At Venture Intelligence, we recently had a great experience interviewing Hemu Ramaiah, founder of the Landmark bookstore chain (in which the Tatas acquired a majority stake in 2005). For me, the interview (which is part our Entrepreneur Podcast series “Entrevista”) served as a confirmation that a customer facing role is the best start to an […]
Why Will People Come to Your Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journ...
Communicating the presence of your company Facebook page and keeping users or readers engaged is a second important part of building a company page on Facebook. I had written last week about developing a strategy and an execution plan as a first step. After you’ve identified your community-building objectives and the target audience, the key question to […]
How to Build a Great Company Facebook Page? (Wall Street Journal)
“Does your company have a Facebook page?†In order to be truly successful in building a live and engaging community on the web, you need to have both a positioning strategy and an execution plan in place. To formulate a strategy for your online community, you need to answer a few critical questions before you […]
Agri content business
Interesting business around creating content and answering questions regarding agriculture. I guess the kind of content people will find relevant and will pay for – check out aAQUA.org
India to gain in PE investments?
A Coller Capital report suggests that India and China might be net beneficiaries of the degradation in PE returns in developed markets. It predicts that PE investments in India and China will continue to climb despite higher risk. Key question: will it happen just in growth investing, or also in venture capital?
Google TV – Why Google will succeed where Microsoft failed
Why Google will succeed where Microsoft failed Back in 1997, Microsoft announced the acquisition of a company called WebTV. WebTV’s product was a set top box with a 100Mhz processor, 2MB RAM and 2MB ROM. Using a built in dial-up modem, subscribers could browse the web, watch TV as they browsed the web and record […]
NASSCOM EMERGE 50….emerge a winner!
It is publicity (of the right variety) that creates winners. Of course not to suggest even for a minute that substance is secondary. It isn’t. If anything, it will always remain the primary reason, that will differentiate the winners from “also-rans.â€Â But, as they say even Eagles need a push! The IT industry is not […]