Author Archive for Priya
Priya is an author, editor and journalist for innumerable financial publications. Her work is frequently featured in Pennycents Magazine.
Founder Collective: Chris Dixon’s Seed Investment Firm
Although the adventures of Chris Dixon in the world of venture capitalism might make an interesting read by themselves, the newest feather in Dixon’s cap is what caught my attention.
Dixon has founded 2 successful Internet companies in New York over the last 4 years. Dissatisfied with the venture capital market, however, he has now teamed [...]
The Start Project Takes No Outside Ideas to Incubate
Investor Josh Felser has joined hands with a group of entrepreneurs to initiate a new business incubator called The Start Project . Founded in December 2009, The Start Project is a Silicon Valley-based company that aims to create, launch and fund startups. The focus would be on new consumer websites.
The Force Behind The Start
Apart from [...]
Wearing the Victor’s Crown
Through last year, millions of people sat in plush, brightly lit rooms till wee hours of the morning, trying their luck. That was in Macau, the world’s new gambling capital. Yes, the once-sleepy Portuguese colony attracted 27 million visitors in 2007. Macau has already surpassed Las Vegas in terms of gaming revenues. With the number [...]
Clean Tech in the Foreground
Don’t we all simply love to read about rapid economic growth and industrialization? However, how many times do we actually think about the environmental consequences of this progress? China’s rapid industrial development and solid pace of economic growth have seriously damaging implications for the environment. According to the World Bank, 2 of the world’s 10 [...]
Slot Machines: The Next Growth Area?
Splendid…impressive…fabulous. The Cotai Strip offers the most enthralling and unforgettable experiences. Nothing can get your heart pounding and pulse racing as some of Macau’s grand casinos. The former Portuguese colony is expected to record double-digit growth in gaming revenues this year, exceeding US$10 billion, according to Lau Pun Lap, member of the Legislative Assembly of [...]
Intel Doubles Budget for Shopping in China
What is the buzz word in China these days? It is technology. China has made a momentous transition to a more “connected” society and is an exploding market for digital media, wireless broadband and telecommunications technologies. These arenas are offering unprecedented opportunities for small and big entrepreneurs alike.
I mean, look at the statistics… they’re nothing [...]
The Game Plan for Success
Don’t we all just love those rags to riches stories? How about a riches-to-more-riches story for a change? That’s exactly what the story of Macau millionaire David Chow Kam-Fai is. He was born in 1950 in a wealthy Hong Kong based family. David Chow was sent off at a tender age to America, where he [...]
Xiaonei Rakes in More than Facebook
Facebook’s popularity has grown… and how! Millions of people the world over have uploaded their photographs and albums on this free-access website and exchange messages on this platform every day. But the Chinese want things done their way! So, China decided to have its own “Facebook” to share precious moments and memories.
A little over a [...]
Macau Hosts G2E Asia
Macau is the world’s new gaming haven. So, it is but obvious that this former Portuguese colony was the one to recently host the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia). The event got together hundreds of manufacturers, suppliers, industry experts and investors at Macau’s Cotai Strip Convention and Exhibition Centre earlier this month. G2E Asia [...]
China in the Race for Top Spot in Technology
Although USA maintains its lead as the world’s technology innovation hub, American tech startups have had to compete fiercely with Chinese firms for venture capital funding over the past year. The 2008 Global Venture Capital Survey, conducted in March, showed that Asian countries were making their presence felt as innovators in the IT (information technology) [...]
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