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Management Team
On December 1,
Nandini & Yasmina
received an early
Christmas present by
welcoming our full
management team
on board. They are
proving invaluable as
they take on the day
-to-day challenges
facing GreenMango
and are quickly
working Nandini and Yasmina out of a job! Please
join us in welcoming (L to R) Aniruddh Vaidya, Opera-
tions Manager, Naveen Kumar, Assistant Marketing
Manger, Prachi Kulkarni, Accounts & HR Manager
and M. Khadeer Ahamed, Sales Manager.
Less than a year ago, we decided we had better stop talking about GreenMango and get
started. On February 5, we signed up our first client and GreenMango was officially
launched. What a year 2008 has been! Today, we have an amazing team now 25 strong,
16,000 low-income businesses on our platform, a loyal and enthusiastic customer base,
and a beautiful office in Hyderabad, India. It has been an exhilarating journey – filled
with ups and downs, excitement and frustration, opportunities and challenges. And as
we look to 2009 and our ambitious plans to expand throughout India, we wouldn’t have
it any other way!
Happy Holidays from all of us at GreenMango. And thank you so much for your contin-
ued support. We couldn’t have done it without you!
New Office
We spent quite a
few months in
Banjara Hills shar-
ing offices with
Spectrum Coal &
Power. Thanks
again to A. V.
Mohan Rao and
Srikant Akula for
making us feel so
welcome! As the
team grew, we had
to find more
space. We have been very fortunate to move into
the perfect office in Somajiguda. Please come visit
us – we would love to welcome you to our new
home!
www.GreenMango.co.in
December 2008
Hyderabad 10K On November 30, our team got together at 5 am on a Sunday morning to participate in Hyderabad’s 10K run
and get the word out about GreenMango. Looking great in their GreenMango shirts and caps, they got inter-
viewed by two local news channels. Nandini & Yasmina were home asleep having eaten too much turkey at
Thanksgiving. Doh! Thank goodness we have such a great team!
Thanks to Our Mangoteers
Over the past few months we have had two full-time interns on staff, who
were our first official Mangoteers. Adrienne Peirce is a recent MBA gradu-
ate from Minnesota who helped us develop our intern program, internal
website, and communications strategy. (See her blog www.lifeof80.com)
Suman Chennamaneni is a recent law graduate from Hyderabad who as-
sisted us with several key marketing and operations projects and was criti-
cal in getting the new office up and running. They both have a strong en-
trepreneurial streak and we can’t wait to see what they do next! Thank
you both!
Meet Our Employee of the Month — T. Renuka
T. Renuka was GreenMango's second employee when she joined us back in March. She quickly
made her way up the ladder to Area Manager in the Sales team. In both October and Novem-
ber, she was our top performer in signing up more small businesses for the GreenMango plat-
form than any other member of the Sales Team. She is famous in the office these days for her
sales numbers and the distance she walks each day to meet her clients. Don’t join her in the
field unless you can manage 8km!
Q: Why did you join GreenMango?
A: I joined GreenMango because I was inspired by their idea. It gives me an opportunity to bring more customers for small
vendors and I can help them.
Q: You have been the Employee of the month for 2 months continuously. What is the secret behind it?
A: I start early at 8 am and work in the field until 4 pm. I also contact vendors on Sunday because that is when most of them
are available.
Q: Will you continue working for GreenMango?
A: Yes. GreenMango has given me a lot of confidence which I lacked earlier. I like my job and I want to grow further.
About GreenMango
GreenMango is an affordable, accessible, marketing platform designed to help small en-
trepreneurs in developing countries grow their businesses. It gives them access to new
sales channels, enables them to market their businesses to new customers, and vali-
dates their work through the reviews of their past customers. By bringing these small
businesses online and giving them the power to market and promote themselves,
GreenMango levels the playing field for poor entrepreneurs to compete with other local
businesses.
www.GreenMango.co.in
December 2008
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