Tuesday, January 29, 2008

India - Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley


India - Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley
Young Indians party at the Spin nightclub in Bangalore. When you think Bangalore, you think call centers and software outsourcing. But the city has moved far beyond those sectors to become one of the world's key innovation hubs, home to entrepreneurs with radical business models for everything from budget air travel to medical services. Huge centers for the likes of Intel, Cisco, and Motorola are helping dream up next-generation products. Venture capitalists, private equity funds, and Silicon Valley lawyers are flocking in. And Bangalore has become such a magnet for young achievers that it's pushing aside Bombay as the arbiter of consumer-goods cool in India

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