Alok’s Posts
Size and Scale – Does employee size count matter?
I am clear about one simple concept. Actually Crystal Clear about this. That to massively scale Internet & Mobile oriented digital businesses, you...Read More
Apple and 1 Billion US$ – I have an idea!
Apple proposes to start buying back its shares and also distributing handsome dividends to its shareholders to make better use of its 100+ US$$ cash s...Read More
My ‘Mona Lisa’….
I like Art. I collect Art when I can afford it. I appreciate Art. I study Art. I dream of owning some great painters and masters. Having said t...Read More
I’m starting a BUFFALO E-COMMERCE site !! Yipeeeee…!
So, this is an Infibeam ad that occupies a full page in today’s edition of Times of India. Infibeam is a very reputed Company and it means its b...Read More
Does exaggerated advertising work?
I guess you’ve seen this Samsonite Cosmolite ad a few times now on national TV: I do NOT doubt that this experiment is indeed ‘true’...Read More
Of Monks and Men – A Scientific Query – of the Star Trek kind…
Many years ago, wireless telegraph (the discovery of which is attributed to Marconi) allowed the transmission of short messages across long distances....Read More
Hijack Marketing – Does it work?
A couple of days ago, I saw this advertisement in the Times of India: Now, the Question: Has Sachin Tendulkar endorsed ‘Transstroy India Limited...Read More
Branding Advice for Entrepreneurs by Sid Shah
Check this out! I met Sid Shah a couple of weeks back. Cool guy. Nice attitude. The funny story was ‘how we met’. His colleague sent me a ...Read More
Branding Advice for Entrepreneurs by Sid Shah!
Check this out! I met Sid Shah a couple of weeks back. Cool guy. Nice attitude. The funny story was ‘how we met’. His colleague sent me a ...Read More
The fuss about Startups getting taxed. The Angel Investor just got poisoned.
This 2012 budget has introduced a controversial tax provision that demands that if Startups receive money from Angels that are not ‘Venture Capi...Read More
Is this what you have to stoop to, to get funded?
This morning, I was pointed to an investment deck by a Company called ‘Brand and Me’ that was available in the public domain – https...Read More
My letter to the Finance Minister as featured in the Economic Times
The full transcript of the letter appears after the image (so don’t strain your eyes reading the text on the image 🙂 I wrote this letter at th...Read More