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    Facebook to purchase Whats app for $19 bn

    @ Kartik - Yes, my issue is with the revenue model of the future cash flow projected from the deal. For a moment, let's keep this revenue projection aside, how about answering these questions. How fruitful has the instagram acquisition been for facebook ? How lost does the other tech firm feels...
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    Facebook to purchase Whats app for $19 bn

    @ Kartik - my only concern to this acquisition is the future cash flow which facebook is expecting after acquiring whats app. The projected target of users for whats app is estimated to be at 1 billion, so if we take out the first year which is free, and 99 cents for the following year, we are...
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    Facebook to purchase Whats app for $19 bn

    Read this news today morning and its been published in all the major business/non-business papers, Facebook to buy Whats app for $19 bn. The price which facebook is paying for purchasing whats app is staggering and is equivalent to $42 per whats app user, as compared to $3 per viber user paid by...
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    Why we are getting educated...?

    Hi Tushar, I somewhat agree with the points Arti has put forth. Education is not only about subjective realisation, but education is also about developing a certain set of skills which a person can achieve only through education(be it any degree/course/qualification) and later with experience...
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    Go Public or Go Bank ...

    Hi Arti, It's a very interesting debate on whether a company should "go bank or go public". Out of 1000's of companies listed in our Index, how many of them would you think has utilised the money/capital which they raised through IPO for the purpose's which they had laid down while initiating...
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    Go Public or Go Bank ...

    Hi Arti, It's a very interesting debate on whether a company should "go bank or go public". Out of 1000's of companies listed in our Index, how many of them would you think has utilised the money/capital which they raised through IPO for the purpose's which they had laid down while initiating...
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    If Mahatma Gandhi was alive

    Hi, I guess if Mahatma Gandhi was alive we wouldn't have had such a crisis situation in our country. But let's assume inspite of Mahatma Gandhi's presence we still have such a crisis situation he would have said only one statement. Quotes "I was responsible for the independence of the country...
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    Forbes , Flipcart , Failures and Frugal journalism

    Hi Farhana, Its a very interesting read....i agree with your statement about the dead journalism. However here i would like to highlight an interesting observation about the column writer whom i would not like to name but was a crucial member of Flipkart's article. My argument with the column...
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    What if Chanakya would have been Prime Minister of India?

    Hi Farhana...Excellent point you made about a Consultant profile and a Prime Minister profile....Corporate Chanakaya is not written by chanakaya....the thoughts which chanakya has mentioned in his sanskrit verses have to be taken back in the ages which was completely different than what it is...
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    Is digital marketing a waste of Money?

    Hi Farhana...i completely agree with your thoughts...i would like to differ in only one point which i state it as when these companies like yahoo, google, and facebook came into existence did we ever thought of them coming so far and sustaining peak of the business cycle? I bet we din't...
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    Is digital marketing a waste of Money?

    Hi Farhana....Barring your advertising debate i would like to opine my point only on the stock price part which is the price of facebook on stock market has nothing to do with its advertising....the stock price of facebook is down on following reasons: 1) The valuations were not justified for FB...
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    Mark Zuckerberg's letter - One day before the facebook IPO

    Hi Farhana, Really interesting articles and interview from the young billionaire. Facebook has just begin with its listing. It cannot be termed as a dotcom bubble and that too in a decade. The valuation which the company has been worth of which is $ 104billion can be achieved but analysts are...
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    Management Lessons from Kingfisher Airlines

    Hi...this is just a recent update about the market share overtake by Indigo to move at number 1 position beating Jet Airways. IndiGo topples Jet in domestic market share, takes No 1 slot | Firstpost Cheers!!!
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    Management Lessons from Kingfisher Airlines

    Hi Farhana, Here you go with some stats: 1) Profit at Rs.650 crore on 48%u0025 revenue growth 2) India%u2019s largest low-fare carrier, IndiGo, posted an 18% jump in profit in the year ended March, performing better than many of its rivals, all of which except one made losses during the...
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    Management Lessons from Kingfisher Airlines

    Hi Nik, I completely agree with you. This is a link which would clearly distinguish the success and failure of aviation industry A tale of two airlines: Kingfisher vs IndiGo Cheers!!!
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