Sam Sethi is a London-based technology entrepreneur and consultant. Sam recently launched BlogNation, a worldwide network of blogs focusing on Web 2.0, mobile and enterprise startup space in 22 countries around the world (except the United States).

Sam was known in the blogosphere for the good coverage he did at ...

There’s no one right or wrong way to launch a start-up. But there are smart moves an entrepreneur can make - and mistakes to avoid - that can boost the odds of success. STIRR, the valley entrepreneur network, reinvented its monthly mixer this month to showcase something called Founder ...

Yogen Dalal is the managing director at Mayfield Fund, in Silicon Valley. I caught up with Yogen at the Pan IIT Global meet, where we talked about IIT, Mayfield’s India strategy and entrepreneurship.

In the interview, Yogen answers some tough questions, like what to do if your venture fails, ...

Proto.in is a bi-annual event in India that showcases technology start-up companies and innovative products.

Organised by The Knowledge Foundation, a national network of entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts, the second edition will see participation from 23 startup companies carefully chosen from a list of 120 nominations. Each startup will get ...

NEA’s Managing Partner, Kittu Kolluri is an engineer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-investor. I met with Kittu at NEA’s Sand Hill Road office in Menlo Park, Calif., to find out how he made this transition from being an engineer to an investor.

Tune in to listen to Part 2 of our conversation on entrepreneurship.

K.B. Chandrasekhar (”Chandra”) is co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Jamcracker. His career as a high-technology entrepreneur has spanned Exodus Communications, Fouress Inc., Rolta India, Ltd and Wipro.

He is also the co-founder and chairman of the board of e4e, Inc., a global technology holding company. Serving ...

NEA’s Managing Partner Kittu Kolluri is an engineer turned entrepreneur turned investor. I met with Kittu at NEA’s Sand Hill Road Office in Menlo Park to find out how he made this transistion from being an engineer to an investor.

Kittu started his engineering career at SGI, and ...

Can cleaning and washing be a green process that actually brings beautiful products into the home? Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan, entrepreneurs and co-founders of Method (”People Against Dirty”), believe so. They have created an arsenal of health-conscious cleaners, soaps and detergents based on green chemistry. And those green products ...

In the second part of our conversation, Kaval Kaur talks about how Virsa got funded and how they built the company. What tips and advice does Kaval offer for entrepreneurs?

Kaval Kaur is a co-founder of SUFI, an incubator and angel investment company with offices in the USA and India. Kaval and her husband Jasveer co-founded Virsa, which was later acquired by SAP for a few hundred million dollars. Virsa is part of SAP’s Governance, Risk ...

Raj Jaswa, president of The Indus Entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley chapter talks entrepreneurship in this interview. I was curious to find out about the early days in Silicon Valley (the late 1980s and early 1990s) when being an entrepreneur was not an easy task, especially if you were an ...

As business becomes increasingly global, entrepreneurs must organize, plan, operate and execute in new ways to stay competitive. For small business owners who are interested in conducting business globally, there are vital principles that apply in order to be successful in a global market.

In this podcast, Success Magazine’s current Creativity ...

The valley venture capitalists thought they brought their A-game in this historic 1st Annual Labor vs. Capital Dodgeball Tournament. But the tournament ended up being hard-fought, as the laborers from Google, Ustream, jaxtr, BitTorrent and elsewhere showed up ready to do battle.

Apple’s iPhone has created quite a bit of hype in India since Steve Jobs unveiled it in January of this year. (India’s mobile phone market is growing by a few million subscribers every month.) I caught up with two techies — Thiyagarajan (Rajan) and Rajiv, who have their fingers on ...

Ivan Storck runs his businesses, Sustainable Marketing and Sustainble Websites, out of Citizen Space, one of several co-working spaces cropping up in San Francisco. As a small business owner in the valley of tech giants, Ivan is working to create a community of creative and green ...

Anu Shukla is a serial entrepreneur who is currently busy with MyOfferPal, her third start-up, now in stealth mode (it recently received VC funding).

At the recent TiECon, Anu introduced and moderated the session with Meg Whitman, head of eBay. I caught up with Anu afterward to talk about entrepreneurship, ...

Manish Arora is the founder of Kincafe, a Silicon Valley-based social networking and Web 2.0 company. Kincafe is focused on connecting and cherishing your family connections by sharing photos, videos and other files in a secure environment. I caught up with Manish at TiECon 2007, where we spoke about ...

Priya Shah of WATBlog called me up to do an interview on the current state of podcasting in India. I figured it may be a good idea to record the interview and also release it as a podcast.

Traditionally, this is the show where I interview CEOs of Indian IT ...

“Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.” That’s the new mantra in India. Everybody is talking about infrastructure because it is a key bottleneck holding up the rapid development of the Indian economy point out investors, entrepreneurs and the people of India.

Luis Miranda, CEO and president of IDFC Private Equity, one of ...

If there is one networking event where people of the Indus or South Asian region congregate to network and connect, it is the The Indus Entrepreneur’s annual event: TiECon. Over the years, TiECon has evolved to become an important networking event for technologists, investors and entrepreneurs from around the ...

In this week’s ConnectCast, Rocky Mountain Voices‘ Cydni Tetro and Connect Magazine Executive Editor Colin Kelly discuss the top stories of the week from a Rocky Mountain perspective. The conversation includes a look at the Utah companies that made the Forbes 1000 company list, including Huntsman Chemical ...

This is a departure from my usual tech-focused videos. In Phoenix, Ariz., at an entrepreneurs’ conference, I met Lon Safko who told me about his business, PaperModels, Inc.. You’ll find this business to be really incredible. He makes money without having any inventory, nor any employees.

vSpring Capital’s Dennis Wood talks with Cydni Tetro and Brad Baldwin about The v100 for 2007. From a base of more than 8,000 names, the peer-selection process identified the top 100 entrepreneurs most likely to lead a successful venture in the next 5-7 years in the ...

Ravi Kumar is a veteran entrepreneur and currently a consultant with The Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning. NSRCEL was set up in March 2002 at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) to synergise with the institute’s focus on entrepreneurial studies. The Centre defines the opportunities perceived by aspiring entrepreneurs, evaluates their strengths/weaknesses and helps them with resources to translate their concepts into profitable business ventures.

JamGlue is a cool music remix site put together by a group of young entrepreneurs living together in a Seattle-area house. Get a tour and sit down with co-founder Matt Rubens.