Losing money on radio
Business Standard Weekend has an article on how the challenges of making money in the FM radio business. The estimates of how much a radio company pays PPL (Phonographic Performance…
Profile of “world’s first live action video gaming” venture
Businessworld has a profile of US-based Pranay Chulet and his soon-to-be-released interactive video-based software game. Everything in Latent Lava — the protagonists, actions, locations, accessories — is real, and not…
Do Indian pharma cos. suffer from overseas shopping addiction?
Economic Times’ Corporate Dossier supplement has a two-part article – here and here – on the voracious appetite Indian pharmaceutical companies have developed for buying overseas assets. In an industry…
Bartronics ventures into smart cards
Business Today has an article on how and why the erstwhile barcoding specialist, Hyderabad-based Bartronics, is now venturing into smart card manufacturing. The idea of smart cards originated 18 months…
Serial Entrepreneurs-in-the-making
Business Today has a cover story on how Indian entrepreneurs who have cashed in on their first ventures – often by selling out to MNCs – are taking the plunge…
Update: IT Services & BPO Connect; July 12, Bangalore
Highly successful entrepreneurs and angel investors including N. S. Raghavan of Nadathur Holdings (and co-founder of Infosys), Dr. Prakash Mutalik of RelQ (which was acquired recently by EDS), Rajiv Mody…
Blooming of tourism entrepreneurs
Business Today has an article profiling entrepreneurs who are setting up innovative tourism-related businesses. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and…
Profile of home textiles co. Sabare International
Businessworld has a profile of this Karur-based home textile firm which is backed by Kotak PE. Things changed for Sabare in 2001 after retailers started dealing with the exporters directly.…
With Subex’s acquisition-led growth endure?
Businessworld has an article pointing out the achievements and challenges facing Bangalore-based telecom software firm Subex which has specialized in growing through acquisitions. After acquiring the firm, it immediately attacks…