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Recently I stumbled upon a talk by Professor Anil Gupta on ted.com . He was talking about how to locate, identify and harness India’s innovative talent, residing deep inside India, far from the bustling cities. In absence of a strong…

Whether to buy or rent a house in India is a debate that is going to hit you like a rock some time or the other in your life. We know that this question is not easy to get an answer for, because a lot depends on your individual…

London is emerging as the new technology hub. In the last couple of years there has been a lot of activity to establish London as a center of innovation. But why has this come about? Well there have been three significant factors, one UK…

It is nice to see that Indian Railways is making life easier for Railway commuters - as well as for our environment. Imagine the number of trees that would have been needed to cut just for the Ticket Reservation printouts that lakhs of…

Ratan Tata has unveiled world’s first gold jewellery car to mark the occasion of 5000 glorious years of jewellery making tradition in India, from its Group company Titan Industries. Yesterday, the chairman of Tata Sons went public with…

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 12th  September. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week Funded Company / Acquired Company Deal…

Petrol price hikes have been a nightmare for all of us. Combined with inflation, it is becoming hard for an average Indian to survive. So it is high time that we adopt measures to use less fuel, so that the impact of price rise is…

The article primarily provides an overview of the regulatory aspects of setting up/ incorporating a business in India by Foreign Nationals/ NRIs in light of the changed regulatory environment in the past few years. It aims to cover areas…

Atleast that’s what it looks like seeing success of portals like Fashionandyou.com, Dealsandyou.com, Yebhi.com, Snapdeal.com. Last year we saw a large number of group buying sites offering heavy discounts ranging from 40%-90% mushrooming in…

Forbes released its list of Most Innovative Companies in the World - and I am really surprised at these rankings, especially because I am sure any list coming from Forbes has to be taken seriously. Would anyone believe if they said that…

Update: Within an hour of writing this, PayPal seems to have notified the Indian users about the changes. Here is the Mail I just recd. from PayPal.…

"One shit deal..." This phrase got one of the largest investment companies in the world in a messy soup during the Global Financial Crisis. One of their employees wrote this to another in an email, which was used against them in…

A combination of factors such as macroeconomic problems in euro zone, high trade deficit, slowing FII and FDI inflows, and renewed RBI policy of not interfering in the forex market, saw Rupee tumbling down to 2-year lows of Rs.48 per US…

We really don’t believe in people and blog posts that dole out fixed rules on naming a company. It's not the name the makes the business famous, it's the quality of services or products they provide. Apple doesn't have the 'cool quotient'…

Civil aviation in India is expected to grow and dominate in this decade. But this would be possible only if airlines manage to connect Tier II cities with the rest of India. This is a challenging task for the airlines because firstly,…

The greatest fear that most people in the traditional marketing world have is that once day Social Media would replace what they do. Hence they harbor an animosity towards Social Media and most even dismiss it as a fad or just a passing…

I have always been in awe with the amount of buzz Google Doodle’s generate. Offcourse, they appear on probably the most visited page on the Internet, but such high levels of interest is due to fact that Google Doodle’s are more than just…

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 5th  September. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week Funded Company / Acquired Company Deal…

So the trend continues - This is 5th straight month when Mobile subscriptions have fallen - and pretty sharp fall at that. I have covering mobile subscriber addition data since 2007, and this must be probably lowest that I have witnessed.…

We have seen close to 50 tablet launches in India, and I see that one after the other seems to fail on at least one thing or the other. Though we provide commentary on tablets which these companies work hard to bring to market, it is sad to…