Monthly Archives: May 2009

Social conditioning

May 27, 2009 – 11:17 am

Nice article on what happens to female school and college toppers in India , more than 50%  end up wasting their talent and skills.   Most of the women who are showcased by the media  belong to a rich/ famous family – they are some one’s wife / daughter / daughter-in-law / girlfriend and owe their [...]

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Online VC funding

May 17, 2009 – 11:45 am

Most of the online news coverage in India relates to startups and VC funding, but is Venture capital or an angel investor really required for an online business . Most startups in India waste a lot of time and energy trying to get funding when they should be focussing on growing their business.  You can [...]

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Digital media

May 8, 2009 – 5:39 am

India Today, India’s largest magazine publisher is not going to spend any more money on digital media,  they are not getting the returns they want.  You can make money from  content, but you have to keep your overheads really low.  Most big Indian media companies have plush offices and highly paid employees( very important for [...]

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India online

May 5, 2009 – 2:38 pm

Unlike the rest of the world,  the number of  internet users in  India is decreasing . Part of the reason is that there are almost no Indian websites which are worth visiting, most are just copy cats of foreign websites.  They are simply not value for money, why will any one want to spend money [...]

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