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Hi folks,   What do you think next generation recruitment solutions be? I thought that they would revolve around social networks. However - there so many coming up in that space that there is no fun.   So whats your idea?   -Ajay
Soheb irfan  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
intesting thoughts being put in. I would like to add a certain website www.insanehr.com into the discussion that could be the answer wrt recruitments
Shesh Mani  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
yes it will be around social networks but again it all depends on the stickiness of those sites. Sites like brijj which was touted as recruitment 2.0 is unable to keep users coming back on its site. Stickiness will pay the key role for such...
Vijay Bhaskar  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
It would be a move from uni-directional to multi-directional recruitment. The common practice after the interview and the agreement is to do a back ground check of the employee - with the uncertainty about the outcome of the BGC. But these days,...
 
 
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1 Are located everywhere, in practically all industries
2 Can bring forth vast knowledge and experience to a new company
ramachandran venkat narayanan  |  Supported idea  "Can provide the needed capital for a startup "  |  3 years ago
Friends,I was involved in setting up investment groups for start ups and it has provided the needed capital.Creating your own investor groups can and will be a regular and long term source of funding.When the group is large and the risk is spread...
Shesh Mani  |  Added idea  "Are located everywhere, in practically all industries"  |  3 years ago
Nowadays, angel investors can be found everywhere, not just in traditional financial centers and districts. They also invest in nearly all markets worldwide. The majority of them are involved in industry-specific investments, according to the...
ramachandran venkat narayanan  |  Supported idea  "Are located everywhere, in practically all industries"  |  3 years ago
True. Even ventures like restaurants, retail stores etc. can attract investor groups.The synergy comes from the promoter who needs to have good amount of experience in the respective business area.
 
 
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Padmanabhan R  |  Argues in support of  "Disadvantage"  |  3 years ago
It is a good source of capital for startups with huge growth potential, especially technology driven ones. They also provide management assistance , strategic advice and active involvement in addition. The important disadvantages are complex...
Vikrant Panwar  |  Argues in support of  "Advantage"  |  3 years ago
Venture capitalists (VCs) invest their money in exchange for equity (an ownership share) in your company. VCs get their cash out only when your business is acquired by another company or "goes public," that is, when its shares can be publicly...
ramachandran venkat narayanan  |  Argues in support of  "Disadvantage"  |  3 years ago
I am sure you know that ICICI Venture offloaded 8-10% of their holdings to Azim Premji investments in the Subhiksha trading of Chennai.I am sure that ICICI venture were sitting in all board meetings of the company and had the information that the...
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Shesh Mani  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
Fund-raising expenses in connection with venture loans are generally lower than for venture capital transactions. Legal fees are one of the largest expenses in many transactions. Lenders typically negotiate venture loan arrangements using their...
Vikrant Panwar  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
Fund-raising expenses in connection with venture loans are generally lower than for venture capital transactions. Legal fees are one of the largest expenses in many transactions. Lenders typically negotiate venture loan arrangements using their...
 
 
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According to a new study released today from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the venture capital-backed IPO market is at a 30-year low, with the second quarter of 2008 marking the first time since 1978 that there have been zero venture capital-backed IPO's in a given quarter. The report, entitled ``The Exit Slowdown and the New Venture Capital Landscape,'' discusses the current state of the IPO market and the trends and resulting impact this IPO slowdown could have on the venture capital (VC) industry. It includes data from the MoneyTree Report, a quarterly survey that tracks cash-for-equity investments by the professional VC community in private, emerging companies in the United States. The Mo...
 
 
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Deepak Tripathi  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  3 years ago
Not the whole industry is facing problem in Europe, Business Financial Services Up, Energy Continues to Boom Europe's energy and utilities industry saw record investment during the third quarter with euro 192 million put into 14 deals -- euro 187...
Milind Khaire  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
Much like in the U.S., the Europe's IPO market is virtually nonexistent and the turmoil in the broader economy is keeping many corporations from acquiring venture-backed companies. Within Europe's IT industry, the data showed that just three...
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1 Buy out of money puts and sell out of money calls of Nifty
2 Create a good Financial Plan
Sharad Kiyal  |  Added idea  "Create a good Financial Plan "  |  2 years ago
People are very conscious about making money very fast and some make out but only once which does not stay or work for long time. Human life in India is nearly of 69 years if you make good and fast money at your teenage and by the time you attain...
Shesh Mani  |  Added idea  |  3 years ago
Do not overtrade and take extra risks. Remember cash is king in uncertain times. You are likely to continue getting panic situations going ahead, where cash can be very gainfully deployed. Based on the risk appetite and investment capacity one may use...
 
 
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DEEPIKA KALIA  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  1 year ago
SHORT SELLING IS DONE BY THAT INVESTOR WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MARKET AND HIS DECISION IS NOT BASED ON MERE SPECULATION
Shesh Mani  |  Argues in support of  |  4 years ago
The role of short selling in recent stock sell offs has been overstated and people have been looking for a scapegoat. It can certainly leaven overvalued stocks and plays a role in setting fair prices for securities and commodities. Contrary to what...
puja priya  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  4 years ago
Government should not banned the short selling because these days we have seen that many of our small investers invest their money in market.They are taking interest in market , if government ban then they will fear from investing their money and...
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Vikrant Panwar  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  4 years ago
The industry will survive. There are still places in the market where savvy traders can exploit inefficiencies. People will always want to make big bets in the market. This is, after all, $1.2 trillion we're talking about. It's the days of massive...
Shesh Mani  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  4 years ago
Hedge funds are not new - just notorious. They started to take off properly in the late 1970s when floating exchange rates and volatile interest-rate movements transformed the capital markets, and gathered momentum as technology and electronic...
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Veena Gupta  |  Added idea  "No Benchmark"  |  4 years ago
The most important feature of hedge funds is that they seek to deliver absolute, rather than benchmarked returns. Hence there is no benchmark index to compare its returns with. This is beneficial to hedge managers as their generated returns...
Shesh Mani  |  Added idea  "Others Responsibility"  |  4 years ago
Hedge funds are very manager-centric as the entire onus of their success or failure falls on the fund manager's ability to exploit existing market conditions. They have to assure returns as they will get paid only if they generate returns for me...
 
 
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