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Rich Vs. Poor Is Not The Right Debate

I have received numerous comments from readers on my recent column, Capitalism's Fundamental Flaw. A wide range of ideas and explanations of our current plight were offered, including one comment that pointed out that as long as there is a government ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Abraham Lincoln,  Bill Gates,  Steve Jobs,  Larry Page,  Sergey Brin

India's Next Celebrities

Never mind the recession. In India, entrepreneurial energy has continued to grow. It still exists only in small pockets. And the sophistication of the entrepreneurial ecosystem has a long way to go before it can resemble anything like Silicon ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bollywood,  Dhirubhai Ambani,  Reliance Industries,  Tata Group,  Google Inc.

Capitalism's Fundamental Flaw

Growing up in pre-liberalization India, I embraced Ayn Rand as the one who best articulated a philosophy that rang true to my naturally entrepreneurial mind. Capitalism, meritocracy, individualism, self-correcting market economics, innovation, ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ayn Rand,  General Motors,  Michael Moore,  George Soros,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Reading Your Customers' Minds

Jack Jia is a seasoned entrepreneur, having been a member of the founding team of Interwoven, which was later required by software maker Autonomy. Looking for the next problem to solve, Jia spoke with 45 CIOs, CTOs and CEOs to calibrate the importance ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Urban Outfitters, Inc.,  Motorola, Inc.,  Texas Instruments,  Campbell Soup,  CPB Inc.

Entrepreneurs: The Silver Screen Beckons

I took an intensive three-day screenwriting seminar this summer. The teacher was Robert McKee, a screenwriting instructor who has taught Pixar's John Lasseter and Akiva Goldsman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code and ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pixar,  John Lasseter

Tech M&A Heats Up

Investment bankers are rejoicing that M&A activity has heated up in the technology sector. Dell is acquiring Perot Systems for $3.9 billion, Cisco is acquiring Tandberg for $3 billion and Adobe is acquiring Omniture for $1.8 billion. There also have ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Perot Systems,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Tandberg,  Omniture, Inc.,  Polycom, Inc.

The Education Solution

It may be hard to believe in this era of social networking and telepresence video conferencing, but there is still a stigma attached to online education. Elite institutions do not want to dilute their brands by expanding the reach of their methodology ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Apollo Group, Inc.

The VC Quandary

Last week I talked about how to seduce a VC. But just because you can doesn't mean you should. Entrepreneurs need to make a careful evaluation of whether or not raising venture money is necessary, and when is the best time to do so. For one thing, most ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Google Inc.

Seducing A VC

Entrepreneurs looking for venture money have always viewed Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as the Holy Grail of VCs. I recently sat down with General Partner Randy Komisar to discuss his process of evaluating a business idea. For starters, Komisar ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Forbes,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  Sony,  Napster, Inc.,  Google Inc.,  eBay Inc.

Bootstrapping Our Way Back From the Collapse

Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year (along with broader financial markets) the question at the top of my mind has been, “What next?” or maybe, “Where to from here?” From my perspective it is clear that small business must be a top priority ...

From SRAMANA MITRA, Xconomy,  12 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Google Inc.

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