Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Anil Kapoor invested in Indi.com



Bollywood actors and actress are also investing in startups. Earlier the actors used to act in movies only but now time has changed and they are doing business. They are also investing in startups, running their own company, buying IPL team etc. 
Yesterday, I came to know that Anil Kapoor has also invested in Indi.com, a global video social network. Indi.com allows individuals and companies to create and monetise content by sharing videos. Artists, retailers, NGOs, celebrities and individuals can connect with fans and supporters, and interact with them using video. 
Indi.com started in 2012 in South California by e-commerce veterans Neel Grover and Greg Giraudi, both associated with Buy.com, Rakuten.com, and Bluefly.com and it was officially launched across the US in 2013. Grover had been in talks with kapoor for over a year and that at first, he was only planning to back the product as an investor. 
According to Grover, Indi's video platform is supported by advanced inbuilt e-commerce capabilities and reaches out to senior level management of Fortune 500 companies. while users from 200 countries can access the platform. Indi will launch with an open platform, allowing companies to start their own channels. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Story of Gautam Adani- Founder Adani Group



Gautam Adani is an Indian business tycoon and he is the founder and chairman of Adani Group. He was born on 24 June 1962 in Ratanpol in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He is the son of Shantilal and Shanta Adani. He is married to Priti Adani who is a dentist and heads Adani Foundation as a Managing Trustee. They have two sons- Karan Adani and Jeet Adani. He did his Schooling from Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad. Later he studied bachelor degree in commerce at Gujarat University. Gautam Adani moved to Mumbai at a age of 18 with only a few hundred rupees, instead of joining his father's textile unit in Ahmedabad. He started his career as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Brothers for 2 years and then went on to set up his own diamond brokerage business in Mumbai. At the age of 20, he mad his first million within a year. His elder brother, Mahasukh Adani called Gautam Adani back to Ahmedabad to run his newly purchased plastic factory. 
According to Forbes, his personal wealth is estimated to be $7.1 billion. He founded the Adani Group in 1988 and today it is a globally integrated infrastructure player with business spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multi-model logistics, power generation, Agri infrastructure and gas distribution. With business experience of more than 33 years, Gautam Adani is an Indian entrepreneur who has led the Adani Group from a modest background to create a $10.4 billion professionally managed empire in short period of time. 
The company was founded as a commodity trading business. According to Mr Gautam Adani,The Group was created with a vision of ‘Nation Building’ by developing assets of national economic significance. This reflects in the choice of businesses the group has entered and developed over the years. Adani Enterprises is the largest trading house of India in importing coal with a market share 60%. It also supplies coal to NTPC Limited, India. Adani group became India's largest private coal mining company after Adani Enterprises won the Orissa mine rights. In 2014, Adani Power emerged as India’s largest private power producer. Adani Power's total installed capacity now stands at 9,280 MW.

The Adani Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Adani Group, founded in 1996. The Foundation is registered under the Bombay Public Charity Trusts Act of 1950 and Society’s Registration Act 1860.The focus of the activities are mainly on three major dimensions of human development which include expansion of sustainable livelihood opportunities, improving the status of health and education and broadening the range of choices by creating rural infrastructure. 

Monday, April 11, 2016

List of most powerful businessman of the world

1. Bill Gates-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 
2. Larry Page-Google
3. Warren Buffett-Berkshire Hathaway 
4. Jeff Bezos-Amazon.com
5. Mark Zuckerberg-Facebook
6. Jack Ma-Alibaba
7. Lloyd Blankfein-Goldman Sachs Group
8. Jeffrey Immelt-General Electric 
9. Rex Tillerson-Exxon mobil
10. Tim Cook-Apple

Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Most Powerful Women of India



