28 September 2015

Panel Discussion on Financial Services at TiE LeapFrog



Panel Discussion on Financial Services at TiE LeapFrog - With Nandan Nilekani, Ritesh Pai, Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Adhil Shetty. Published on Sep 4, 2015

"Mobile is the game, and not just a new strategy,” said Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm; the company expects to have 500 million users by 2020.

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21 September 2015

Trae Vassallo: The Future of the Internet of Things (video)



Trae Vassallo: The Future of the Internet of Things - IoT - Published on Sep 17, 2015: Takeaways from the 2015 Stanford Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Symposium

Trae Vassallo — Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers"Trae Vassallo is an independent investor, board member, and advisor. She is also a strategic advisor to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, where she was a general partner. She serves on the Board of Directors of Enlighted. Over 10 years at KPCB, Trae invested in number of leading companies including Nest Labs (acquired by GOOG), Dropcam (acquired by GOOG) and Opower (NYSE: OPWR). Previously, Trae was a co-founder of Good Technology, a KPCB portfolio company..."

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14 September 2015

Robert Chess: When A Plan Doesn't Work, Managing Through The Pivot (video)



Robert Chess: When A Plan Doesn't Work, Managing Through The Pivot - First time entrepreneurs are natural optimists. But all that positivity can be a detriment when it prevents you from recognizing that it's time to change course. Published on Sep 11, 2015

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07 September 2015

Why Netflix Slipped Into a Bear Market (video)



Why Netflix Slipped Into a Bear Market (video above) - Bloomberg Intelligence's Paul Sweeney reports on the performance of Netflix stock. He speaks on "Market Makers" Sep 4, 2015.

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"In 2000, Netflix was offered for acquisition to Blockbuster for $50 million; however, Blockbuster declined the offer. Netflix initiated an initial public offering (IPO) on May 29, 2002, selling 5.5 million shares of common stock at the price of US$15.00 per share. On June 14, 2002, the company sold an additional 825,000 shares of common stock at the same price. After incurring substantial losses during its first few years, Netflix posted its first profit during fiscal year 2003, earning US$6.5 million profit on revenues of US$272 million." source: Wikipedia

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs | TechCrunch: " . . . . persistence is not the self-help cliche “Keep going until you hit the finish line!”. The key slogan is, “Keep failing until you accidentally no longer fail.” That’s persistence." - James Altucher

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