Why shouldnt there be a Tivo for India ? Why hasn’t been there one ? Is it because of purchasing power of consumers is limited and would not be willing to invest in an instrument which records their programs of interest ? Out of overall 200 Million TV set penetration in India - Rural folks dont mind TV ads Marketers still rely on TV for promotional activities and customers are often hooked on to ads.

The story of Pantaloons, Big bazaar and Food bazaar, the stores which brought in a retail revolution so to speak, is something which any aspiring entrepreneur should not miss. To start with Who is Kishore Biyani - Born in 1961 to a business family, was average student and was more interested in the practical aspects of learning, which were not available in the academic setting. From his childhood, he showed interest in organizational skills , be it local dandiya festival or selling stonewash trousers.

This is a mumbai based company which is in to b2b services and App-develop-maintain services has managed to rake in 175 crores of revenue for 2006-07.Mahesh Murthy is a co-founder of this firm. What is interesting abt this firm is its foray in to mobile space - with the launch of Mundu Radio and Mundu IM. The other day I came across an ad related to Internet Radio launched by Tata teleservices.

This is one magazine which highlights what people are in to , in their free time. What are they doing for fun etc. Tracking DIY is a good way to have a sense of trends to come.

Tutorvista.com is an example of a classic case of a succes story in the long tail of education sector. I met one of the developers of the firm at a barcamp and I could visualize that firm has some real quality hackers. Anyways, besides the outsourcing spin on the tutoring biz, I guess the site leverages on the long tail of the need for tutoring kids in USA and satiation of the demand by people sitting in their comfortable homes from their comp