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E-commerce industry is growing… so how much more time will it take to be an adult?
Some actual consumer comments picked from various web pages regarding bad online services – “The biscuits I ordered online from your site were rotten! @#$%^&*(“ “How can you sell me a 500ml shampo...
How to build a Social Gaming Company out of India?
This is not a blog post, but more of a Quora like question thrown at the Rodinhoods. Am not sure how many of the interesting, smart, techy, awesome people in this community would see and care to contr...
Indian Software Engineers – What’s Wrong With Them?
I raised a similarly question on Quora. Got no reply. Is the topic a taboo? or too absurd? or an understood fact with little to discuss? or is it just me ranting? Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant –...
Snap Deal launches ‘Search’. I search for SEX TOYS. Result is Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged!!!
I got this amazing mail from Snapdeal, telling me that their Search function had launched, and I could …….. well just check out their promise: Now, you know me. I’m Rodinhood. So, I...
A dream for me comes true. Also the 5 lessons to learn from it!
I launched therodinhoods.wpengine.com in Nov 2010 via this simple facebook announcement: Immediately after the launch, I began to write discussions ever so often and invited readers to comment and sha...
The Consumer Decision Making process in context of Daily Deal Sites
This article was first posted on DiscountPandit Blog So you are all set to launch your new E-commerce venture (if you have not already launched one) and be the next Groupon. But just a second: Groupon...
Get the Brand toTwitter
So you know by now, how much Twitter is a game changer in the world of Social Media and communications. However, you have always had an iota of uncertainty as to how exactly to go about getting your b...
An experiment with gamification
I have been interested in gamification for a while – and I think it’s the future of education. I am definitely going to take a walk down that road – as soon as resources are gathered. But ...
Win a Baby!
There are events which are spaced in time and place, but when overlaid on each other, they present unique perspectives. One such event was the recent release of the movie Vicky Donor…dealing with the ...
Is the Samsung NOTE a failure? I ask these 5 questions….
So, can someone please explain this ad to me? I saw this yesterday in the Economic Times and today in the Mint: My judgement is based on these 5 questions: 1. Why would Samsung say things like “...