BG Mahesh | Mahesh | mahesh.com » corporate

Why do companies change their logos?

bgmahesh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:46:21 +0000

There was an interesting article about “Why do companies rebrand?” in yesterday’s issue of Economic Times on Sunday (Aug 28-Sept 3, 2011, page 16, Bangalore edition). I am unable to find the article on their site. For some reason logos have always been of interest to me – more than the graphic the reasoning, thought process which goes behind the logo is always interesting to read.

Engaging employees during mergers & acquisitions

bgmahesh — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:45:14 +0000

Read an interesting article about involving employees during merger & acquisition – a report by Gallup.

One of the key issues that employees talk during merger or acquisition is “Will I be ok post the M&A?”. For those who are actively involved in the M&A process this may not be a worry, but for most of the employees it can be an issue. In India employees don’t speak up that easily, I have made it a point to be as communicative as I can.

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

bgmahesh — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:45:48 +0000

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

I informed all the VCs & bankers I was in touch with about this important development. Most, rather all, were very surprised with this news as nobody had guessed this deal was going to happen. But each one of them were happy for me. Satisfying.

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

bgmahesh — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:24:26 +0000

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 personal venture capital fund, Emergic Venture Capital.

Doesn’t Anil Ambani trust his zapakmail service?

bgmahesh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:04:53 +0000

Anil Ambani

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.

Is the naming industry in India non-existent?

bgmahesh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:07:09 +0000

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

bgmahesh — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:58:16 +0000

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 what counts is what you deliver and not the title. Infact if you have a jazzy title and your work is below par it only hurts your image. Knowledge@Wharton has published a very relevant article about title inflation,