Nita Ambani has been named the most powerful businesswomen in Asia by Forbes. She is the director of India's largest private sector company, Reliance Industries.  She is an Indian businesswomen, educationist, philanthropist, and a sports enthusiast. She is married to Mukesh Ambani. She has founded Dhirubhai Ambani Internatioanl School. It has more than 1000 students and 150 teachers, and is ranked as Mumbai's top school. The Reliance Foundation, founded by Nita Ambani in 2010, is entirely funded by the company, not the family. 
After her marriage in 1985, she took a diploma in special education and worked as a teacher for several years. Ambani joined the RIL board in 2014, when the Companies Act 2013 mandated every company to have at least one women director. At the group's newly set-up charitable hospital, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, she decided on everything from from the menu for patients to the color of curtains. For over two decades, she has played a pivotal role in Reliance's CSR initiative and has made a significant contribution to India's social sector development. 
Nita Ambani (born on Nov 1, 1963) grew up in a middle class joint family in the suburbs of Mumbai. Her father was a senior executive in Birla and mother is a homemaker. Nita did her schooling at the Rose Manor Garden School and completed her graduation from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. Since childhood, she always has a keen interest in Indian classic dance and became a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. 
She is the inspiring architect of the Mumbai Indians team, which won the champions League T20 in 2011 and 2013, and the Indian Premier League in 2013 and 2015. She is the founder and chairperson of Football Sports Development Limited that launched the Indian Super League (ISL)in 2014. It emerged as the fourth largest football league in the world in the first season (2014) and the third largest in the second season (2015).   

Friday, April 8, 2016

Business Quotes (8)


Tips (5) of Storytelling

1. Start your business story with a context. Ensure that it doesn't   take too long. Craft your story with key characters o your project  to generate curiosity. This could be your significant stakeholder's  view on the points that you are about to discuss. Sometimes  describing somebody without mentioning the name can bring in an    element of suspense. 
2. Start your day asking yourself what the day's story is. Put down  in writing memorable events as they happen in your life. Begin with  an end in your mind. Start with what you want your audience to  learn or do at the end of your story and build on how that can be  achieved. Ensure that your points are seen and heard. 
3. Concept and connect should go in tandem. A story is said to be  woven well only if there is a connect with the agenda. 
4. Pause appropriately if you want your story to make an impact. You  may pause after asking a probing question. The pace of your voice  plays a key role in message delivery. Add life to your message  through facial expressions, postures and gestures. 
5. Let your story appeal to audiences' ears and eyes. 
6. Modulate your voice naturally to catch attention, play engaging  videos, and make the audience perform kinesthetic activities such  as conducting a survey, raising their hand in agreement. 
7. The opening and ending of a story should be different. Try  starting a story from the middle. 
8. Set the audience thinking about what would be coming next.  

Monday, April 4, 2016

What is Recruitment?



The process of finding and hiring the best qualified candidate for a job opening in a timely and cost effective manner. It is a positive process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organisation. This is the first stage of the process of selection. Recruitment is a core funtion of human resource management. It refers to the overall process of attracting, selecting, and appointment suitable candidates for jobs within an organization. It is an important part of an organization's human resource planning and their competitve strength. 
The recruitment process begins when you know you need someone new in the department, either because an exiting staff member has left, or becuase there is new work to be done. It is managed by the recruitment strategy. It is not just external, the internal recruitment has a enormous impact on the performance of the company and increase the satisfaction of employees.  The recruitment is one of the best opportunities to enrich the organization, and it is the way to build the learning organization. It is the most difficult HR process with the value added for the company. The process involves managers, employees, human resources, recruitment agencies and candidates. All participants have the same goal- filing the job vacancy and they have to cooperate smoothly to reach the overall goal. The unmeasured recruitment process cannt support the success of HR in the organization. The competition on the job market is tough, and the company has to be winning the best talents. The recruitment has to be smart. 

Sunday, April 3, 2016

10 Important tips for growing your company

1. A company must establish a position in the  minds of its targeted customers. 
2. The position should be singular, providing  one simple and consistent message.
3. The position must set a company apart from  its competitors.
4. Positioning needs to keep competitors out,  not draw them in.
5. Think about your own experiences as a  customer.
6. Immediately you start thinking long term  as opposed to short term. when you think  long term you    stop making the mistakes.
7. A successful investor knows when to be  arrogant and when to be humble.
8. Don't work for anyone whose investment  philosophy you don't agree with.
9. Our selling ability determines the success  or failure of any transaction. 
10. A robust economy strongly depends on good  salesmanship.   

Business Quotes (5)


Friday, April 1, 2016