Archive for February, 2008

Google India MD - Shailesh Rao On Google Search, Docs & Orkut!

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Yes we is Back! And Back With a Bang! Guess we caught up with this week?? (ok i know you read the title but just cant help our excitement!) Yes its none other than the Man heading the worlds largest search engine for India. Mr.Shailesh Rao Google India MD. And Boy oh boy did we ask him some tough questions :)

 

Here are the questions we googled at Mr.Google..

1) According to you, What is the future of local search in India?

2) What can be added to Local Search in terms of new innovations?

3) With Googles Ads CTR’s (Click Through Rates) dipping down what is google doing to increase public response to its ads?

4) Who is the target audience for a product like Google docs and spreadsheets? Is it the Corporate or The Consumer?

5) Google has always been known for its innovations. But recent features of Orkut (Opening API, Privacy etc) seems to be heavily inspired by Facebook. Is Google getting too big for Innovations?

Check out his answers in the WATShow below: (Turn ON your speakers!)

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Manish Vij - Quasar Business Head On WPP Acquisition & Digital Media Growth

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

We are Back! And this time we caught up with Manish Vij! The new found mega success story of the digital media space! For those who are unaware Manish Vij was the Business Head of Quasar which recently sold 75% to WPP one of the worlds largest advertising media companies. Here are the questions we asked Manish:

1) Quasar was doing so well why sell to a large media house?

2) Why didn’t you consider more funding or JV as against a sell out?

3) What growth do you see for Digital Media Companies?

4) Smile Studio Interactive Your parent company is incubating startups Tell us more about that?

Here is the latest WATShow - (Turn ON your Speakers!)

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Dan Neary - VP - EBay Inc On India, Regional Language Ecommerce & Skype

Friday, February 15th, 2008

We are back! With yet another exclusive interview! And this time we have gone and got Dan Neary who is the Vice President of Emerging Markets in Ebay Inc to answer the following questions:

1) What is Ebay’s Media Strategy in India?

2) Whats Ebay’s SME Strategy in India?

3) Is Ebay going to have better payment and regional languages for India?

4) When will Ebay Integrate Ebay with Skype?

Here is the latest WATShow: (Turn ON your speakers!)

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Amar Goel - Komli.com Founder - Talks About PubMatic & VC Funding!

Friday, February 8th, 2008

We is Back! This week we bring you gyaan from the recently funded startup Komli.com’s (An Ad Network which also owns Pubmatic.com) Founder & CEO Amar Goel. Amar spoke about the following

What is Pubmatic?

What is the Revenue Model of Pubmatic?

What do Venture Capitalists look for in Entrepreneurs?

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