January 2011
contents
The Bibliophiles Mayank Dhingra’s (front) love for books made him start Dial-A-Book with brother Tarang.
50 Start-up Diaries Dial-A-Book wants to make buying books as easy as ordering pizza. Will bookworms bite the bait? And, Hyderabad-based RideNSync finally lands its first corporate client. by shreyasi singh
30 Sweet Pills of Success
Dr. Mukesh Batra may have inherited his homeopathy skills. His business acumen, which has helped build Dr. Batra’s Positive Health Clinic into a 86 crore group, is another matter altogether.
46 Bitten By the Blockbuster Bug
38 App Time
Deven Chachra has scripted a celluloid dream of his own by reinventing Delhi-based Satyam cinema into a chain of multiplexes.
Smartphone applications aren’t just fun and games anymore. An app can be a potent marketing tool that can supercharge your business.
by shreyasi singh
by amy barrett
by pooja kothari
this page photograph: Subhojit Paul
54 How I Did It U.K. Gupta, Holostik India
Being a pioneer in an industry was always important to UK Gupta. No wonder he takes great pride in having introduced holographic images to India. by pooja kothari
This edition of Inc. magazine is published under license from Mansueto Ventures LLC, New York, New York. Editorial items appearing on pages 11, 14-15, 22, 26-27, 38-44, 57-58 and 62 were all originally published in the United States edition of Inc. magazine and are the copyright property of Mansueto Ventures, LLC, which reserves all rights. Copyright © 2009 and 2010 Mansueto Ventures, LLC. The following are trademarks of Mansueto Ventures, LLC: Inc., Inc. 500.
on the cover
Dr. Mukesh Batra, founder of Dr. Batra’s Positive Health Clinic, a chain of homeopathy clinics. Photographed by Jiten Gandhi in Mumbai. Cover design by Binesh Sreedharan
JANUARY 2011 | INC. | 1