Indians Rule the U.S Startup Arena

Rediff, an Indian magazine writes:

Indians account for 28 per cent of all foreign-founded private start-up companies in America, according to a first-of-its-kind study, ‘American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on US Competitiveness.’

The study found that over the past 15 years, immigrants have started 1 in 4 (25 per cent) US public companies that were venture-backed, representing a market capitalisation of more than $500 billion. Moreover, a survey of today’s private, venture-backed start-up companies in the US estimated that 47 per cent have immigrant founders.

What’s Web 2.0 Anyway?

Web2.0 – extended mindcloudmap

And now folks are talking about Web 3.0

Nice blog on Web 2.0 resources by small panda. Check it out.
Some blog articles on Second life, web 3.0 :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
http://www.personalizemedia.com/index.php/2006/08/27/virtual-worlds-web-30-and-portable-profiles/
http://yuri.typepad.com/yuri_blog/web_30/index.html

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Top 5 Ways For Making Inertia Work For me

Inertia

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Making Inertia Work for You

Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight ahead, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by forces impressed. [Cohen & Whitman 1999 translation]

I fight inertia. Everyday. Whether it’s going to the gym. Or eating my fruits or veggies instead of that cheesecake that’s beckoning. Or even drinking herbal tea instead of my favorite chocolate mocha topped with whipped cream. Last night vegged out in front of the idiot box, I wondered how I might harness inertia to my advantage.

Here are my Top 5 Ways to Make Inertial Work For Me

1. Everybody is talking about lists these days. Making lists seems a good way to harness inertia in front of the T.V. Take your pick – online lists such 37 Signals’ Ta-Da lists, Remember the Milk or Zoho Planner on your laptop, or just plain paper lists.

2. Folding freshly laundered clothes

3. Cleaning my handbag

4. Paying bills online

5. And here is the best one of all: running on my treadmill while watching T.V.

What now, Karma Capitalism?

As a Bangalore gal, I cannot help but notice the city’s name is on everyone’s lips these days. Which is somewhat of a mixed blessing. I was somewhat amused to read about Karma Capitalism  in a recent edition of Business Week.

As my grandfather would say, Shiva, Shiva!! Or in this case Krishna, Krishna!!

Notes from November

November in California seems much colder than last year.
And did you know November is National Novel Writing Month(NaNoWriMo, for short)? Speaking of which I found this really interesting blog by Nancy Friedman, with an interesting post titled Novel Ideas.