It seems that finally some smart startup has been able to build traffic by using spam as an effective tool. In last 1-2 months majority of us must have got this tagged mail where some user seems to have tagged you or somebody else. With a familiar Indian sounding name, the click rate was high [...]
Archive for March, 2007
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Sabeer Bhatia back to business, Instacoll raises funding from Softbank
Published March 19th, 2007 in Business News. 1 Comment
Quintessential entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia is back to business and has raised first round funding from Softbank for InstaColl.
InstaColl’s collaboration solutions provide businesses secure, online working relationships with key customers and partners, allowing dispersed stakeholders to reduce time-to-decision and problem-resolution by responding in real time to critical incidents and opportunities.
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ISB hosts Asia Semi Final of the Global Social Venture Competition
Published March 12th, 2007 in Business Plan Competition. 0 CommentsThe Asia Semi-Final of the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is being organized by the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, on March 9 & 10, 2007. The competition has attracted over 200 social business plans from the Asia – Pacific region. The short listed plans come from countries such as China, Taipei, Singapore, Dubai [...]
Rediff.com targets email market with a racy campaign
Published March 9th, 2007 in Business News. 1 CommentIt looks like that Indian Internet portal Rediff.com (NASDAQ : REDF ) has taken a cue from Domain booking & Web Hosting company Godaddy (Godaddy’s commercial during Superbowl was banned due to wardrobe malfunction and thus created quite a controversy and visibility for Godady) and has decided to release a quite racy advertisement to promote [...]
INDIAN VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION lashes out at new budget provision for domestic Venture funds
Published March 9th, 2007 in Venture Capital / Pvt Equity News. 0 CommentsIn a press release, IVCA (INDIAN VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION) has condemned Finance Minister’s Budget proposal regarding taxation of Domestic funds and called these steps as regressive and retrograde.
Business Plan Competition for Green Entrepreneurs
Published March 5th, 2007 in Business Plan Competition. 0 CommentsNew Ventures India in association with CII, YES Bank and Exim Bank is organising a Business Plan competition for for Sustainable Enterprises. The winning entries will get a investment of INR 50 lakh to INR 25 Crore ( INR 5 million to INR 250 million).
