Researchers at the University of Virginia have studied the effects of jet lag on mice and the news is not good for us flatworld types. We may be looking at prematurely flat-lining, so be sure to write your wills.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Notes from TiEcon Delhi
I attended TiEcon Delhi for a day in October. The energy in the main hall and the deal-making in the lobby outside, spoke volumes about how hot the Indian venture scene is. I met old friends as well as some new entrepreneurs. And came away with much to chew on.
Startups in India have opportunities and challenges that are quite different from the ones in the US. Ditto for VCs. A few observations:
My Government School
I grew up in a small town called Hisar in Haryana. My father was a Professor at Haryana Agricultural University and I did most of my schooling at Campus School. As the name suggests, the school was meant for the children of University staff.
I left Hisar after my 10th boards. On trips back to Hisar to see family I would drop in for a chat with my school teachers. Then my family left Hisar and I never went back until recently the internet brought some of my old school mates together. On this trip to India I went back to Hisar and to Campus School after more than 20 years. It was quite a trip down memory lane.
Salon.com coverage
6 AM Pacific, this blog, got some ink on salon.com. Andrew Leonard in his blog about globalization, ‘How the World Works’ calls the post Imperial conference calls
He says –
Six a.m. Pacific might be the best time for a global conference call because everyone, everywhere that counts, is theoretically awake at that time, but there’s little question whom that time is really best for. The early bird gets the globalization worm. The sun sets on global conference calls, but it rises in Silicon Valley. For the moment.
You don’t need a subscription to see the full article. It’ll want you to watch an ad, which you can abort and move ahead by clicking on ‘Go to Salon.com’.
Salon.com is a critically acclaimed online magazine and I appreciate the coverage, but it has has had one downside. It has brought the blog to the attention of ‘comment spammers’ and I am having a hard time keeping the blog comments from becoming rated R. Thanks anyhow Mr. Leonard!
FDI Controls in India – what are they really about?
From time to time you hear some government minister or bureaucrat in Delhi making a proclamation that the FDI limit (Foreign Direct Investment) on such and such industry has been raised from X% to Y%. The press dutifully covers it, the Communist parties huff and puff about it and another credit is chalked up on the Indian government’s liberalization scoreboard. But most people like me, remain uninformed about the issues behind the decision.