Santhosh is a humble postman on his daily beat in Ernakulam city. The newfound jargons of the Department, e-bill, e-post, satellite post etc, are still not a part of his lexicon. Yet, he is sharply aware of the falling number of letters that he delivers every day. Mail traffic is at an all time low…. [...]
Archive for June, 2003
SMS impacts mail traffic
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2003 | 2 Comments »
Blogs = Open Source Media
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2003 | 4 Comments »
Web logs, or blogs, offer everyone a platform for political commentary, diary writing, and sharing links. And the best are truly influential. The term open source media came via Businessweek in the article coined, The Wild World of “Open-Source Media”
Rich People : Asset or Curse
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2003 | 5 Comments »
Good article on why you need rich people (via IHT). During my childhood in Socialist India, if you were rich then most likely you were dishonest. Things are very different today, you can be very rich and very honest.
Making Money for the Poor
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2003 | 4 Comments »
ITC has really made an all round impact socially with a win-win situation between the coporate and the farmer worlds. ITC first aims to help improve farmers’ incomes by: — Wiring rural communities with computer access to its e-trading platform — Offering better on-line prices than auctions for produce — Providing quality seeds and on-line [...]
Anatomy of an India Success Story
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2003 | 9 Comments »
Via Knowledge at Wharton. Q&A with Raman Roy, who founded Spectra-Mind, which was ultimately bought over by Wipro. He was the first to see this opportunity which has become a big business today.
Joys of Entrepreneurship
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2003 | 6 Comments »
(via emergic) good article on entrepreneurship. Some key points “An entrepreneur has to like to take big risks,” says Jim Griffin, founder of Griffin Services of Atlanta, Georgia. “When I say big risks, I mean BIG risks. The biggest single fault in the creation of business plans is unrealistic expectations. But you have to think [...]
