Which online ad platform should Indian Postal service buy?

August 28th, 2010

An interesting read on WSJ, the German state owned postal service Deutsche Post AG has acquired nugg.ad AG, Europe’s largest targeted online ad platform. Deutsche Post delivers about 70 million letters a day will start selling online advertising. I had never imagined a postal service could move into online ad space, clearly shows there should be no limits when ideating.

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Column: Facebook, Orkut, Twitter – which social network should I use?

August 27th, 2010

My third column in “Vijaya Next” (Kannada) was about what social networks. Everybody talks about Facebook & Twitter these days. But which one should we be using? Main points were, Read the rest of this entry »

What does a VC want from an entrepreneur?

August 27th, 2010

Recently I presented to a group of entrepreneurs about my experience in scaling Oneindia.in without VC funding. This event was organized by HeadStart in Bangalore. It was a very nice and interactive session, I am always interested to share and learn from others.

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Groupon fills a huge gap for Gap, rakes in $11m

August 26th, 2010

Most of you must have read about the best day for the group buying site Groupon had since inception. They raked in $11m in a single day for Gap. Gap is regarded as a very good apparel brand, have used it personally, very good brand. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook displaces Orkut in India, global brands rule: comscore

August 25th, 2010

The latest report from comScore “Facebook Captures Top Spot among Social Networking Sites in India” clearly shows when it comes to social networking global brands rule.

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