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Topics discussed at Cerebrate, Goa 2008

Cerebrate 2008, held at Club Mahindra Varca beach resort Goa, went off better than expected and served the purpose of the event - to ideate and cerebrate.

Over the two days of the event, a variety of things were discussed spread over many subject.

These were the topics discussed.

Media - Cost dynamics in the media (Demand and Supply), PR and the media, Challenges faced by PR agencies with clients and vice versa, Effectiveness of ratings

Technology - Privacy and security issues on the web, Benefits of Open Source, Corporate Blogging, the uber personal device

Hospitality/Travel - Favorite holiday destinations, Grass is greener here - Hospitality in India, Rustic holiday experiences

Legal - The Creative Commons and how it benefits the community, Sharing Video aka Youtube and its legal implications, Making Legalese more accessible, Shooting the messenger - Can blogging or content platforms be sued for derogatory/inadmissible content.

Sports - The art of motivation, Overcoming obstacles in a country starved of sports
Cinema/Theatre - Financing an idea, Has creativity lost out to commercialism, Challenges of making a cinema in India and the way ahead, Method in the madness - the Indian movie industry and its success despite the trappings

Start-ups/Entrepreneurship - Financing your startup, VC funding - the necessary evil, Sailing the rough - Becoming an entrepreneur after a cushioned 9-5 exec job, Finding and retaining talent.

Marketing - Dumb it down (why the most creative ads may not necessarily be the best for the mass market), the changing face of the Indian consumer, Market in times of inflation.

Here are some snapshots of the participants “cerebrating”.

Abhimany Radhakrishnan (CNBC-TV18) Cerebrating. Others in the frame - Kiruba Shankar, Nikhila Kesavan and me.

Kiruba Shankar and Rashmi Bansal

Nikhila Kesavan and Abhimanyu Radhakrishnan

Cerebrating in the open - Kiruba Shankar (speaker with orange t-shirt). Others (clockwise): Shriram Adukoorie, James Joseph, Abhimanyu RadhakrishnanNikhiKesavan, Atul Chitnis, Dev Amritesh, Rashmi Bansal, Sudhir Shivaram, Arun Nair

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Sensex nose dives - Sheds 900 points

The Sensex shed 900 points today, the second highest fall in the history of the sensex. This bloodbath will certainly have its repurcussions for a while, and retail investors will keep away from the equity market till their confidence is restored.

The experts think the Sensex is bloated and any fall is only going to be magnified. If you are a long term investor, this may just be an unfortunate blot, but if you are short term investor, the time isn’t quite right.

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