Here is a startup by a bitsian who is also an Insead alum. Located in Hyderabad.
KENVIRON
The vision of KENVIRON is to deliver world-class, state-of-the-art Executive Development Programmes to the Senior Executives and Managers of Indian Corporates.
We bring together
the world's eminent
business thought-leaders,
Industry experts and
Executive Coaches,
through our Global
Educator Network,
to deliver top-notch
Executive Development
Programmes to Indian
Corporates.
-Adios
Source: Seth Godin
Like most creatures, people are stressed out. Almost all the time. And when we're not, we seek out adventures and interactions to make us stressed. We get stressed about money, reputation, safety, relationships and whether we have to move our seat on the plane after we get on.
Stress is an essential part of the human condition. It rises when we're about to buy something or sell something or interact with someone. We spend money to avoid it and we spend money to embrace it. And we almost never talk about it.
That thing you're marketing... Does it add to stress or take it away? Is it stressful to talk about it? Buy it? Get rid of it? Is it more stressful not to buy it than it is to go ahead and buy one? Does it promise to reduce stress, but end up causing more?
Worth thinking about.
Hmm.. found this here:
(we will never disclose your phone number to anyone, not even your mother!).
BRINGO: Interesting concept.. Helps to remove phone trees and allows to connect to human rather than talking to machine.
Brijit
Simply, Brijit aggregates the world's best long-form content and
abstracts it in 100 words or less, providing busy, omnivorous, and
increasingly mobile readers with rich, qualitative summaries as well as
better guideposts for what to read, watch or listen to now.
This idea stemmed from the following thought:
We wish deep down that we were the kind of people who could read the
Economist AND the New Yorker cover-to-cover every week, watch the
Sunday morning political shows, and never miss an hour of This American
Life. But we're not. And chances are, neither are you. Because who's
got the time? And that's why we're building Brijit. Our mission is
simple: make it easy for all of us to discover and access the world's
best content, quickly, inexpensively and on our own terms.
This is angel financed. Provides three dot rating. Its coverage is vast.
Where does the name Brijit come from? (i didn't get this)
We like the idea of the ellipsis, the three dots in a row used to eliminate non-essential passages, leaving only salient points behind; that's what our abstracts are all about. But since Ellipsis didn't get us there, we started fooling around with the three dots, which led us to the letters 'iji' in sequence, which led us to Brijit on April 7, 2006. Added bonus connotations: bridge, abridge, midget, widget, and Bardot.
Once i get some time, i will definitely join Brijit and try this.Adios Amigos
Interesting competition by Freakanomics.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/vote-now-a-six-word-motto-for-the-us/
My vote goes to "Caution! Experiment in Progress Since 1776" and "Our Worst Critics Prefer to Stay".
-Raman
Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good
The white stripes - You dont know what love is
James blunt - 1973
Foo Fighters - The Pretenders
Scorpians - Humanity
Snow Patrol - Signal Fire
Plain White T's - Hey there delilah
Incubus - Dig
Aqua Lung - Brighter Than Sunshine
Maroon 5 - Wake up call
John Fogerty - Revival
