Disruptive technology is not just for Startups
Silicon Valley and most startup founders that I speak to are obsessed with disruption. We are into the election cycle, …
Why CrankWheel, and Why Iceland?
Today we have a guest post by Jói Sigurdsson, the Founder of CrankWheel. I have known Jói for sometime now. …
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Finished reading the book “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Brad Stone. Actually I finished …
How Google Works – A Book Reveiw
I made a new year resolution to Read or Listen to 50 books this year. It is a really fast …
Monopoly… no no, not the game
I did my Masters in Economics and was very much on the way to completing my Phd. I really liked …
Startup Genome and Startup Event Calendar – Iceland
The mission of this blog is to be a resource for entrepreneurs, startups and everyone who wants to learn about …
Investment Thesis and Strategy
Since I announced that I am setting up a Syndicate, I have had some requests on what and how I plan …
Startup Management – Masterfully Curated Resources for every startup
Fred Wilson wrote about an AVC regular William Mougayar is building an education oriented community for entrepreneurs called Startup Management (SUM). I wanted to bring …
Economics Shimeconomics
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually …
Traction brings money; Money does not bring traction
I was at the Seed Forum this year, but I could not participate for the whole day but I attended …
Microsoft vs Google in the Enterprise
I was reading an article in the guardian titled “Microsoft threatened, as smartphones and tablets rise, Gartner warns” and another …
Promise of Big Data and whats wrong with it
I like Data as much as the next guy, but I am troubled by all the empty promises of big …
Where do great ideas come from?
I am the first one to reject the notion that Ideas don’t matter, but to a certain degree they do. …
Startup Risk
I usually get really worked up when I am speaking with some employees in a bank about Startups and Entrepreneurship, …
Disruption revisited and redefined
The word Disruption has a negative context, the definition according to Dictionary.com is 1. ( tr ) to throw into turmoil or disorder 2. ( tr ) to interrupt the progress of (a movement, meeting, etc) 3. to break or split (something) apart I …
Wealth or Value is not created through Debt
I think I know enough about banking to say that debt creates very little wealth or value. I have often …
The Cloud, Open Source, API and the new world
The world of software development is changing… there I have said it. Going with the thesis that “Software is going …
Duolingo.com
Union Square Ventures just announced their investment in Duolingo.com. The company founder Luis Von Ahn is so smart and has …
Efficiency != Sustainability
I started working with technology as an intern in India for a small startup which was building software for Financial …
Island of Recovery
There is a front page article on the Wall Street Journal with the title “In European Crisis, Iceland Emerges as …