Why ZooZoos Were Not Animated; Marketing IP; India Not Ready For Animation?

Curiosity drew bankers, e-learning, IT and mortgage industry specialists and ‘visual computing’ entrepreneurs to a half day seminar on “Indian Intellectual Property - when will it have local and international following” organised by Nasscom Animation and Gaming Forum in Chennai. The forum’s chairman Biren Ghose, who is also Executive Director of EROS International Films [...]

Shailesh Rao joins US-India Business Council board

Prior to joining Google, he was in the technology sector, beginning at AOL in the business affairs group focused on strategy and business development, and then as a vice-president, products, Yodlee, a Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners funded start-up ...

Airtel dials Manchester United for exclusive content

Between speed and perfection choose speed. - Sunil Mittal Airtel, India’s top telecom company has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Manchester United for providing exclusive Man U content on Airtel mobiles. The exact amount is not disclosed but the contract will span for 5 years. Bharti  Airtel is inching towards the 100 million subscriber mark and [...]

IPL is valued at $2bn and KKR is the richest team – Are you kidding me?

IPL as a business proposition is valued at $2bn and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is the richest in terms of brand value. My first reaction was WTF. Second reaction was - are you kidding me? Third reaction - let’s look at the data. The valuation is done by Brand Finance which has done other [...]

In these times we have to work twice as hard for half the gain

US-headquartered offshore product development major, GlobalLogic boasts of a respectable growth despite the recession. Known as IndusLogic till a few years back, it has acquired the new name after expanding to several new geographies.

Make or mar brands in cyberia

Make or mar brands in cyberiaBusiness Standard, IndiaAn enraged consumer waging a war against Skoda India through social media has taken the brand by surprise. “I will never buy a Skoda,” read a post signature of a member on a popular Indian auto discussion forum, Team-BHP. Harish Kanchan (who goes by ...

When twitting turns serious business

When twitting turns serious businessBusiness Standard, IndiaOther Indian companies that have joined the twitter land include TCS, Acer, AOL India, Big Oye, Kingfisher Airlines, Fastrack, Wipro, Zapak and India Today. Actor Gul Panag, who is very active on Twitter and blogs, articulates that social networking is ...

Vaatsalya Healthcare gets funding

Ashwin Naik  says Vaatsalya Healthcare announces funding from Oasis Fund and Seedfund to expand hospital network across India.  More about Vaatsalya Related posts:GE Healthcare: Up on providing seed capital and acquiring Indian medical companies Estimated reading time [56 sec - 1min 11 sec] If you are...Healthcare in India at $10.3 billion by 2010 Estimated reading time [ 36 sec [...] Related posts:GE Healthcare: Up on providing seed capital and acquiring Indian medical companies Estimated reading time [56 sec - 1min 11 sec] If you are...Healthcare in India at $10.3 billion by 2010 Estimated reading time [ 36 sec - 44 sec] The annual report...Lifeblob gets $1mn funding from Seedfund Lifeblob gets $1mn funding from Seedfund, the Google backed India based funding...Schoolmate gets funding from Chennai Fund Estimated reading time [54 sec - 68 sec] Schoolmate.in has landed funding...I-Ven Medicare - ICICI Ventures entrepreneurial model for healthcare sector Estimated reading time [2min 40 sec - 3min 20 sec] It’s been...Global: Twitter software TweetDeck receives seed funding Estimated reading time [13 sec - 25 sec] TweetDeck the Adobe AIR...Hover - In-text content and ad delivery platform gets funding from Media2win Estimated reading time [ 32 sec - 40 sec] Hover.in the startup...

Craigslist Competitor OLX Receives $5 Million in Funding

OLX, the Craigslist for the rest of the world, has raised $5 million in funding from Nexus India Capital. OLX raised $13.5 million in Series B funding in April 2008 from General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital ...

Is Congress Really Young?

All parties are trying to catch voter at younger stage. Every party trying to project that they have younger leaders which connect to youngsters. Congress have many young faces. Buy did they actually projected them? Last time at election, they had Murli Dewra, Sachin Poilet, Jyotiraditya Scindia won the elections, but old party did not believe in [...] Related posts:Is BJP finished?