That familiar term IPO is making a comeback in India. Info Edge India Pvt Ltd opened its Initial Public Offering for subscription from today through November 2, 2006. Info Edge owns properties like Naukri.com, a job search portal; JeevanSaathi.com, a matchmaking portal and 99acres.com, a real estate ...

At Demo in Los Angeles, PodTech CEO and Founder John Furrier had a chance to speak with Howard Lee Morgan and Joshua Kopelman, two prominent early-stage venture capitalists from First Round Capital. Although Josh is now deeply involved in the world of venture capital, the Half.com founder still has a sharp eye that betrays his entrepreneurial drive.

David Chamberlain runs one of the more interesting socially responsible businesses we’ve ever heard of: one that’ll take you on an interesting vacation! Obviously aimed at affluent people who are looking for ways to experience an authentic cultural immersion, Exquisite Safaris will take you on an exotic safari, but then will give you a tax deductible way to support traveler-funded humanitarian projects like schools, clean water and micro credit entrepreneurial cooperatives.

Entreprenuership is increasingly becoming big in India. However, there aren’t many events that allow entrepreneurs to showcase the working prototypes for the world. Here comes PROTO to fill that void.

At BlogCamp India in Chennai this past weekend, Robert Scoble spoke to a spirited crowd of Indian bloggers, who came from all over India to converge upon a weekend-long hub of activity, ideas and passionate people.

After a few initial snags in the wee hours of the ...

Back in February this year at Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s book launch of “Naked Conversations”, John Furrier engaged Kaboodle CEO Manish Chandra in a fascinating discussion about the history of the entrepreneurial culture in India, and how that culture has found fertile grounds in Silicon Valley.

Recognized for outstanding contributions as a ‘master entrepreneur’ at Ernst & Young Utah Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Awards, Control4 CEO Will West discusses raising $250M in venture funds across four successful ventures in Utah, and his insights on keys to successful entrepreneurship.

With the crowd noice at the Naked Conversations book launch - Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s new book - I had a great talk with the CEO of Kaboodle, Manish Chandra. Manish and I had a great discussion about the history of the entrepreneurial culture in India and ...

Chris Shipley is on stage right now kicking off DEMO. The theme here is twofold: 1) there is no difference between a consumer and enterprise user, and 2) simplify - simplify.

This is one of the most packed conferences that I’ve been to in a while and certainly ...

GroveSite was founded on the knowledge that existing collaboration tools lacked the flexibility, affordability, and responsiveness needed to meet the emerging needs of organizations. With the advent of cell phones, laptops, and widely-available internet access, working teams were becoming more dispersed. Organizations were increasingly looking to form partnerships and strategic ...

I sat down with Darren Lee, NextPage CEO and President in Utah. Darren’s years of entrepreneurial experience bring him rich perspective in his field. As co-founder of Knowlix Darren has become a guru in the document market. We spoke of the many ...

Bessemer Ventures Rob Chandra General Partner talks about venture capital, Silicon Valley, and startups. Rob and I talk about the mood of Venture, trends that they are tracking, and the recent entrepreneurial activity. Bessemer is the oldest venture capital firm founded in 1911. Bessemer was one of ...

Microsoft Executive on Venture Capital, Silicon Valley, Competing, Web 2.0 and more. “The IP platform is the broadest standard since oxygen maybe even water!”

Host: John Furrier

I had a chance to sit down and podcast with Dan’l Lewin, Vice President of Microsoft running the Silicon Valley campus. Dan’l ...

Bill Reichert, Managing Director - Garage Technology Ventures on the State of the Union of Venture Capital

Host: John Furrier, Founder PodTech.net

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Venture capital is becoming segmented and specialized. Way to much focus on the bubble not enough ton the way the VC business and process ...

John McDowall, CTO of Loyalty Lab on Starting a Company with Open Source Software and Services

Host: John Furrier, Founder of PodTech.net

Topic: Role of the CTO in the Web2.o Environment and Open Source Environment

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John is a seasoned technical entrepreneur and guru on open ...