We have a company, Geometric Software, which is into engineering services software. We have a company called Nature's Basket, which is into gourmet retailing. Both are specialized companies.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Your company is a product. Who are its customers? Your employees, who use it to do their jobs.
Companies that make keys, credit card companies, any company in the service business - anything to do with a consumer is probably a software company.
I already have a production company called J Squared and we're working on two projects.
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
So far, Indian companies have focused more on customer application. This needs to shift to packaged software for sectors such as banking and financial services.
We have a relationship with our customer, and that relationship translates into sales.
Our company has to be a company that enables its people.
I have several computer companies. One of them I have a program for wide-format printing. I have a beauty program. So I have several different programs that I own for printing.
There's a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We're asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool - if you happen to be a software engineer.
I know one business, and that's how to make software.