Srinivasan, whom i met at Bangalore Bio 2006, has started a blog on startups. Check out his In-verse blog Them most people just watch the world turn, Just a tiny few that can make the world churn. Amongst them the bloggers that watch and learn, Then thrash out the issues from stem to stern. […]

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