The sustainability of an entrepreneur

Mar 01, 2011

I don’t know if it is just me, but recently, when a friend of mine (who happens to be the vice-president at a technology company) and I were talking about entrepreneurship in India I started feeling we journalists tend to find a reason for everything.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s search for a Naukri

Mar 01, 2011

Info Edge’s executive vice-chairman, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, launched his first Internet portal, Naukri.com, in 1997 when India had only 14,000 Internet users. Today, he is churning out strategies to make Info Edge the most dominant Internet company in the country.

Dressing a million

Mar 01, 2011

Pioneers of the online shopping club format in India, Fashion and You has given brands an alternate means to liquidate inventory without dilution. In the last year, the company has tweaked its product offering to make it more relevant to its target audience

A page out of Hippocampus’ book

Mar 01, 2011

Hippocampus began as an effort to provide reading space and books for children. In time, the company aims at creating a reading movement

MASTI for the taste buds!

Mar 01, 2011

Mast Kalandar, the Indian quick service restaurant, was a result of a clear vision – to provide quality north Indian food to a target audience, ready to lap up its offering. Today, it is aiming to professionalise its set up and expand to over 100 outlets

Infrastructure development with a difference

Mar 01, 2011

GRK Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director, MARG Group, wants to adopt a bottom up approach to innovation to make infrastructure in the country consumer friendly through holistic regional development

Global content, Indian style

Mar 01, 2011

Glocalisation – a concept that applies to cinema and commerce alike – is when a foreign product is customised to suit a local audience

Chasing a Dream

Mar 01, 2011

With just an idea in their mind, these five entrepreneurs set out to address a market need. With just an idea in their mind, these five entrepreneurs set out to address a market need. S. Meera traces their journey so far, while giving us a glimpse of what the future has in store traces their journey so far, while giving us a glimpse of what the future has in store

In small packages comes focused education

Mar 01, 2011

Management development programmes serve as a quick boost to help employees update their skill sets and in turn, help an organisation achieve its objectives

Compensation philosophy

Mar 01, 2011

Getting compensation policies right is a must for the HR function. In this piece, we take a look at how pay scales have changed over the years and the factors that have influenced this change

Laying the foundation

Mar 01, 2011

The second article in a twelve-part series on investments made simple, aims at setting up a step-by-step process to address financial goals

Education is a non-cyclical industry that provides high returns for investors, while making a social contribution

Mar 01, 2011

Sandeep Aneja, founder and managing director of Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd., speaks to Poornima Kavlekar about the opportunities that lie ahead in the education sector

An eye on design

Mar 01, 2011

Design consultant, Itu Chaudhuri, says good design furthers an objective or addresses an existing problem by providing a solution As told to Divya M. Chandramouli

Spreading the printed word online

Mar 01, 2011

As reading makes a comeback, Indian publishers are looking at tapping into new technologies to reach out to a wider audience. And industry experts believe that a new audience is waiting in the wings of India’s tier-II and III cities