http://codecutter.blogsome.com Keep coming back, you might find something useful Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:58:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Checked my Blog statistics tool and figured out that i get visitors from following countries USA, India , UK , Czech republic ,  Denmark , Canada Interesting - I guess i know a few people who would be counting towards hits in US, India and UK .. but Czech republic ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/16/visitors-from-following-countries/ If you have looked at the previous two posts , then you would have figured out that it is next to impossible to differentiate a potential successful idea from a failure ( atleast at initial stages ). So how do VC’s make the call  - They dont make a call ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/10/vcs-invest-in-idea/ Ragu had posted a few comments and you can read them here Decided to work the numbers for this idea also and figure out if and Upscale movie magazine idea makes sense Target Audience 1) Film fraternity - Anyone who has to do anything remotely connected to the Business of movie making 2) ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/10/upscale-movie-magazine-continued/ Ragu had posted a comment about the Elevator adveritsing, added my 2 cents on why it might work and why it may not Why it will not work  It is difficult to crunch numbers for captive audience 1)  Lets assume that the average height of an indian commercial/residential building is about 5 ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/10/in-elevevator-advertising-continuation-post/ We have two teams from ISB in the Top 10 teams in the Innovation Challenge ( Finals being conducted from Nov 16-18 in Virginia, US). Wishing them all the best .. Would have loved them to see more teams from ISB ( I must be a jerk .. Only one ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/03/innovation-challenge-status-quo-but-yippee-again/ An ISB student has won the First place in the Wharton Business Plan competition held in Mumbai .. way to go ISB(ians). Last year i noticed a pattern that one person’s achievement then became a big catalyst for people winning all sorts of competitions later in the year. I think ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/11/03/yippeee/ Have been talking to a few folks who understand the media business and there are numerous problems in elevator advertising Cost - What is the media that you use ( Poster/audio et al ) to reach out to the audience in an elevator and what is the cost of targetting ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/10/30/in-elevator-advertising-is-not-cost-effective/ Elevator advertising may not be so common in my building but looks like a lot of advertisers are using the same to some advantage. Google Search - Elevator Advertising  Yahoo Search - Elevator Advertising   http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/10/27/ideas-are-dime-a-dozen-2/ Even though i agree that "Ideas come cheap and Execution is all that matters", ideation is a very important process in a potential entrepreneurs journey. Listed below are a few ideas that i have been getting of late ( all courtesy the number of hours i have to kill during ... http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/10/26/ideas-are-dime-a-dozen/ Came across this website - http://www.webyantra.net/ . It is a good website for tracking some of the Indian start up companies. http://codecutter.blogsome.com/2006/10/17/good-website-for-tracking-indian-startups/