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Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s former chief executive of Yahoo had promised that she will not screw this property up. But then she proceeded to do just that. And spectacularly at that! Yahoo had bought it for $1.1 bn in 2013. Today it was sold to WordPress.com parent company
Tim O’Reilly is someone who identifies trends early and has been at the forefront of the internet revolution. He is the founder of O’Reilly Media (formerly O’Reilly & Associates) and a supporter of the free software and open source movements. Here he discusses some great lessons for startups.
Every other day we hear about some company or the other being bought by Google and Microsoft or even IBM. Acquisitions are a good way to enhance the strengths, offerings and customers to a new level. But any idea which company has been the most prolific in acquiring companies and
Infosys is realigning itself. The entire realign work has been going on for last year or so. Broadly speaking there are 3 phases to it: 1. Business Operations Restructuring: This has been completed. It affected roughly 55,000 people. Basically, in this phase the company’s employees were aligned in
As the tablet market heats up, Blackberry is coming out with its own version of its competition to iPad. As we said in an earlier post [https://www.drishtikone.com/future-world-computing-will-be-defined-smartphones-today-not-laptops] , that future of computing is going to be decided by the mobile computing as opposed to laptops of today.
An interesting discussion started off on my school alumni group. While one guy felt that Westerners are more enterprising than Indians are. Another countered really well by giving great example like that of Dhirubhai Ambani and Narayana Murthy, who started real late in their lives. My contention is that there
Here is a rather interesting interview [http://businessfinancemag.com/print/9171] with the EMC CFO David Goulden on how he started a Cost Transformation program at his company. One thing that I found rather interesting was that even a department as "uninteresting" as Finance, used Social Media tools within the
I am Desh who lived in Delhi. Now, the professors from some top business schools tell us that this was ordained. That people like the places and things that have their name’s letters in their names. From example, Dennis’ become dentists, Louises somehow move to Louisiana. So, maybe cosmos
SWOT: SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats inside a company, project, or a business venture. It involves identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable/unfavorable for business to succeed. It is the staple of many consultants who live
Now shouldn’t the value of a company depend on what it produces? It has 60 employees and loads of messages floating around. Everyone else – those making apps for Twitter – are making money BUT Twitter! So where does the money come from? Unless Google buys it and adds Google adds
Finding the core of your business is critical to its success. The truth is that there is a small core of your business and customers that really drive most of your business. What really matters is to identify that “core” and then identify with it and target it. > What marketers
Cultures affect brands and their marketing. Pepsi in Argentina has taken an interesting turn – which would have been unheard of few years back. It just goes to show how global Pepsi as a company has become and how that fact defines its working. > When speaking Spanish, especially with an Argentine
Google always thinks out of the box. It uses very traditional things and a lot of hard work to some great effect. For example, even there Street level mapping used taking pictures at the street level to sow everything together. Goats Now, due to the fires in California, the Government
This is a very interesting study! The barely 10-year-old Google is the world’s most powerful brand, followed by General Electric and Microsoft, according to a s urvey conducted by Millward Brown’s BrandZ index (attached). The survey assigned values to various brands based on their financial strength and consumer
Satyam Shivam Sundaram – is a mantra that is very popular in the Hindu philosophy. It is often translated as “Truth is God and God is Beautiful” – where Satyam is translated as Truth, Shivam as God and Sundaram as Beautiful. Unfortunately this translation exposes our prejudiced view of “God”. We want
I remember when I first to US and was getting immersed in SAP, the guys who had started their careers in India (had done a project there) were outstanding in their indepth knowledge of SAP modules. The reason probably was that they got a wider latitude to experiment while implementing.
Saw a real cool site for business strategy and problem formulation, way to analyze, communicate and execute. Somehow I felt it made the entire thing a bit too complex! But nevertheless it looks rather cool.. just check out Idiagram [http://www.idiagram.com]. Here is the official word on what
And just when every network and sharing web site is going juvenile in its character and content.. here is a site which has started off with thinkers’ content: BigThink [http://bigthink.com/] Here is the official version of what the company thinks this site is. I am all for the
I had written about the controversy [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/?q=content/perception-indian-brand-tatas-fight] between Orient Express and Tatas for the OEH Hotel in UK. The OEH executive (CEO Paul White) had written about how an Indian brand name association will “devalue” the OEH brand. He had also raised
I had written about the controversy [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/?q=content/perception-indian-brand-tatas-fight] between Orient Express and Tatas for the OEH Hotel in UK. The OEH executive (CEO Paul White) had written about how an Indian brand name association will “devalue” the OEH brand. He had also raised
Every person is a brand and so he/she should manage him/herself well! There are many aspects to managing the Brand called “You”.Shawn Graham [http://blog.fastcompany.com/experts/sgraham/2007/12/careers_7_steps_to_managing_yo.html?partner=rss] discusses 7 steps to managing the BrandYou
Every person is a brand and so he/she should manage him/herself well! There are many aspects to managing the Brand called “You”.Shawn Graham [http://blog.fastcompany.com/experts/sgraham/2007/12/careers_7_steps_to_managing_yo.html?partner=rss] discusses 7 steps to managing the BrandYou
Its all about the right idea and execution in the world of business. There are numerous singles and marriage sites that it is nothing new to have another one! So, it was a surprise to see a site with a concept that will surely work in this area – marriage/singles
Its all about the right idea and execution in the world of business. There are numerous singles and marriage sites that it is nothing new to have another one! So, it was a surprise to see a site with a concept that will surely work in this area – marriage/singles
I had talked of investment advice from Phil Fisher, who talked of a superior advertising capability within a company to be a good investment. Well, now the investment gurus would need to go a step further… the best companies are those who become household names without much advertising! Like Google
Here is a guest article from By Christine Comaford-Lynch Author of Rules for Renegades You’ve got the idea, now package it well. The way you present your company and vision determines whether you get the right financial partners and the right deal. It costs so much money to build
It is being rumored that Infosys may buy CapGemini. Although CapGemini has a total Sales of USD 10.35 billion and Infosys sales are USD 3.1 billion, but its profits and market value are half that of the Indian company. Some say it is too big a fish to
Know of the latest in the email war?Yahoo Mail [http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html] has raised the storage to UNLIMITED! Now, you need not delete your emails.. pics etc.. just to make space for the new emails. They have followed Gmail now.
So many Indian stocks are growing at a rate mushc faster than the Indian economy – in fact many times. The projections for these stocks growth rate are fantastic at times.. going into many decades. But, can a company – high growth one – keep growing at a multiple to the economy itself
I recently got to read Ram Charan’s Know-How (Thanks to Jeffrey of FSB associates [http://www.fsbassociates.com]). I have a very high regard for Ram Charan as a business mind. He is a quintessential CEO’s consultant. That is what a consultant dreams of becoming. So for someone
These are Five Principles of Project Management [http://searchcio.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid19_gci1139000,00.html?track=NL-48&ad=529906USCA] proposed by James Champy – the guy who brought BPR into vogue! Have a solid business case for the work. Always know why you are doing a project, and
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