Tag Archives: social

How much does your company need to spend to acquire a new user?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Sudhanshu

Recently heard over at AlooTechie, that BharatStudent.com, an Indian social networking website for students is planning to spend about Rs 25 crore over the next two years. About Rs 6.25 crore would be the capital cost, while the remaining 18.75 … Continue reading →

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The Desi (Martini) Deal

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Getting funding is easy. Recently, I had read Sujai Karampuri, founder of Sloka Telecom (henceforth, the Sloka guy) ranting about the fact that VCs were shying away from funding his company. I felt bad for for about half a second … Continue reading →

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Which social network lets me have a drink with a long lost friend?

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Jason Calcanis has started a long conversation in the blogosphere by declaring bankruptcy on social networks. He is exhausted by the number of people he has to meet up there, and who are sending him requests for more (link), whereas … Continue reading →

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The Complete Facebook Trial story

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Sudhanshu

We’ll all heard about Facebook, and we’ve all thought about moving there, but I guess it’s still not as big in India as it is in the US. It’s still orkut here, though facebook is coming on strong. And if … Continue reading →

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BigAdda : Reliance launches Social Networking Portal

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Reliance Entertainment has launched it’s first social networking portal. ‘Big Adda’, which had been running a series of polls over the last month or so, has finally decided what logos to use and the site has finally gone live. You … Continue reading →

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Kincafe : Connect with your family online

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Kincafe is a new service launched by US-based entrepreneur Manish Arora. Not content with being yet another Social Networking site, Kincafe helps your create your complete family trees, and share news, blogs, calenders, and photo albums. Also you get to … Continue reading →

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Twittering on Twitter

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Sudhanshu

HeadRush explains why they are scared of twitter. For all its popularity, I see at least three issues: 1) it’s a near-perfect example of the psychological principle of intermittent variable reward, the key addictive element of slot machines. 2) The … Continue reading →

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Burp in Kolkata.

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Sudhanshu

After burping successfully in Mumbai and Bangalore, Burp.com has decided to start burping in Kolkata. Burp is the place where you go to check out and comment on the diners, restaurants and clubs (and businesses) that you go to. Sadly … Continue reading →

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Meetup : Creating online powwows

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Meetup brings to you a convenient way to keep in touch with people who share a similar interests and live nearby. This social networking site now has more than 200,000 registered users and is bringing lots and lots of people … Continue reading →

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Friendster gets a third patent

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Sudhanshu

Software patents are distasteful. More so, when they start covering such wide topics as handling data in an social networked site, or a content management system (Blackboard Inc). So, discussions on the internet have been growing since Friendster has started … Continue reading →

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