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WebGuild : 5 Ways To Sell Your Expertise Online

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:47:52 +0000

In this context it will be interesting to see how www.helloexpert.com pans out in the near future..... Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures.

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing : Google is hiring 2,000 people - How to get a job at Google

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:04:16 +0000

Hi Don, Dooes Google need people in the Google Ventures team ? Let me know if that is the case. Cheers, Venugopal, Vengo Ventures.

Redeye VC : First Round - Six Years, Our Third Fund, and Looking Ahead

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:30:32 +0000

Hi Josh, Congratulations to you & your entire team !! You guys are doing a great job. Look forward to doing deals with you guys soon. Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures.

Feld Thoughts : Suggestions for Angel Investors

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:17:48 +0000

Brilliant post Brad. Provides excellent insights to people who are would-be Angel Investors. Awesome pointers for starters for sure. I would recommend everyone to go through this post while they start on their angel investment journey. Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures.

Feld Thoughts : Addressing The VC Seed Investor Signaling Problem

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:00:09 +0000

Hi Brad, Nice article. Would be interesting to understand their premise as to why they want to follow-on investment in only 15 of their seed invested companies. Is it the bandwidth issue of the said VC firm ? Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures

TechCrunch : InMobi Gets $8 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Sherpalo Ventures

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:18:46 +0000

Congrats Naveen and the rest of the team !! You guys are rocking. Hope you guys pose a stiff challenge to the Big guys who are already operating in this space. Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures

TechCrunch : Alcatel-Lucent Acquires Web API Repository ProgrammableWeb

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:25:37 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent doesn't have a good record of acquiring companies and integrating them well. Their track record of acquired doing well is pathetic. Hence not sure if this really is going to work out well ultimately. They are also known to pay ex-orbitant prices for the acquired companies. Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures.

TechCrunch : Facebook Hiring 500 People In India

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:49:00 +0000

Things are already began to change. There is a lot of Startup activity happening in Bangalore these days. We will see a few excellent Startups come out of their garages pretty soon .i.e.,making the right noises soon. As someone mentioned earlier all we need is one Success story and many more Startups will begin to start spreading their wings. Cheers, Venugopal Vengo Ventures

Ideas and Thoughts from Winter Street VC and Entrepreneur : Don't raise venture capital

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:40:17 +0000

Nice article Healy. Cheers, Venugopal.

TechCrunch : Tomorrow, There Will Be More Than 350 TechCrunch Birthday Parties Everywhere

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:52:43 +0000

Did the Meet happen in Bangalore today ? Cheers, Venugopal.

TechCrunch : Steve Case Recalls When AOL Almost Bought Yahoo For $2 Million

Tue, 25 May 2010 23:15:54 +0000

Its good that Steve didn't find it worthy to offer more than $2M. Else we all know what would have happened to Yahoo. Its always easier to comment on things on hindsight. As someone commented since when is making big mistakes a vitue to brag about !! Cheers, Venugopal

TechStars Blog : Announcing our Global Affiliate program

Wed, 12 May 2010 04:33:12 +0000

Congrats !! Great News David & Tom. Keep the good work going. Cheers, Venu. Bangalore, India.