Archive for the ‘corporate’ Category

Greynium/Oneindia.in/Click.in acquisition: My Thoughts

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Yesterday we announced the acquisition of Greynium by Rajesh Jain's Netcore. Online media portals were quick to carry them,

Announcement: NetCore acquires Greynium, owner of India’s leading Local Languages and Classifieds Portals

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Combine to reach consumers across PC Web, SMS and Mobile Internet in multiple Indian Languages NetCore Solutions Pvt Ltd has acquired Greynium Information Technologies Pvt Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NetCore’s founder and Managing Director, Rajesh Jain, had earlier invested in Greynium through his ...

Doesn’t Anil Ambani trust his zapakmail service?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Anil Ambani"][/caption] Today most leading newspapers carried an advertisement [image] about the gas-fight the two poor billionaire brothers are having for a long time. The media campaign cost has been estimated at approx Rs 3 crore. This post is about the contents of the advertisement and nothing to ...

Is the naming industry in India non-existent?

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

We take a lot of interest in naming our children - we buy all sorts of books, browse baby name sites, ask a zillion people for suggestions and last but not the least numerologists are taking over the baby naming job.

Title Infalation hurts the individual and the industry

Friday, June 1st, 2007

IT industry is hot in India (this is stale news! You don't need me to say this). I do get to interact with many new recruits. They don't just negotiate with the salary these days but also the title/designation. Folks want fancy and "heavy" titles. I always tell them finally ...