Category Archives: Startups

Web 2.0 – Dotcom Redux?

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

TechCrunch recently posted a link to GoToWeb20.net, a self-proclaimed complete directory of Web 2.0. (I would recommend you try the link only if you have broadband) It is quite a nifty AJAX web-site with a logo-listing of a whole bunch … Continue reading →

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Startup – Tips and Tools

Posted on September 16, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

As we make our way through the woods on Gridstone Research, the startup that I work at, I often come across tools and methods on solving problems that are probably the same problems that many other startups or larger businesses … Continue reading →

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Go South, Young Man

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

A few months back in a post on ‘Paperbacks in India’ I had talked about how information products have some interesting challenges when it comes to pricing in the developing world. I believe that in what is called Software as … Continue reading →

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Garage-Sale

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

In big business the phrase ‘cost of doing business’ is often employed to justify a cost that is deeply embedded or can’t be justified on an Return on Investment basis. Sometimes it truly is necessary. Often it is just handy … Continue reading →

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Company structure – Cross border issues

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

When we set up our company we went through some very detailed thinking on how to structure the company. Our business model involved research operations in India but our markets were going to be largely in the US and other … Continue reading →

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