Ask a VC: Satish Dharmaraj on India, the Beauty of Fragmentation and Farmers Markets (TCTV)

Samedi, 15 Janvier 2011 02:22

Ask a VC: Satish Dharmaraj on India, the Beauty of Fragmentation and Farmers Markets (TCTV)

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I have a dilemma with Ask a VC. Generally, I’m trying to do shows that are under 10 minutes, so they’re more consumable. But in the case of Ask a VC, I want to get to as many reader questions as possible and would rather not cut someone off when they are giving you

business advice. So starting this week we’re going to post the whole show as usual below, and give you links to each question and answer.

That way if you don’t have 15 minutes to watch it all, you can still find out the answer to your question or a question that you are grappling with. I usually find that its easier to consume long-form videos in podcast form than during my daily blog reading, so as a reminder, you can also download the episodes of any of our TCTV shows from iTunes.

This week, Redpoint Ventures’ Satish Dharmaraj was our first return guest and we got to a good number of questions including:

“How far in future do you see a global company emanating out of Asia?”

“Do you see room for local search to move towards a per industry standard or a one-size-fits-all like Yelp or Yellow Pages?”

“What is the best way for a non-technical person to provide value in an emerging tech company other than through sales, marketing and business development? “

“As Google Docs continues to gain momentum, what is your take on the future of web based office apps? Will there be a clear cut winner? When will web based office app overtake traditional desktop apps?”

“What precedents come to mind for blended enterprise and consumer models? “

“How does a little guy in the middle of nowhere, raise $100,000 to take my company that I started and proved on a local level nationwide? I just started this in July and we’re nearing a $1 million in annual revenue run rate. The vision is to scale this up into a big national platform.”

“We see most VCs are interested in high risk – high return prepositions, would you be interested in low risk – moderate return proposition?”