[Also published on VCCircle]

There has recently been increased discussion, and mainstream press reporting, on the adoption of a ‘marketplace’ model (vs. an inventory model) by e-commerce companies (e.g. these two articles in Mint…

Mobile User Acquisition Hacks

[Also published on Medianama]

[Published in Mint on May 30, 2013. Here is the link to an abbreviated version of the article on LiveMint.]

[Also published on Nextwala]

The approach to mobile design and information architecture here in India has been haphazard at best and atrocious at worst. Perhaps this is caused by consumers just being happy getting economic…

Our Startup Eco-system Needs Founders to Help Founders

(Source: Ron Mader)

Here’s Ashish Thusoo, CEO & founder of big-data-as-a-service company Qubole, speaking with GigaOm:

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Meena Ganesh, founder of Lightspeed-backed TutorVista spoke at the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India. Here’s the video!

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