Discount selling kills brands: Mahesh Murthy of SeedFund

Startups are killing a brand and devaluing their business by offering discounts on products, according to Mahesh Murthy, founding partner, SeedFund, a Mumbai-based early-stage investor. Speaking on Developing World-class Product Management at a fireside chat with industry bigwigs at TechCircle’s D...

Sonam Gulati

Jabong bangs into top rung of Indian e-commerce; Can it sustain?

Delhi-based media consultant Rama Lal (name changed) learnt about Jabong.com, an e-commerce website focused on lifestyle products, from her entrepreneur husband. And one early morning, she logged on to the site and ordered a pair of shoes. That was the first time she shopped on an e-commerce site an...

Anand Rai, Nandana Das & Sonam Gulati

Digirati: Top 25 powerful people in Indian digital business

They provide smart insights into hot trends and create strategies that redefine businesses. They innovate opportunities for themselves and others – writing some success stories that inspire awe. Meet the homegrown Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerbergs and Warren Buffetts who have made waves in the digital ...

Sonam Gulati & Nandana Das

Mobile Query Startup Innoz Raises Series A Funding From Seedfund

Innoz Technologies Pvt Ltd, a mobile search platform, has secured Series A funding from Seedfund. Although the amount raised has not been disclosed, it is estimated to be between $2-5 million and will be used in marketing, hiring people and strengthening the technology base to support the increase i...

Team TC

Mahesh Murthy Vs John Kuruvilla On Why Taggle Shut Down

We present an open letter from Mahesh Murthy, the founding partner of Seedfund and founder of internet ad agency Pinstorm, to John Kuruvilla, the founder of Taggle, on why the company had to bite the dust. Kuruvilla responds to Murthy’s views as well. Plus other comments. It was with a sigh th...

Team TC

Do Angels Lose The Start-up Game When VCs Take Over?

When it comes to board room decisions, all is not always rosy between angel and venture capital investors of fast-growing start-ups. And the top angel investors in India have brought to the fore a few friction points that currently exist between angels and venture capitalists. According to Deepak Sh...

Shrija Agrawal

E-com Hype Is Driven By Cash-rich VC Funds, Not Wise Investors: Mahesh Murthy

According to popular view, it is a second coming for e-commerce in India. This is clearly visible as more than half-a-dozen e-com businesses have procured funds during the first half of this calendar year while VC funds are literally competing with each other to get a large chunk of the pie. However...

Preethi J

Brands Should Build Social Media Objectives

With the reach of digital overtaking that of large mainstream newspapers and given the additional advantage of cost effectiveness compared to traditional media, social media marketing is set to boom in India. In a session on making money from social media, that was part of the Travel Distribution Su...

Shrija Agrawal

Mahesh Murthy On E-com Bubble Bath Being Driven By ‘Topi’ Investors

According to popular view, it is a second coming for e-commerce in India. This is clearly visible as more than half-a-dozen e-com businesses have procured funds during the first half of this calendar year while VC funds are literally competing with each other to get a large chunk of the pie. However...

Preethi J

Flipkart Vs Infibeam: Who Gets The Traffic

Update: More recent graph These two Indian startups have a lot in common except for that Flipkart is VC-funded to the tune of anywhere between $10-15 million while Infibeam is backed by the founder’s money. Both were established in 2007 as online book retailers and have been scaling up at a co...