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Story of Roadblocks(Barriers to Entry) towards Product Introductions at the IPL
Hi Everyone I, an ever curious soul, am a devout fan of Cricket, just like the next 1.17 Billion. While, I have been working on setting and launching BillBharo, I also keep wondering how to do a b...
Death by Power Point
Couple of weeks back I attended a conference. As the key note speaker we had an expert from one of the top notch institutions in the world, who had recently relocated from London. As the topic was clo...
Are Business Functions in Online Media and E-Commerce Companies qualitatively different to those in Traditional companies?
Are functions in internet/ecommerce/online media companies actually different to those in traditional companies? How in your opinion do these companies define their core and strategic functions? I ...
Mission Kashmir – Where ‘Entrepreneurs’ dare…
I got goosebumps when I received this mail: Forwarded message From: Devika Khanna <awakeningkashmir@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:21 PMSubject: Boutique rooms and apartments in Ka...
The ‘I want a 50% Increment’ syndrome..
Lets assume that we are good friends and work in the same office complex. Once in a while, in the evenings post work, we drop into a really nice jazz bar around the corner ...
SpeakDUMB and ActStupid – how we choose to fool Ourselves..
So, lets assume that some lost uncle calls you from out of the blue, talks longer than he ever has spoken to you in his life and says ‘Beti – there is this amazing scheme that someone show...
Zapak – you guys really owe me one BIG TREAT…
Nice banter with Deepak Abbot (Product Head of Zapak.com) produced below from Google+ The point is that GOD is in the details and its best to be prepared for ass**** like me when you do open up a co...
The Startup Centre : Resident Applications Now Open | Deadline August 31st, 2011
The concept of a Startup Centre has been in my head for a while now. Working with events, and showcasing startups, one of the things realized was that, these startups needed more support, and some eff...
So, FLIPKART is MORE valuable than these Companies??!!!
Post reading the announcement in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that Flipkart.com was receiving 150 million US$ funding from General Atlantic at a valuation of 1 BILLION US$, my head became dizzy, ...
iAccelerator 2011 @ IIM-A is now accepting applications!
iAccelerator is an initiative of Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad. It is an incubation program that is designed to eq...