Comments on: MarketHero: Indian stock market investing goes social

By: pranav

pranav — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:03:32 +0000

Anu,

the reason why they might not be interested in online brokerage service is bcos getting involved in online brokerage means a whole lot of legal and liability issues are involved.

probably, they might want to do it later down the line.

By: Anu

Anu — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:13:28 +0000

I wonder why dont they become a online brokerage service? Since the basic network architecture has already been built.

What is their exit strategy

By: Jas

Jas — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:46:27 +0000

I agree its different than the money Bhai, but then what is the driving factor over here? apart from paisawaisa, i know aisapaisa was also coming with similar idea. Innovation is agreeable but then these companies need to justify to customers, their existence unless they target the intended patrons on own rather than all customers just trying it and then deciding.

By: Madhavi

Madhavi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:20:36 +0000

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By: Pranav

Pranav — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:04 +0000

Hi Pranav,

Trying to hunt for Markethero founder info. The website draws up a blank. Can you help here. Please mail me if you can.

Thanks.

Regards,
Rashmi

By: sameer

sameer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:17:05 +0000

I agree with you pranav point is how much do they innovate. Social networking can give a new dimension to trading.

checkout other virtual trading sites:

khelostocks.com (has been arround for more than a year but not much publicity)

tradecracker (paid site started by ex-director of IIMA and is laso part of curriculam there)

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:42:12 +0000

I happen to agree with Sanjiv… MarketGur’s concept is unique.. it’s the only rela tool for investors (!!) to actually make good investing decisions.. I agree the timing is right as well.

By: dhingana

dhingana — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:56:35 +0000

social network around indian stock market sure has loads of potential. it will also help educate ppl who are new to buying and selling stocks

By: B.E.T.A. Daily

B.E.T.A. Daily — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:30:59 +0000

Indian Stock Market Game MarketHero.in launched…

MarketHero is a social investing game which has been recently launched as reported by
Startup Dunia. Right now the registration is through invitation only and as per their blog, they are adding new users slowly (actually very slow i.e. only 5 users …

By: pranav

pranav — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:27:35 +0000

@vivek – I dont frequently visit any b’wood sites. but the ones i visit occasionally are indiafm, buzz18, rediff etc.

@sanjiv – paisawaisa seems to be targetted towards personal finance..a bit different from what markethero folks are aiming for

@VK, sachin – moneybhai has been around for some time — but they havent innovated much. it’ll be interesting to see how markethero folks set themselves apart from them.

By: sachin

sachin — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:21:13 +0000

copy of moneybhai which moneycontrol.com rolled out 2 yrs back….so may not really be a new kid on the bloc

By: VK

VK — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:41:38 +0000

Moneycontrol has site MoneyBhai.com on the same concept, so it has a huge competitor.

- VK
http://www.marktetbuzz.in

By: Sanjiv

Sanjiv — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:07:08 +0000

Hi Pranav,

I completely agree with your suggestion to MarketGuru. They must be clear in their heads where they want to take this site. Its actually a good time to enter the market with this kind of concept as no one else is anywhere close to this.

have u heard of http://www.paisawaisa.com?? Dont know much about the concept but it has something to do with finance.

Excellent color combinations they have used…I must say..

By: Vivek Puri

Vivek Puri — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:22:12 +0000

Pranav, Out of curiosity, which sites do you frequent for Bollywood? I haven’t come across any that i can open without raising eyebrows at workplace or one that has the depth of imdb.com