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Successful entrepreneurs, they say, make the best venture capitalists. While there are several venture capitalists who have never been entrepreneurs but hold stellar records as investors, the premium attached to an investor who has been down in the trenches himself is understandably higher. Also, when such entrepreneurs turn to investing in new entrepreneurs, the startup [...]

Hyderabad is a charming city and the biryani more than lives up to its name. Unlike previous years, the Marriott, off the majestic Hussain Sagar, was the venue for TiE-ISB Connect 2009. The event has also gotten bigger. About 500-plus delegates were in attendance. But there was one key element missing this year. The Business [...]

Palo Alto, California-based Accel Partners is spreading its wings in India. The venture and growth investor, which manages a $6 billion global capital pool, has hired Neeraj Bharadwaj to steer its growth investments here. Bharadwaj moves from private equity major Apax Partners after an eleven year stint, which included leading the firm’s India investments from [...]

[media-credit name="Snigdha Sengupta" align="alignnone" width="150"][/media-credit]Brad Feld is co-founder and managing director of Boulder, Colorado-based early stage venture capital firm Foundry Group. Before Foundry, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies in the US. Feld has been blogging since 2005 at Feld Thoughts. He also blogs [...]