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Brand India is on a roll – The West getting even more interested?

by Ankit Agarwal on November 17, 2009 |

Brand India

Amidst all the recession and the economic downturn hulla boo in recent times , one major positive has been the resurgence of India as a nation to reckon with. Not that India was not walking shoulder to shoulder (at least in some areas) with the global leaders, but the recent downturn made India stand out [...]

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A branding faux pas by DGCA – and why crowd sourcing may not for everyone

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I am a staunch believer of Crowd Sourcing or the power of many. The potential of tapping into the minds and creativity is huge and can bear fruits. More so, if the initiative is for defining the Brand who better than the end user/customer. In the end, it is the customer perception that defines the [...]

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Finance Friday: Why Should The Investor Suffer From Scams Like Pyramid Saimira

by Arun Prabhudesai
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It is said that Bad News spreads like wild fire. Throw Stock Markets in the mix and the fire turns into forest fire burning down tons of cash. The Indian Stock Markets have been doing rather well hovering around 16k levels for some time now with short-lived bear/bull rallies. So, when you see the usual [...]

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Sixth Sense For Real and Open Source Too

by Arun Prabhudesai
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If Hollywood Sci-Fi movies make you jump from you seats and be in awe of the hero using gizmos that are seemily out of this world, here is something that is as good as the mind blowing technology that you see on screen but this time it is for real. Remember the movie Minority Report [...]

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BCCI getting bigger than Manchester United in sponsorship?

by Arun Prabhudesai
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BCCI (Board of control for cricket in India) is undoubtedly the richest Cricket Control board in the world. The earnings have multiplied many times, thanks to the money spinning brain child of Mr.Lalit Modi – Indian Premier League (IPL) . The structure of the IPL was much on the lines of how the football …

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Broadband for Rural India

by Arun Prabhudesai
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You must be joking right? When seamless broadband connectivity is a dream even for the urban population, how is the broadband going to spread to the rural areas with little or no infrastructure in place. But, BSNL is out there to change the notion and kick start a project to have …

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Unilever goes Crowd Sourcing for their new TV & Ad Campaign

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I have been a staunch supporter of Crowd sourcing ever since I hopped on to twitter. The ability to utilize the brains of a group of people collectively for a solution is indeed powerful. In my previous discussion on Crowdsourcing providing the winning edge , the discussions hinted that crowd sourcing works for e-businesses, Web [...]

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Finance Friday: How Infosys made Billions – Made Millions for its shareholders too !

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Infosys – The IT bellwether was instrumental in putting Indian IT prowess on the global map. Mr. Narayana Murthy, a first generation entrepreneur executed his dream to perfection. Today, the multi-billion dollar company gives you no idea that it originated in a dinky garage. The last post on Why Warren Buffet Makes money and you [...]

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ZooZoos –Out From the Chatter Box and On to your clothes

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Can you think of an advertisement campaign that became a phenomenon? Rather, an advertisement character that caught the eyeballs of one and all? I am sure you don’t have to think too much and probably already have the answer – An advertising phenomenon during this year’s IPL T20 tournament. The alien looking yet …

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Why Warren Buffet Makes Money and You Don’t

by Arun Prabhudesai
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  Yes, You. For the matter it includes me too but the title seems catchy that way ! Jokes apart, what is it that out of so many people invested in the Stock Markets only a few make a real fortune out of it? As a matter of fact, barring Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwalla …

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Is Air India turning into Grave India?

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Making News as some say is an art. Air India seems to have earned a doctorate in making news albeit for all wrong reasons. The recent news that made it big and needed intervention from the government was the pilots going on Strike to protest pay cuts. The …

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IIM’s going to foreign shores – Is it too soon??

by Arun Prabhudesai
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The ongoing stand-off between the IIM and the government finally ended recently with both sides resorting to compromises at both ends. The fine points in the issue were too many and critical at the same time. IIM’s have been struggling to recruit and retain the best faculty to maintain the high education standards that it [...]

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Finance Friday: India Inc recovering well, industrial numbers bear the testimony

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Amidst all the talks of recession and economic downturn talks that have dominated much of the last year, a single good news bought a wave of hope for the millions of investors. But then, as they say the good news was hard to come by and they never came in bulk. …

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Bharti Airtel at the forefront of redefining ‘Twitter Via Mobile SMS’

by Arun Prabhudesai

Bharti Airtel – The name is becoming synonymous with front page news these days. The Bharti-MTN deal fall off saga is yet to shrug off and Bharti is at the forefront of yet another FIRST. But, this time it is all for the right reasons.Yes, Bharti Airtel has tied up with Twitter or rather as [...]

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Much Hyped Google Wave is here, but where are the surfers?

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Google Wave – The term has been trending on twitter for quite some time now. Twitter trends have become symbolic with what’s hot and what people world over (specifically on the Internet) are constantly talking about. Generally, if anything has the name ‘Google’ in it, it is bound to create a …

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