There has been a lot of talk about enterprise startups becoming ‘cool again’ , ‘the place to invest’ and so on. So what has really changed? How have enterprise startups, long considered boring and ‘un-scalable’ become sought after again? Here are the top three reasons -
Is 2013 the Year of the Enterprise Startup ?
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Tagged enterprise, Marketing, revenues, startups, traction
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Five reasons why Shipping is an interesting career choice
Why the shipping industry is an interesting career choice
I used to work for a stock exchange for nearly 3 and half years after my B-School stint. Hence when I decided to shift to the shipping industry, quite a few eyebrows were raised. I myself wasn’t sure what I wasn’t walking into when I joined Maersk Line India Pvt. Ltd. (Part of AP Moller Group, Denmark) As part of their Global Leadership Program (MLGP) this year
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Tagged careers, leadership, management, salary, shipping
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Revenues or Customers – Facebook needs to pick one!
Read an interesting article by Mahesh Murthy on Facebook and its new ways to generate revenue. You can find it in detail here, but according to me the summary is that ‘Customers used Facebook because it was a cool and free place to come together. In the process Facebook became a big company and from advertising on the sides has few billion dollars in revenue. Now to increase the revenues Facebook is trying to charge customers from their posts without understanding how dangerous it can be. People switched from Myspace to Orkut to Facebook and god knows where they might go next’.
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Top 5 Indian Newsmakers of 2012
A lot has happened in 2012, from the demise of so many wonderful musicians, artists to a number of glorious moments, new public figures and what not.
So, basing my decision on research from numerous trends on news, search engines and public opinion these would be the top 5 Indian Newsmakers of 2012.
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Tagged Arvind Kejriwal, India, Narendra modi, rajesh khanna, saina nehwal, sunny leone, top 5
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Justice Verma Committee – Criminal Law about Women Safety
The earlier course of events about Women Safety and security, particularly in the aftermath of the heinous gang-rape case in New Delhi has caused more than a kerfuffle in the Government machinery, thankfully. The Government has formed a three member committee to form a law and this committee will be headed by Justice Verma.
Posted in Politics, Public Issues
Tagged citizen, india issues, security, women safety
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Has India become a rape-prone nation?
The spate of cases of rape have been on a rise in the last few months. So, is the threat real, that we are moving towards becoming a rape-prone country where women will feel afraid to go out and become independent.
Some digging of the facts and analysis show some different trends.
Design led business transformation – Royal Enfield Showroom
Editor’s Note: Design today plays a crucial part in every business. To quote Steve Jobs -
Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works.
This is becoming increasingly true even for offline businesses. The way your customers get introduced to your product, the level of comfort they experience when they visit your office, and most importantly, the flow through which they go while ‘interacting’ with the product influences sales. Alok Thakurdesai, a designer based out of Pune, has taken a shot at proving this intuitive but not-easy-to-prove hypothesis. The case in consideration is the Royal Enfield Showroom designed by him which has led to a 50% increase in sales as compared to other established showrooms. His writeup and experiences are below -
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Tagged design, pune, royal enfield, showroom, steve jobs, threefourteen
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Salary Survey for Management Graduates
Strat.in is proud to partner with IIMJobs for the Salary survey on Management Graduates.
The survey has three distinguishing factors -
(a) Anonymity guaranteed – We are committed to anonymity – the only detail we know about you would be the job related questions and nothing else.
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Tagged iimjobs, manage, management, management graduates, salary, survey
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Why Sachin deserves the Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar. The name needs no introduction in any part of the country. If there is one sportsman from India who even the US President has heard of and is appreciated by legends from other sports as well, it is Sachin
In 2011, the Government of India modified the eligibility criteria to allow sportspersons to receive the award and opened the award “for performance of highest order in any field of human Endeavour from the earlier criteria for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as “recognition of public service of the highest order.” “(Wikipedia)
Modi, the management guru
I first heard of Narendra Modi, like many others, post the unfortunate Godhra incident and the subsequent riots that shook the collective conscience of the nation. Before that, I must admit, I had never heard of him. In fact, in those days, the only two CMs of any state I knew of was the West Bengal CM and the Tripura CM – Bengal because of obvious reasons and Tripura – because the person concerned had a long reign at the top. And I knew vaguely about the Delhi CM, and knew that “one of the two” were CMs in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
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Tagged 2012, gujarat elections, gujarat progress, leadership, modi, Narendra modi, politics modi development management
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