Google Venture – Want to explore?
Surprisingly, last few weeks has been giving me a lot of hints towards VCs. Here is another one, Google’s own Venture initiatives. For details visit http://www.google.com/ventures/index.html.
You can drop in your emails and see how it goes. If you are planning VC way or to start off your own, please do read http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html. Though these sites doesn’t give you formulas to success but yes they do give you some hints on things that have worked and that did not. There is no harm in being informed but don’t let the past overtake you believe and gut feel. Best wishes, keep thinking, keep dreaming, it will come true one day.
A word for startups in India
Don’t get discouraged by what others say. They have no idea on how deep your love is. One of the most important lesson one need to remember is that if it doesn’t go well once, doesn’t mean it won’t go well in the next shot. So keep trying. Even you can keep planning while you are working.
I have few colleagues who have reached a level through their website, where they can support themselves and their families. So they work for 3 days to support their needs and rest 3 to 4 days are available for their own ventures.
Once again, congratulations for dreaming of your own ventures.