Organized retail vs. the middlemen
Businessworld has an article providing a spirited defense of organized retail against the violent protests and lobbying by the middlemen. Traditional traders and middlemen are angry about the way organised…
The towering opportunity in telecom infrastructure
Businessworld points out how Indian telecos are cashing in by spinning off their tower businesses. For Indian companies, this serves two purposes. One, it unlocks the value that is stuck…
“Forget software, the real opportunity is in exporting healthcare”
Are Indian companies going to be able to provide enough jobs for the increasing millions of young Indians that are going to graduate each year? If not, the oft spoken…
Where are (the worthwhile) Indian Internet and Mobile cos.?
Today’s DNA has an article quoting VCs like Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners and Ashish Gupta of Helion VC – who were earlier Internet entrepreneurs themselves – saying how they…
Profile of Virgin Comics
The Mint has a profile of Virgin Comics Llc., a company co-founded by former MTV executive Sharad Devarajan and Gotham Chopra (and backed by author Deepak Chopra, filmaker Shekhar Kapur…
“Indian telcos need to be valued differently”
Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman & CEO of AT&T Inc., in an interview to Business Today: People keep missing this market. They keep evaluating the market using old traditional ways of…
An Ethiopian red carpet for horticulture cos.
Business Today has an interesting article on Indian horticulture firms find it more attractive to grow in this African country. For Dr Reddy, it was a journey from red tape…
Funding microfinance firms
Business Standard columnist Key Sarkar has an interesting piece on the experience of funds like Bellwether, Unitus and Lok Capital which fund microfinance companies. One of the big realisations Bellwether…