Marketing & Branding | Poonam Kulkarni |

Social Media Tips From the Founder Of Gujju Tips

With increasing number of Startups looking at Social Media as a user acquisition channel, there is plenty of noise in this space. Having run GujjuTips for a while and working with several startups on their Social Media targeting,... .

Mentoring & Education | DARE |

ARE VC INVESTMENTS TAKING INVESTORS FOR A RIDE?

Kauffman Foundation’s Recent Report analyzing 20 Years of it’s investments in VC Funds highlight the ‘Hollow-ness’ of the Model & VC Fund Structure! “We have met the Enemy – and He is Us” : The title of recent... .

Legal & Policy | DARE |

Hope Floats!

  Planning Commission’s recent report on ‘Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India’ seem to set the ground for boosting entrepreneurial activity and investment in coming decade The basis of growth of... .

Going Global | DARE |

Evolutionary startup: The story of Pawaa

  While enterprise applications have moved to the cloud, what stops document management applications following suit. In today’s world Data Leak Protection has become a crucial piece of technology every enterprise is looking... .

Mentoring & Education | DARE |

Social Innovations needed to solve the problems of the poor: Sam Pitroda

  New Delhi, Jan 21, 2012: India is in a unique position to solve the problems of the poor as it has the largest number of poor and huge amount of talent to address challenges faced by them, said Sam Pitroda, advisor to Indian... .

Marketing & Branding | DARE |

Social Media Schedule- How to ensure it is right?

            By Manik Kinra   Here are the six important lessons that put Social Media Schedule on its track of success: Crafting an Integrated Plan by being Strategically Social-Integration of Social Media... .

Mentoring & Education | Prashanth Hebbar |

There are no short-cuts in life but there can be fast-tracks: Rohit Rajput

Dare caught up with Rohit Rajput, Director, Crestcom, BPM India. BPM (Bullet Proof Manager) is a global executive program run by Crestcom. Here's a quick take. Peter Principle: Everyone gets promoted to their level of... .

Marketing & Branding | Prashanth Hebbar |

The Quikr Story

Companies are built in a million different ways. Very few stand out as being unique. Joining this minority is Quikr. This is the story of how Quikr came to be. Looking back at the Internet technology business, one cannot miss... .

Business Essentials | Prashanth Hebbar |

Decision time: Toss a coin or take just 30 seconds

How much time does it take you to make a decision? Well, if you have been in two minds whether to do this thing or to do that other thing and can't decide for heaven's sake, take a break. And immediately after you take that... .

Business Essentials | Prashanth Hebbar |

Cash is king but innovation is god

How will you do things differently in 2012? Dare caught up with LC Singh of Nihilent Tehnologies and Hanuman Tripathi of InfraSoftTech on some tips. Here are the excerpts: LC Singh is an IT industry veteran who began his... .

Business Essentials | Prashanth Hebbar |

If you are the best in the industry, you may be pulling it down

When capabilities go out of sync your investment in increasing organizational efficiencies might be at risk. This thought struck me while traveling to Pune today. Our flight arrived at the Pune airport on time but the pilot... .

Business Essentials | Prashanth Hebbar |

Entrepreneurship: Ganesh's 4 rules to live by

K Ganesh was simply at his charming best. The founder of TutorVista and a serial entrepreneur made some no-nonsense commentary on being an entrepreneur. Without wasting much bytes let me come to his key tenets: You should... .

Business Essentials | Prashanth Hebbar |

Why do we forget how HP was built

  Can someone frame page 32 of "The HP Way" please After a hard day's work, I am now flipping through the pages of The HP Way. It is a fascinating account By David Packard on how he and Bill Hewlett built HP and one of my all... .