From NetService Ventures -
Venture backed companies live to push discontinuous change into the world. This is “10X” stuff, and is how their backers make a living. Large firms face serious threats from discontinuous change. It is hard to see coming.
The culture of the large firm is optimized around managing continuous change, but can’t manage discontinuous [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Why the VC model works in the Silicon Valley chaos
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Professional on October 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Poverty in Africa vs Povery in Asia
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I heard Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa (Former Rwandan Ambassador to the US) speak in the Management of Technology lecture series at Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). One striking thing he talked about was how African countries did not buzz much during last three decades in terms of the health standards and the per person [...]
India’s Growth: Is it helping the poor?
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Economic growth may have been spectacular since 1993 — that is, post-economic reforms — but it seems to be trickling down rather slowly.
A soon-to-be-released official report has estimated that poverty declined by a mere 0.74% during the 11-year period ended 2004-05. Although there are signs of things moving a little faster, at 0.79%, between 1999-2000 [...]
Yunus from Grameen Bank gets the Nobel Peace prize
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A great day for those who aspire to make this world a happier place – one person at a time – with small contributions.
Yunus is an ispiration for many of us. Yunus getting the Nobel peace prize endorses the view that development and peace are both linked to each other.
Here is an inspirational article by [...]
Presentation Zen – Simplicity and Complexity
Posted in Balance, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Professional on October 7, 2006 | 1 Comment »
How to make a presentation simple yet powerful in message?
