Facebook owes Indian-origin engineer Vastal Mehta a lot for its success in generating billions of dollars in ad revenues every year as he steers the team that works with advertisers to build the technology and infrastructure needed to run more effective campaigns on the platform. When he started out on this in 2010, Mehta was the lone engineer in the team and now serves as Facebook`s Director of Solutions Engineering […]
Swati Bhondia, founder and chief decorating officer of Bangalore-based social venture Om Shanti Trader supports 1,000 poor and underprivileged individuals to improve their livesThree years ago, Swati Bhondia was on her way to a Bangalore college to seek admission to BBM course. A ragamuffin girl accosted the teenager and asked for alms. not wish to give her alms; I wanted to help her. I took her along with me. This […]
Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, but for the few of us who have caught the bug, it can be an amazing, roller coaster of a ride. If you’re feeling like you need a career change, here are the top seven reasons you should consider giving up your day job and starting your own business: 1. You want freedom. Do you go to work and sit behind a desk, feeling like a […]
In 1998, the founders of Google set out on a mission to do one thing: organize the world’s information. Google has come a long way since then, however, and so has digital media. Until recently, social media content was somewhat ephemeral: The more content that was created, the more possibilities got lost in the noise. But popular social networks are at last creating order from the chaos, and turning social […]
Are entrepreneurs crazy? The question has certainly been asked. The costs of the start-up life can seem insanely high. You give up your salary and benefits and find yourself eating delivery pizza and living with roommates into your 30s. You never have a day off. You will live with the constant risk that everything could come crashing down around you, leaving you with no job, no income and a black […]
Six Indian women who are very popular in Global Inc have made it to the Forbes 50 most powerful businesswomen list. Asia’s 50 powerful businesswomen list showcases a year of accomplishments by the region’s female entrepreneurs and executives, punctuated by the midas touch of China’s Alibaba and newcomers from two rapidly growing economies where women are starting to find a toehold in business, states Forbes. India’s super achievers who have […]
NEW YORK: Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is again opening for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the United States as a whole. Publishing giant Conde Nast will start moving on Monday into One World Trade Center, a 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper that dominates the Manhattan skyline. It is America’s tallest building. It’s the centerpiece of the 16-acre site […]
Woman power is a much used and much abused phrase, but it aptly defines Tara Singh Vachani. The daughter of Analjit Singh, chairman of multi-business corporate Max India, Vachani could well have settled down to a life of leisure. But a passion for following her own dreams led her to give up this safety cushion. Vachani, now the CEO of Antara Senior Living – a one-of-a-kind luxury housing home for […]
