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  • 1.Consulting & EntrepreneurshipQuiz AnswersQuizzing Club IIM Raipur 07.11.2012

2. 1. X is has been one of the most successful dot-comventures. It was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley,California. Y was inspired to start the company after beingcharged late fees for returning a rented copyof Apollo 13 after the due date. Id X, Y. 3. X Netflix, Y Reed Hastings 4. 2 X is an international management consulting firmoriginallyheadquarteredin Boston,Massachusetts, United States. It was the first management consulting firm in theworld, founded in 1886 by the MIT professor ofthe same name and was incorporated in 1909. At an auction in 2002, Paris-based AltranTechnologies bought the Xs brand name andfinanced a management buyout of the non-USoffices. Id X. 5. Arthur D. Little 6. 3 Identify. 7. Deep Kalra Founder, CEO of: 8. 4 X was an officer of the Indian AdministrativeService with more than 37 years of experience,and the former Managing Director of MarutiUdyog Limited. He is the current vice-president of Society ofIndian Automobile Manufacturers. After hanging up his boots at Maruti Suzuki, hehas turned an entrepreneur. On 30 Sep 2008, Xannounced his next venture Y, with a vision ofdeveloping a multi-brand automobile sales andservice network. Id X, Y. 9. X- Jagdish Khattar, Y CarnationAuto 10. 5 Operation X was a project of the National DairyDevelopment Board (NDDB). It was the worlds biggest dairy developmentprogram which made India, a milk-deficientnation, the largest milk producer in the world,surpassing the USA in 1998. Y gave the necessary thrust using hisprofessionalmanagement skills to theprogramme, and is recognised as its architect. Id X, Y. 11. X Operation Flood, Y Verghese Kurien 12. 6 Connect to an Indian Entrepreneur. 13. Ekta Kapoor 14. 7 Id, and whats his claim to fame? 15. Dennis Hwang Designer of Google Doodles 16. 8 X is currently the chairperson of Trent Limited, theretail chain ofTata Group which operatesWestside. French by birth and educated in Switzerland, shecame to India in 1955, and joined Lakm asManaging Director in 1961, rising to become itsChairperson in 1982. She is the wife of late Naval H. Tata and isstepmother to Ratan Tata. 17. Simone Tata 18. 9 Identify. 19. Rana Kapoor Founder, CEO of YES Bank 20. 10 The Website X has launched a newlogo for its corporate brand to highlightits new avatar as an e-commercecompany focused on local needs. The new logo of the company sports ametallic sheen and uses simpler fonts.It retains the Yin-Yang from the oldlogo, but sports a modern andcontemporary look. The portal also sports a new tagline,Delightful discoveries. Everyday. asopposed to the earlier one, Find. Buy.Sell. Share. The guy Y in the picture is the founderand CEO of X. Find X, Y. 21. X sulekha.com, Y SatyaPrabhakar 22. 11 X was founded by Y who performs in the capacity ofthe Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer ofthe Company. Y thought of the idea while working for yellow pagescompany called United Database India (UDI) in 1987.He felt that the information could prove to be muchmore useful if it could be provided over the phone. In 1996, he came to know that Mumbais Kandivaliexchange owned the number 888 8888. He was wellaware of the importance of having an easy toremember number for a service like this and hesomehow persuaded the GM to allot the number tohim. Id X, Y. 23. X JustDial, Y V.S.S. Mani 24. 12 X was born in a area located at Madipakkam, asuburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. After completing his management education at IIM-A,he became an entrepreneur and in 2006, he startedhis venture "Food King Catering services PrivateLimited" with a capital of Rs 2000 to cater to banks,software companies and educational institutions. It isnow located in 6 locations around India with aturnover of 8 crore. He contested as an independent candidate from theSouth Chennai constituency during the Lok SabhaElections 2009, and for the post of Chennai mayor in2011. Id X. 25. Sarathbabu Elumalai 26. 13 X is an Online marketplace website,headquartered in New Delhi, India. X features products across categories likeMobiles, Electronics, Fashion accessories,Apparel, Footwear, Kids, Home and Kitchen,Sports, Books; and services like Restaurants,Spas & Entertainment amongst others. The company was started by Kunal Bahl, aWharton graduate and Rohit Bansal, an alumnusof IIT Delhi, in February 2010. Id X. 27. Snapdeal 28. 14 Name the persons in the pic. Who are they? 29. Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal Founders of: 30. 15 X is adigitaldistributorof Bollywood and Kollywood music, with rights toover 2 million music tracks. In Hindi, X is theseason of Monsoon, which is often associatedwith music. It was founded as BODVOD networks in 2006 byVin Bhat, Neal Shenoy, and Paramdeep Singh, ina partnership between New York-based parentcompany 212Media, Indian company Hungama,and Schramm Sports & Entertainment. In its former incarnation as BODVOD Networks, Xwas the first company to offer Bollywood contenton demand on cable television and on iTunes. Id X. 31. Saavn an acronym for South Asian Audio Visual Network." 32. 16 X was founded by John Murphy, a native of Essexin the United Kingdom. His interest in brandingdesign began while working in the corporateplanning and marketing department at DunlopCorporation, a leader in the tire industry. In 1993, X was acquired by Y. X releases an annual ranking of the best globalbrands, which valuates each brands financialperformance, role, and strength. The annualreport is known as "The Best Global Brands," andis published in Business Week. Id X, Y. 33. X Interbrand, Y OmnicomGroup 34. 17 X was founded in 1971 as a manufacturer of wireshopping baskets. It is the worlds largest advertising company byrevenues, and employs around 162,000 people in3,000 offices across 110 countries. Xs advertising agency company holdings includethe Grey Group,Ogilvy & MatherWorldwide, Young &RubicamBrands,and JWT (formerly known as J. Walter ThompsonCo.). Id X. 35. WPP Plc Founded as Wire and Plastic Products plc. 36. 18 Identify the logo. 37. Publicis Groupe One of the worlds three largest advertising holding companies. 38. 19 Identify the logo. 39. Bain & Company 40. 20 X is one of the leading global managementconsulting firms established in the United Statesin 1914. Most notably, the firm coined the terms and iscredited with developing the concepts of supplychain, supply chain management, product lifecycle, the PERT Chart, and the OrganizationalDNA concept. The firm publishes the majority of its thoughtleadership in itsquarterly managementmagazine Strategy+Business. Id X. 41. Booz & Company