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Kreeda’s Quentin Staes-Polet Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, Entertainment, Ideas, India, Mumbai, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
 Quentin Staes-Polet of Kreeda: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In Part-2 of the conversation we talk to Quentin Staes-Polet, CEO of Kreeda, about doing business in India vs. doing business in China. Kreeda is a gaming company located in Mumbai that successfully raised its first round of funding earlier this year.
Quentin has spent the last 15 years working and doing business in Asia. Before […]



Kreeda’s Quentin Staes-Polet Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Dec 9th, 2007 • Category: Bangalore, Business & Tech, Diaspora, Entertainment, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
 Quentin Staes-Polet of Kreeda: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After a couple of aborted attempts to interview, I finally caught up with Quentin Staes-Polet, CEO of Kreeda in Bangalore. In fact I spotted Quentin on the lobby of The Leela Hotel and he graciously agreed to do the interview. For over a year now I have been aware that Quentin and his co-founders […]



Junnoon’s Executive Chef Kirti Pant Part-2

By kamla bhatt • Oct 4th, 2007 • Category: Diaspora, Entertainment, Featured, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
 Junnoon's Executive Chef Kirti Pant Part-2: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In Part-2 of our conversation Kirti Pant, Executive Chef at Junnoon in Palo Alto, California, talks about how his decision to become a chef. Junnoon (video link) is one of the hottest Indian restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area, and was rated as one of the best new restaurants in 2006 by Esquire […]



In Conversation With Ameen Sayani - Final Episode

By kamla bhatt • Sep 11th, 2007 • Category: Bollywood, Entertainment, Featured, India, Mumbai, People
 
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In this final episode of our conversation Mr. Sayani talks about his friendship with music director Roshan, who is Hrithik Roshan’s grandfather.
We also get to hear Mr. Sayani’s thoughts about the quality of the current radio shows in India.
Besides radio what keeps Mr. Sayani occupied these days? It is a new project called “Crisis […]