ChubbyBrain Makes Information/Insights about Startups and Investors More Accessible

Anand Sanwal — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:25:29 -0500

We often hear and know intuitively that our future depends on the energy of entrepreneurs and the investors that back them coming up with brilliant ideas that solve our problems - both big and small. Yet amazingly, information and insights about these innovative startups remains notoriously difficult to find or is only accessible to a limited few who can spend thousands of dollars subscribing to such services. With your help, ChubbyBrain hopes to change this.

Google Doesn't Have an Organic Growth Problem

Anand Sanwal — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:09:22 -0400

The popular blog on all things technology, TechCrunch, recently had a post on something you don't typically see on the blog - organic growth. The entry entitled "Does Google Have an Organic Growth Problem" - discusses an analysis by Citi equity research analyst who argues that Google's organic growth is decelerating.

Comment on Node ant

Anand Sanwal — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:14:52 -0400

Sorry. Last comment submitted a bit early. Overall, the list is very US-centric and there doesn't seem to be any priority given to the size of the market the innovation is attacking which it should.

Here is my $.02.

1. Zopa should replace Prosper. Both are doing great things in P2P lending which will be big but Zopa's approach is more sophisticated.

Comment on Node ant

Anand Sanwal — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:01:24 -0400

My thoughts:

1. Zopa.com

P2P Lending: Big, Established Financial Services Companies Should Worry About This Innovation

Anand Sanwal — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:28:56 -0400

I would love to get people's thoughts/views on the prospects for P2P lending and why they feel it doesn't get as much publicity/press as other innovations these days a la social networking, crowdsourcing, anything green, etc.

Innovation

Comment on Node ant

Anand Sanwal — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:04:05 -0400

Elizabeth - This is one of the best columns I've read in a long long time. Business and the management of business is not a science so despite the well-crafted storytelling of the pundits, most business books are just good stories built on dubious assertions and data.

And so it was good to see someone point this out so publicly. Your final paragraphs were so spot on I could only smile after reading them. It's about time others point out the dumb'ification of business as promoted in business books.

Comment on Node ant

Anand Sanwal — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:20:00 -0500

This article is pretty interesting and Jeong Kim who heads up the group is undoubtedly a great innovator. Some of Kim's interesting insights & actions as the head of Bell Labs include his use of a venture capital type approach to innovation as "Kim has grouped the Labs' more audacious research efforts under what's now called Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, or ALV."

This skunk-works for innovation makes a lot of sense. And several interesting ideas are emerging from these efforts which the article details.