It took me a few minutes to start writing something after putting in this title “Turning to page 40”. I re-read the many emails, Facebook private and wall messages, skype IMs, SMSs, twitter messages and greeting e-cards I received over ... Go to Full Article

To see a 90 second graphical map representation of the origin and spread of various religion across the world over the past 5000 years, click here. Go to Full Article

I recently added Lijit's widget to this blog and I've just started receiving the first few weekly emails showing stats for the site. I must admit, I'm impressed. I guess I didn't understand the real power behind search until now, ... Go to Full Article

In a PIPE deal, UK private equity fund 3i Group has acquired a 6.6 per cent stake in Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd for $80 million. The publicly-listed Welspun Gujarat is a leading manufacturer of SAW pipes used by the oil and gas ... Go to Full Article

MSK Projects India Ltd, a publicly listed infrastructure company, has raised Rs 33.6 crore ($8.5 million) from an Indian private equity fund Subhkam Ventures. It seems Subhkam is a new kid on the private equity block. ... Go to Full Article

Asit Koticha of ASK Group has made an early stage investment in a high-end beauty salon. Kotecha, the owner of institutional stock broking and financial services firm, has invested an undisclosed sum in the Indian franchisee of Jean ... Go to Full Article

On November 6th, LinkedIn is hosting a live Q&A session with Dan Lyons (aka “Fake Steve Jobs”). I will be the moderator of the event. It is open to all although seating is limited. Click here to... ... Go to Full Article

Rarely do I talk about my kids on this blog but I had to share this ( a little bit of basketball nachas). I went to my son's basketball game last night where they got blown out. In the last quarter, the team got some energy. ... Go to Full Article

Last week, I shared a panel at the China Venture Capital Forum at the Hilton in London with Gerry Montanus from Atlas, Jean-Bernard Schmidt from Sofinnova, Andy Tsao from SVB Global and Kevin Wang from Natixis, moderated by Max ... Go to Full Article

Here’s how to get a cleaner, more connected world:. From a recent report in thechilli:. “…Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular, Ericsson and the GSM Association’s development fund today announced…four mobile base stations powered by ... Go to Full Article

As promised – a few thoughts on StartupWeekend now that I've had a chance to both get over my disappointment that we didn't release anything on Monday morning and more importantly time to think about what worked and what didn't work ... Go to Full Article

Speakeasy The fine folks at Speakeasy Ales & Lagers are celebrating their tenth anniversary and are having a shindig to celebrate. Since I'm in Boulder this weekend, I won't be able to make the party, but wanted to encourage folks in ... Go to Full Article

Why did the market groan when Microsoft announced it was going to spend $2BB on search? Why did Google pay Dell $1BB to put desktop search on your computer? “Firefox (Mozilla Corporation/Mozilla Foundation) made $72M last year?“ ... Go to Full Article

The New New Atheists (present day) ... from the vantage point of the 21st century, and thanks to the moral progress of mankind and the achievements of natural science, we can now know, with finality... ... Go to Full Article

While I have already privately shared the news with a few, I am pleased to communicate on my blog that I recently joined the venture capital firm Venrock as a Vice President. This is a very exciting event for me, as this new role brings ... Go to Full Article