JULY 4, 2004
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The Great Gambler
As a 29-year-old, Ashish Dhawan of ChrysCapital made three bets:
That global investors, would trust
him with millions. They did—with
$450 million.
That they would be interested in India. They were.
That he could make money investing in Indian companies. He has.
The story of how one man changed the rules of the private equity game.

EDITORIAL
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BT SPECIAL
Cool Companies

Businesses, big and
small, with a twist that
makes them oh-so
happening. The first ever Business Today
listing of India's
coolest companies.
Read More

Chhattisgarh's Rs 4,000-Crore Diamond Wars
Six diamond companies, including three global heavyweights, are fighting it out for the state's rare treasure. more...

The Greenfield Imperative
With the government deciding against
privatising profitable public sector firms,
India Inc gets into greenfield mode.
more...

Edison Redux
An eccentric Libya-born US-based inventor
comes to India with the promise of technology sovereignty and a local arm of his tech
hothouse Reveo. Is anyone listening to
Sadeg Mustafa Faris? more...

 BT-Nasscom Roundtable
A brainstorming session at Nasscom's
India-ITES BPO Strategic Summit in
Mumbai on the evolving business
models for Indian BPOs.
more...

The Buying Game
ACNielsen's Asia Pacific Retail Shopper Trends 2004 sheds some
light on the rapidly changing retail landscape of the region
and of India. more...
 
 

Q&A: Jim Spohrer
One-time venture capital man and currently Director, Services Research, IBM Almaden Research Lab, Jim Spohrer is betting big on the future of 'services sciences'. And while at it, he's also busy working with anthropologists and other social scientists who look quite out of place in a company of geeks. So what exactly is the man—and IBM's lab—up to?
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NBIC Ambitions
NBIC? Well, Nanotech, Biotech, Infotech and Cognitive Sciences. They could pack quite some power, together.
Market Research Jitters
The big market research (MR) problem: people, when asked, often tell you what they think you want to hear rather than what they really think.
Maggi Five
Say 'Maggi', you get '2 minutes' in response. But the brand is talking '5' all of a sudden.
 

Five On The Long Horizon
Here are five stocks you could
put your money on for the next
five years.
more...
 

You-and-me Marketing
It may lack Meg Ryan's impish charm or Nora Ephron's witty repartee but with Hum Tum, Bollywood has proven that when it comes to creative marketing it is second to none. more...
 
Saying No To Monopoly
A McKinsey expert on overcoming
poverty, a look at diversity, and cricket
statistics. more...
 

That Homing Instinct
Service apartments bloom to cater to the increasing number of long-stay visitors
to India. more...

People
Starring Nachiket Mor of ICICI Bank, Tina Ambani of the Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial Trust, V. Raghunathan of ING Vysya Bank, actualisation guru Robin Sharma, Equus Red Cell's Suhel Seth and G.R. Gopinath of Air Deccan. more...
 

Global Ideas
 Leadership Secrets by Lalit Khaitan

Past Perfect, Present Tense
The country looks set to return to an era of greater government control and statism. more...

The Face Of Indian Communism
Sitaram Yechury it is. And he is clearly making his presence felt in the corridors of power. more...

Q&A: Paul Calello
The Chairman and CEO, APAC, of Credit
Suisse First Boston, speaks to BT on his plans for India. more...

Breaking News
 With record profits and a 15 per cent dividend, TV Today puts up a stellar show. more...

Old Places, New Diffusion
Are India's jobs-starved small cities in for renewed hope? A report.
Help, Tarun!
Hiring Happiness more...
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