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Salil Godika, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer and Industry Group Head, Happiest Minds, believes that hotels are looking for a solution which would give them all the information on a returning customer on a mobile device. The solution would give a historical analysis of the customer.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 | Source: Express Computer
“The main driver of using crowdsourcing was not to save money but to tap into the creative abilities of a large group of people,” Soota says. He roped in two crowdsourcing platforms—Jade Magnet and Techgig—to launch a logo designing contest. Contributors were given a simple brief—to show what Happiest Minds means visually with the help of an image, a scribble, a photograph or anything that can be transformed into a visual brand identity.
Thursday, January 03, 2013 | Source: Inc. India
“As in the case of any typical medium to large enterprise, where we need to look at long term needs, unified storage does not make sense as the SAN storage benefits outweighs that of the unified storage. We have not analyzed this aspect (the proof points about the superior economics of unified storage) as it did not fit our needs”, feels Darshan Appayanna, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology and services, Happiest Minds Technologies.
Monday, November 26, 2012 | Source: Dataquest
Mr. Soota who has been instrumental in leading companies establish a global presence, provides three important tips for any Indian entrepreneur who wishes to take his/her company international.
Monday, November 26, 2012 | Source: Inc. India
Every challenge can turn out to be an opportunity
“I believe that work-life has become very highly pressurized but we shouldn’t lose focus on the fact that happiness is the sole purpose and aim of all human existence. So, at Happiest Minds, we focus on keeping both our employees and customers happy. I am enjoying my new path.” – Mr. Soota
Monday, November 19, 2012 | Source: Outlook Business
Happiest Minds Tech eyes public listing in about 7 yrs: Ashok Soota
Bangalore-based Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt Ltd will be publicly listed in about seven years once it achieves annual turnover of over $100 million, its founder and executive chairman Ashok Soota said here today.
Monday, November 19, 2012 | Source: The Economic Times
At 70, a new venture and a Happiest Mind
Indefatigable, focused, perfectionist. Those are some of the wrords that have been used to describe IT industry veteran Ashok Soota. A man who is comfortable being at the helm of affairs, whether as CEO of an established company or as an entrepreneur chasing his own dreams. Mr. Soota’s fledgling Happiest Minds, founded last august, is his second entrepreneurial venture and is well on track to achieve $100 million in the shortest time for an IT services company.
Monday, October 22, 2012 | Source: Deccan Chronicle
Lessons from a serial Entrepreneur
In the venture community of Silicon Valley in the United States, I am told their most favoured investment candidates are failed entrepreneurs. I am not sure this is true,but presumably this is because the failure has generated a greater hunger to win and the entrepreneur would have learned from his or her mistakes. On the other hand, I can say from my personal experience in starting Happiest Minds that having a track record of success does make it easier to attract capital and talent.
Saturday, September 22, 2012 | Source: The Economic Times
India has not seen a new IT company in 10 years.
At 70, most people who have made their name and money tend to their gardens and do good with their charitable foundations. Ashok Soota, uniquely, while doing both, still finds the motivation and energy to launch and build new companies.
Saturday, September 08, 2012 | Source: The Times of India
IT’s year of happiness, and some serious businesses for Happiest Minds
It’s a great fund to start from the scratch. I certainly enjoyed the experience. When I look back, in one sense it looks like yesterday. On the other side, it also gives a sense of feeling that “Oh God, we have done so much; how could we do it in such a short span,” Soota said in an exclusive interaction with Business Standard.
Monday, September 03, 2012 | Source: Business Standard