SoftBank plans to invest more than $10 billion in India, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad separately met the Japanese telecom and Internet giant's chairman Masayoshi Son. Son pegged India as the company's top priority. In his meeting with Prasad, Son highlighted the company's bullish...
Blue Chip Venture Capitalist Upbeat About India
Sequoia Capital's general partner, Douglas Leone is pleased with India. "We could not be more thrilled. We don't have 25-30 category leaders in the United States; we don't have [as many] in China right now, but we have it in India," said Leone, whose fund has backed companies such as...
Amazon Pilots In-Store Delivery in Mumbai and Delhi
Amazon India has launched a pilot program to test in-store pick up service in India's two largest cities. In Mumbai and Delhi, the company has partnered with state-owned oil marketing firm Bharat Petroleum. BPCL operates a retail chain known as In&Out at some of its gasoline stations across the country....
India's Amazon, Bangalore-based Flipkart raises $150 million round
Flipkart was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi who worked for Amazon.com. Core to its success in India, Flipkart offers multiple payment methods: credit card, debit card, net banking, e-gift voucher, Cash on Delivery and Card on Delivery....
India and the American Business Woman
When I teach my seminars on "Business with India" I am often asked how women should prepare for a work trip to India and how they should behave. Conflicting advice from well meaning Indian Americans makes matters worse for many first time travelers. I addressed this subject in my book...