Posts Tagged ‘watshow’

GlobalScholar.com’s CEO Kal Raman On Funding, Competition & Success Mantra!

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

We caught up with GlobalScholar.com CEO Kal Raman who prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, he was the SVP of WW hardlines at amazon.com since Aug 2004. At amazon.com, Kal was in charge of the world wide hardlines business and also in charge of retail technology and online marketing for the entire company.

Kal held variety of jobs at drugstore.com from 1998-2004. He was the CEO of drugstore.com from 2001-04 and also served as COO and CIO.

 

We asked him the following questions:

  • Please give us a brief description of GlobalScholar.com?

  • What promted you to start GlobalScholar.com?

  • Was it difficult to raise funds for Globalscholar.com?

  • Your advise to others who are trying to raise funds?

  • You recently acquired a software company, How does that help globalscholar?

  • Which company do you look at as competition?

  • Who or What would you credit with your phenomenal individual success?

 

Here is one of the best WATShow’s

Hope you enjoyed this WATShow.. Stay tuned for part 2 of the same next week!

Exclusive WATShow with Faisal Farooqui, CEO, Mouthshut.com

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

 

Founded in 2000, MouthShut.com is an User Generated Content Company. It has evolved into an online community where consumers come together to write and read reviews and compare hundreds of products and services. It is also a repository  which offers consumers the option of recording and posting video reviews.

 

WATShow recently met up with Faisal Farooqui, CEO, Moutshut.com, for a little tête-à-tête and asked him a few questions like

  •  Why should brands care about Mouthshut.com?
  • How is Mouthshut.com different from others in the market?
  • How did the Rickshaw branding happen?
  • Are you looking to raise funds? If yes, then how much?
  • A word of advice for brands to combat negative feedback.
  • 3 pointers for internet start ups in the country.

 

And finally, here comes the interview with the man himself….

 

 

Rohan Verma, Director of MapMyIndia.com On Monetization Strategy, API And More

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

WATShow happened to catch up with Rohan Verma, Director of MapMyIndia, some time ago. We had quizzed him on -

 

  • the various mediums through which MapMyIndia plans to offer navigation services.
  • their highest priotiy market.
  • the company’s monetization strategy.
  • their vision with the “API” aspect of the business.
  • and, the company’s future plans.

 

 

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Prashant Mehta from Yahoo! on Search Marketing, Tyroo & Microsoft Deal

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

WATShow is Back! This week we catch up with Prashant Mehta - VP and Head of the Advertiser and Partner Group for Emerging Markets at Yahoo!

Prashant was in India to launch Yahoo! Search Marketing recently and we caught up with him to ask him about a couple of things:

Yahoo! recently acquired a stake in Tyroo. How does the New Search Marketing Platform, and the Tyroo Network synergize?

How has the deal with Microsoft Affected Yahoo!?

What is the update on Yahoo!’s Mobile Strategy? Monetization Avenues?

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Rohit Sharma - COO of Zapak.com On ZapakMail, ZapakGirls, & Revenue Models

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Once again, after a long weekend Siesta, WATShow is back! We caught up with Mr. Rohit Sharma, the COO of Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited.

We tried to get a few insights from Rohit Sharma by questioning him about:
1) Zapak’s Applications on Social Networks
2) Zapak’s movement away from gaming to entertainment and email
3) Future of Zapak Girls
4) In Game Advertising or Subscription Based Revenue – What’s the way forward for Zapak?

 

 

Recently Zapak has been in the news for stuff they are doing around Zapak Kids & Bhoothnath, The MTv Roadies, Cartoon Network, and an excusive zone on the Kolkatta Knight Riders Website.

Mauj Telecom CEO Manoj Dawane Talks On VAS, P2P Mobile & Mobile TV

Friday, April 18th, 2008

We are back! This time with an exclusive interview with the CEO of one of the biggest mobile VAS companies in India i.e. Mauj Telecom’s Manoj Dawane. Here are the questions we fired at Mr.Dawane:

1) Which are the areas that are still untapped in the VAS (Value Added Services) Market?

2) What is your take on P2P Sharing on Mobiles?

3) What’s your take on Mobile TV and its Future?

 

Check this exclusive show below:

 

 

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Rediff VP Marketing Speaks About iShare, Local Content & Web 2.0!

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

WATShow is back.. Its taken us a bit of time this month to get going with WATShow but nonetheless we are here with another exclusive WATShow!

This time we have featured Manish Agarwal, VP Marketing at Rediff.com to share his thoughts on the following:

1) iShare and its Strategy

2) Local Content

3) Web 2.0

Manish is quite candid on his views about Local content and also slips in a few insights on iShare’s Strategy! Do check out the video below and let us know your thoughts!

Google’s Content Acquitions Head Talks About Youtube’s India Strategy

Monday, March 31st, 2008

We are back!

Internationally Youtube is raising the bar but what is its India strategy?

Well WATShow.com caught up with Harbinder Narula Content Acquisitions Head of Google who spoke to us about the following:

 

1) Youtube’s India Strategy?

2) Integration of Youtube with Other Google Services?

Check the video below:

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Jai Maroo - Director Shemaroo Entertainment On Online Video Growth

Monday, March 24th, 2008

After a looong weekend WATShow is back! We caught up with someone who would primarily be associated with the offline media industry but who is well versed with the online video and its potential.

We spoke to Jai Maroo the Director of Shemaroo and posed the following questions to him..

1) Do you think video entertainment is the next big thing online?

2) Do you think Indians will take to the concept of video sharing?

3) How will bandwidth constraints affect the growth of videos online?

 Below is the latest WATShow:

 

 

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Exclusive Interview With Hrush Bhatt - Founder Cleartrip.com

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Cleartrip recently got funding of 18.5 Million Dollars but just before they got that we were lucky enough to catch up with Hrush Bhatt for an exclusive interview with  WATShow.

We questioned Hrush on the following:

1) What’s the differentiation between Cleartrip and other Online Travel Portals?

2) How important is logistics in online travel business?

3) Why did Cleartrip launch Rail Search?

4) What’s the idea behind the blog?

Watch his answer in the WATShow below:

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