Vishal Gondal - Instablogs
Nov 5 2009
I made the 3000 mile journey to TED from LA with not much expectations. Having attended a number of events and shows in India, I was expecting this event to be much like others, long lines, few good speakers who would mostly fly in for a few hours to...
Sep 8 2009
Last week I was at an interesting round-table organized by Welingkar’s Education on “Seeding Entrepreneurial Startups & Social Businesses in B School Campuses”. They had put together an interesting group together there were VCs, University...
Aug 7 2009
In these days of marketing clutter its raining laptops literally. Limca a popular soft drink from the Coca Cola company if offering you free Laptops. Shahrukh Khan is trying to sell you Laptops, Hritik Roshan is dancing to Laptops, Saif Ali Khan is...
Jul 29 2009
It was a cold winter day in Munich in Feb 2008 where I was attending the DLD Conference and bumped into the founder and Editor of TechCrunch Michael Arrington. Michael and I had some interesting discussions and finally spoke about the startup scene in...
Jul 23 2009
As the dates for India’s top startup showcase event proto.in is nearing I can see a lot of buzz and activity around the event on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Boot camps are happening and 15 startups are busy preparing their...
Jul 16 2009
Having spent a lot of my time with startups their entrepreneurs, the teams, the investors both in India and Silicon Valley. I thought to put together a comprehensive list of the key differences I noticed between the culture of these startups. For...
Jul 3 2009
The new Bangalore international airport surely looks swanky and new age however the Airport has got mixed reviews from passengers.. The biggest issue being the time it take to travel from the Airport to Bangalore City. Bangalore is currently being...
Jun 16 2009
If you have a start-up and are looking for funding I am sure your first stop is almost always the big names of the Silicon Valley And why not! most of them have set-up 1 man ‘offices’ in India, most probably headed by a ABCD (American Born...
May 30 2009
While I was in Auckland, New Zealand to attend the X-Media Labs. New Zealand The capital of ‘Jumping off Any Hight’ and I surely could not resist myself from doing one of those jumping gigs. So I looked outside my hotel room and saw the...
May 8 2009
Update 13th May 2009: Got a call from the terror agents treating us not complain and keep quiet in return they will close this case. My dad told them bring it on. No call today. Letter from RBI asking for some additional information. Have been...