Work in Progress
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Mahesh Tutorials: Looking Beyond Classrooms
Mahesh Shetty’s strategy for scaling up the usually ‘localised’ tutorials business is based on standardising teaching processes. And, to overcome the constraints of the brick and mortar model, he now has his eye on the digital classroom
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Microchips Maker InvenSense Wants a Slice of Apple
A year after a management shakeup this microsensor company is chugging ahead. Now, if it could only get some of Apple’s business
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The Homegrown Success of Annie's Natural Foods
This natural foods maker has discovered the double-edged phenom of innovation: New products fuel growth—and nasty competition
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Fractal Analytics: India's Second-Largest Analytics Firm
After a painful board-level split in 2007, Fractal Analytics turned things around to become India’s second-largest analytics company and growing
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How Prime Focus Broke into Hollywood
Prime Focus started out as a teenager’s garage operation in Mumbai and is now a global force in the post-production of films
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After Hard Rock Cafe, JSM is Hungry for More
JSM Corporation’s Sanjay Mahtani and Jay Singh have managed to create scale in the premium restobar space with international brands like CPK and Hard Rock Café and the homegrown Shiro
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Ferns N Petals Aims to Go Global
Flowers and food don’t always go well together: Once Vikaas Gutgutia realised that, he was able to give Ferns N Petals the push it needed. It now has 139 outlets in India and eyes on the global market
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Advanced Hair Studio Claims to Grow Self-Confidence, Not Just Hair
The hair replacement industry is complex and unregulated but players like Advanced Hair Studio are not complaining as they take advantage of burgeoning demand
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Rapid Expansion the Way Forward for Barbeque Nation
Kayum Dhanani's Barbeque Nation has grown from a tier 2 city restaurant to a tier 1 chain. And it is scaling fast
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How Anoop Bhaskar Led the Rise of UTI Mutual Fund
Anoop Bhaskar weathered managerial uncertainty and weak markets to turn UTI Mutual Fund’s stocks into category outperformers
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Omnigrid's Unique Solar Power Model
OMC’s model of supplying solar lamps to homes and solar power to telecom towers in rural UP looks like a bright idea. But can it keep it shining?