Comments on: Rediff CEO Ajit Balakrishnan On 3G Licensing, VCs In India, Indic Languages, Broadband, E-Commerce

By: Rohan

Rohan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:18:58 +0000

I am stunned at the way Ajit Balakrishnan is blaming IAMAI numbers as the reason for the government not going agressive on the broadband market. Mr. Balakrishnan is blaming the "YOUNGSTERS" in IAMAI who were looking to raise capital, for inflating broadband numbers.

What youngsters is Ajit balakrishnan talking about. omg. it's like he hates the youngsters.
Get a life AB.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:47:01 +0000

1. Not enough innovation, only copy cat products. 2. Poor man management , leading to an inability to build a lasting team or culture. 3. In particular, the existence of a high churn at senior levels, due to lack of authority (delegation).

Motto of Indian company founders : Apres moi, le deluge. Above weaknesses are not true of Indian dotcoms alone, true of Indian industry in general, but fatal in the case of Indian dotcoms as they face direct global competition.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:45:19 +0000

Have you as journalists Ever wondered why Rediff.com, despite starting out as early as Jan / Feb 1996 i..e being the first off the block, despite having a great product and a successful IPO in 2000 and despite having a great guy like Ajit Balakrishnan as the founder CEO has lost out totally in the Indian Internet sweepstakes ?

By: Sampad Swain

Sampad Swain — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:39:52 +0000

Great round-off Nikhil. As always, appreciate your journalistic writing with your own pithy anecdotes on whatever is happening in Digital Media, VC funding and rest.

Cheers!

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@Sampad