Building leadership team in advertising industry
Hey Kuber, first of all congratulations on building a stable Creative Communications business.
In my experience, there is only one way to bu......
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How does an advertising agency survive tough times?
Sorry to hear about your predicament. I don’t think external investors are an option – they are almost impossible to find even for success......
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So many ecommerce ads! Why do ecommerce companies advertise on TV?
Hello Curious Guy,
I get asked that question a lot by sceptics. The biggest benefit of advertising on TV for ecommerce companies is an immed......
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Brand Consulting Firms:Hot or Hot Air?
Given that I have worked for most of my career in a ‘fancy brand consulting firm’, my answer may be biased :)
I think there is o......
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Clients who make changes they shouldn’t
There is no simple answer to this. You are asking about every creative person’s worst nightmare – Please the client vs. Preserve your i......
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Meeta Malhotra
I work at the intersection of brand, design and technology.
A closet geek, I started my career with Infosys when they were just starting up. I was one of two partners at Ray+Keshavan, the country’s leading brand and design consultancy, before its acquisition by WPP-owned Brand Union. I’ve had the privilege of creating brands like Airtel, Kotak Bank, Mother Dairy, Titan, Arvind, Fortis, Max, Aditya Birla Capital, Vistara Airlines and many more. Because I’ve always wanted to develop a product, I co-founded KineticGlue, a social enterprise platform that was acquired by BMC Software in 2013. I was then part of the founding team at Varana, a luxury fashion brand that aims to take Indian craft and design techniques to a global market (www.varanaworld.com) I am also an active angel investor and advisor with Kstart, Kalaari Capital’s seed stage fund.
Currently I am founder at The Hard Copy, an online publication that is focused on design, technology and innovation in India. We launch on November 15 at the DesignUp conference. I’m very excited about all the stories we will be telling – sign up here for updates. Because I’ve been so busy with The Hard Copy, I haven’t had time to answer questions on this site, although I continue to do so at different conferences and meetups like this one.
Hopefully, I will be able to restart the Q&A here soon. Until then, come and see us at The Hard Copy.