“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…
ChrysCapital bulks up for a bear market
Businessworld has a cover story on ChrysCapital. In his interview to the magazine, ChrysCapital Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director Ashish Dhawan, explains why his firm decided to raise a $550…
Life after FoodWorld for RPG Retail
Businessworld has an article on the RPG Group’s plans for retail parting with its FoodWorld joint venture. Right now, the plans to move on seem to be in top gear…
“We are excited about consumer market plays”
ContentSutra has an interview with Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director of WestBridge Capital, on the firm’s recent investments in Internet and mobile services companies like Shaadi.com, Mauj, Nazara, etc. Internet cannot…
“VC investing by majority vote is a bad idea”
Paul Kedrosky argues that the common practice at VC firms – of requiring unanimity (or at least, majority) among the partners for making investment decisions – is a “dangerous” one.…