Forget Rs. 500 flight tickets. We’ll be flying free soon
Given that Ryan Air, according to this Business 2.0 article, is already predicting more than half of its passengers will fly free by the end of the decade, we can…
Why Pierre Omidyar is kicked about microfinance
It is well known that Vinod Khosla is a very active investor in microfinance institutions. Interestingly, so is eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar. He explains why in an interview to FT:…
The elusive Billion Dollar exit and why it matters
TheDeal.com has an article on how billion dollar exits for VCs are now largely history and how this phenomenon is impacting the business. In the past four years, only five…
Will Nimbus buckle under its ambitious cricketing bid?
Business Today is skeptical whether Nimbus Communications, which raised $45 million from UK-based PE firm 3i last year, can manage to make money on its $612.18 million bid for the…
“The Pre-IPO Pricing Party”
Business Today has an article on how companies on the IPO path strike deals with financial investors – like PE firms, hedge funds or FIIs – to “discover” their IPO…
Is Novatium yet another Net PC/TV Co.?
Business Today has a profile of Chennai-based Novatium – co-founded by Indiaworld fame Rajesh Jain and IIT-Madras’ Prof.Ashok Jhunjhunwala – which is creating sub-Rs.5,000 network-computing devices. The big challenge before…
IT Outsourcing: Big rewards from the big renewals?
Business Today has a cover story focusing on the $100 billion worth of IT outsourcing contracts that are coming up for renewal in the next two years. The article examines…
What makes Suzlon’s Tanti tick?
Several Indian entrepreneurs have tried and failed to make money from the winds. Not so Tulsi Tanti, Founder & CMD of Pune-based wind energy turbine maker Suzlon Energy. Tanti (Age…
“VCs seek dot-com success stories in India”
United Press International has an article on the return of interest in Internet-based services companies – aka “dotcoms” – in India. “India is particularly appealing for a number of reasons,…
Why Paramount Airways is targeting business travelers
Businessworld has an interview with M. Thiagarajan, the 29-year-old Managing Director of Coimbatore-based Paramount Airways, which caters to business travelers between the major metros and smaller cities. Our target is…