Working the sales machine

Nov 01, 2014

Accel Partners-backed MindTickle has re-positioned itself as a sales readiness platform and partnered with Salesforce.com, to deliver skills training to sales teams across companies

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The road between tinder and matrimony.com

Nov 01, 2014

TrulyMadly, a modern matchmaking startup, founded by Sachin Bhatia and Rahul Kumar of MakeMyTrip, and Hitesh Dhingra of Letsbuy.com, aims to do what traditional matrimony sites haven’t done in the last 15 years – understand and address the compatibility

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Not just a chef

Nov 01, 2014

For Vicky Ratnani, the celebrity chef, it’s not just about cooking. It’s a combination of thinking, developing, articulating and presenting

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Building scale in the water technology space

Nov 01, 2014

The Wabag Group, now headquarted in Chennai, was recently recognized by TiECON Chennai as a Billion Dollar Baby. In this interview with us, Rajiv Mittal explains to us the company’s future growth strategies in the water technology space

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A sizable impact

Nov 01, 2014

By tending to the needs of the underserved, Equitas Holdings, aims to become a top-tier financial services company for the underbanked and wants to become a respected institution by being fair and transparent

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The Snapdeal Pivot

Nov 01, 2014

In January 2013, Snapdeal had a mere US $100,000 in the bank, a small chunk left after it had burned through almost all of the US $57 million it had raised since September 2009. The company was also gearing

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The great indian productivity myth

Nov 01, 2014

Satyashri Mohanty, a certified TOC expert and the founding Director of Vector Consulting Group, believes that the labor productivity argument is not about economies, but about individual organizations.One needs to dive to the organizational level to draw actionable conclusions

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“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”

Nov 01, 2014

What marketers can learn from Muhammad Ali’s famous quote on his fighting style

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The era of elevated behavior

Nov 01, 2014

Today, companies are entering an era of elevated behaviour, where, the ones that succeed will be those that inspire employee behaviours and forge more meaningful connections with all business stakeholders

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In the traveller’s shoes

Nov 01, 2014

For Aloke Bajpai, pursuing his passion for travelling and entrepreneurship, led him to setup ixigo.com, which offers actionable information to travellers. The company is backed by investments from Makemytrip.com, SAIF Partners and Singapore-based BAF Spectrum

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