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The Internet in India - Don't let temporarily small penetration fool you

Posted by Robert Wallace on Friday, August 28, 2009,
"A general sentiment about Indian Internet market is that owing to dismal Internet penetration, things just aren’t happening. The TAM (total addressable market) is too less to allow multiple business categories and of course, multiple players."

Not so fast. Think about the following:

  • 1/3 of all railway tickets sold in India are sold online.
  • 1/3 of trades on the NSE and 1/4 of the NSE's daily turnover come from online retail platforms

Which is why Slipstream Labs is committed to helping companie...
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The Step of Faith

Posted by Bob Wallace on Saturday, April 25, 2009,
Alan Farber, Founder and CEO of Buildproof, sent this video clip to us the other day, mentioning quite astutely that "if there has ever been a movie scene that better embodies the true entrepreneurial experience, I've never seen it." Can't say we disagree.

If anyone's ever seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, you'll surely remember this scene. Indy, to save his father, must take a step into what appears to be a bottomless chasm.

No need to spoil the rest of the scene, but suffice is to s...
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