World Economic Forum - Davos- January 24, 2006 The importance of the World Economic Forum cannot be overstated. Over the years it has become one of the major podiums for CEOs whether it is simply to take a gloabl stage or if it is to lobby international governments for special interests or if it is jsut to stroke egos the size of alps themsleves http:www.usatoday.commoneyworld2006-01-20-davos-cover-usat_x.htmcsp=1 ...but the Indians are taking it to a whole new level !! http:businessweek.combwdailydnflashjan2006nf20060123_5900_db016.htm...http://blogs.msdn.com/paddys/archive/2006/01/23/516666.aspx Emerging Markets Prophet- January 18, 2006 http:businessweek.commagazinecontent06_04b3968089.htmThe article talks about C.K Prahalad - the motivator behind the push to the "bottom of the pyramid". this topic has been well publicised so I wont go into the details but here are a couple of concepts that the article touches upon that I would like to elaborate on:1 Innovation can come from any part of hte value chain in emerging markets2 Microtransactions are here to stay esp in emerging marketsFirst for 1, The article quotes Bharti Telecom..http://blogs.msdn.com/paddys/archive/2006/01/17/514061.aspx Online advertising - Business model- January 14, 2006 I am not a financial analyst, I dont play one on TV and neither did I stay in Holiday inn express last night but I would like to ponder on the valuation of a certain business model. There is so much clamoring for a piece of the advertising pie that I decided to check out what this hoopla I all about. I am not claiming that all these s are totally accurate. They are back of the envelope calculations at best and take it for what its worth ( close to nothing ). WW total spend on...http://blogs.msdn.com/paddys/archive/2006/01/14/512943.aspx The science of "Long Tail"- January 11, 2006 Ever heard of the "Long Tail of the market" This phenom is ringing bells recenlty in discussions around the residual value of content aggregation businesses and how content providers like goog derive value etc. I found this useful in thinking about the business model of how economics in emerging market software would look. It is a simple Zipfian distribution if you think about it. the essence of this model is that Rank Frequency = Constant which essentially means that the perpetuity of the...http://blogs.msdn.com/paddys/archive/2006/01/11/511626.aspx Top ten Lies of Entrepreneurs- January 10, 2006 Guy Kawasaki writes about the mistakes Entrepreneurs usually make Here are a couple I thought were funny - All we have to do is get 1% of the market. This is not isolated to startups. We see it every day in valuating new business opportunties. A corollary of this is how almost everyone wants just 1% of the chinese population for their consumer product !! Key employees are set to join us as soon as we get funded.Wish it was this easy- IMHO, the most difficult thing ( next to getting customers..http://blogs.msdn.com/paddys/archive/2006/01/10/511195.aspx |