This is a tough one to answer, specially because I am a “multiple revenue streams” believer. On the face of it, it looks like People Group (owners of Shaadi.com, Mauj and Fropper.com and backed by Sequoia Capital) are trying to cross-sell a new service and offering to a large database of their current users with […]
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The August 2007 issue of Business2.0 made me question the credibility of the sources from which Business2.0 got some of their data. I’ve always thought the data and articles presented in this magazine were highly credible, but a couple of things mentioned inthis article will now make me think twice. I’ll shoot off a letter […]
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They wont. Atleast not now, and not for the next 4 years.
Why?
Because, firstly Video Movie rental in India is not big business by itself. So you can forget about taking the model online and making big bucks. Mail order and postal rental systems are the way of life in America. People participate in “mail rebates” […]
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I still don’t understand CEOs and owners of companies who report inflated traffic and revenue figures to the media. It just isn’t good business and it will bounce back someday on their face.
Case # 1 - Khichdee.com
A recent article on Business2.0 reported Khichdee.com getting 4500 new classifieds posts per day. Khichdee is claiming to be […]
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While I sparingly use Burrp and almost never use Mouthshut, I dont really see how either of the models can be money spinners for the owners or any VCs looking to invest. My gutt feel tells me that Mouthshut is probably making revenues of about $3,000 per month and Burrp is yet to monetize significantly. […]
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I still cannot comprehend logically what Reliance is trying to do with ZapakMail. While the Zapak gaming site launch makes some sense - but not much business sense in terms of how they plan to recover the money they’ve spent on their media blitz - ZapakMail seems to be a complete failure. They’re probably signing […]
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Rajat Jain from Disney has taken over as CEO and MD of Mobile2Win, replacing Rajiv Hiranandani who will continue to stay with the company. Lets hope that Mobile2Win’s quality of mobile and web games (found on Games2Win) improve in quality with this move. I’ve taken a deep look at their mobile and web gaming content […]
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Here’s a daring stunt. News.com has reported that Bollywood 3D is planning to produce a LAN multiple player RPG game prior to release of the hindi movie. The game will have characters inside it that will be present in the movie. They plan to sell these games for $1 to $2 per copy (to combat […]
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Rediff launched its Video, Music and Photo sharing site ishare, just last week and has gone on an advertising blitz to get the word out. Traffic to Rediff.com has been steadily declining over the past few months, and hopefully this will change things for Rediff.
Rediff is yet another Indian company that continues not to innovate […]
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