The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/02/22/mitra-zoho-india-tech-inter-cx_sm_0222mitra.html?feed=rss_technology

by muriithi • 18 years ago

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alaskamiller• 18 years ago

http://www.uncov.com/2007/12/13/zoho-show-is-why-you-need-a-...

http://www.uncov.com/2007/10/17/zoho-db-software-as-a-disser...

http://www.uncov.com/2007/10/16/zoho-s-ajax-spreadsheet-is-a...

ashu• 18 years ago

Uncov as a reference. Boy, what has the world come to! Regardless, the arguments Uncov has against Zoho's spreadsheets are equally applicable for Google's spreadsheets too!

dgabriel• 18 years ago

I found the review for the ZoHo Show app to be completely misleading. I was able to easily do everything the author complained about, but maybe the app has changed in the last 2.5 months.

mtts• 18 years ago

Web 2.0 blah aside, if this guy is really hiring high school graduates from poor backgrounds instead of elite (by Indian standards) college graduates, that in itself is worthy of praise.

inovica• 18 years ago

Competition is good for consumers and I think its about time that Silicon Valley had a run for it's money. I'm pleased also that he turned down the offer (though of course we don't know what the offer was!) as he is obviously wanting to build his business. Too many people build to sell these days instead of building to last

xirium• 18 years ago

> Too many people build to sell these days instead of building to last

Establishing ongoing relationships is a core Indian value which can grate with more transient methods of doing business.

yters• 18 years ago

Sorry, I accidentally downmodded you. Hopefully adding to your thread will get you more recognition and increased upmods.

Anyways, this is awesome! Precisely the flat earth effect that Friedman foretold.

I just read Guns, Germs, and Steel recently. The underlying principle of all the ultimate causes that Diamond identifies is the auto-catalyst, where disparate entities collaborate and build on each other creating yet more possibilities for collaborating and building. That's why I see stuff like this and get so excited - we're creating a worldwide auto-catalyst and who can tell what the future holds!

nextmoveone• 18 years ago

Zoho is well-positioned, with a great strategy, but I believe their flaw is they build products that are good, not great.

caveman82• 18 years ago

basecamp you are now on the hotseat...

The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur

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