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Google CEO Sundar Pichai's letter to employees

Search giant Google has an annual tradition of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin penning letter to employees on the company’s progress and priorities during the year. The custom dates back to the year 2004 when Page and Brin wrote the famous letter titled “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” This year Google’s new CEO Sundar Pichai got to write the letter. This […]

This CEO used to wash dishes as a young boy!

‘Looking back, I feel we were poor, but back then it did not feel poor.’ This is my second meeting with Mayank Ashar, chief executive officer and managing director, Cairn India, and I soon realise he is different from the several other CEOs I have met. As I drive into The Oberoi in Gurgaon’s bustling Udyog Vihar, I see that the hotel building is virtually invisible from outside the main […]

From soft drinks seller to co CEO: The inspiring story of Masaan producer Manish Mundra

The way actor-director Rajat Kapoor found a producer for his critically acclaimed film Ankhon Dekhi is now a Bollywood lore. Frustrated with producers not accepting his script on which he had worked for three years, he sent out a tweet, stating his anger and disillusionment. He said he had had enough and will now make a play instead. Manish Mundra, once a soft drink seller in Deoghar, Bihar, and then […]

Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav Has Allotted All of His Personal Shares to Employees, Says Company

Saying it was “too early in life to get serious about money,” Rahul Yadav, the 26-year-old CEO of real estate e-commerce website Housing.com, has allotted all of his personal shares – said to be worth between Rs. 150 crore and Rs. 200 crore – to the 2251 employees of Housing.com, the company said via a press statement on Wednesday. Yadav made this announcement on Wednesday at the company townhall that […]

Nine lessons I learned from Silicon Valley

Cathy Han is the co-founder and CEO of 42 Technologies Inc., a predictive analytics platform that leverages point-of-sale data to provide customer insight for retailers. During the program I learned so much, and would like to share some of these insights with like-minded entrepreneurs 1.Endurance is a major predictor of long-term success: Many inspirational founders shared their stories, including the CEOs of Pinterest and AirBnB. Nobody had an easy road. […]

 
 
 

Satya Nadella: His first interview as CEO of Microsoft

Microsoft announced this morning that Satya Nadella will serve as its third chief executive. Various reports over the past week pegged Nadella, Microsoft’s former cloud and enterprise head, as the leading candidate to replace Steve Ballmer when he retires later this year. A 22-year veteran of the company, Nadella’s appointment makes it clear that cloud services will play a big role in Microsoft’s future. In addition, Microsoft also announced that […]