Uday Zokarkar quits as chief business officer of ClickJobs; to launch his own venture
06 August, 2008
Uday Zokarkar, chief business officer of ClickJobs.com, which is a part of Consim Info (BharatMatrimony), has put in his papers. He is expected to launch his own entrepreneurial venture in the next two weeks.
Prior to joining the BharatMatrimony group, Uday Zokarkar was chief operating officer of News India-Times Group. Before that he was COO of Mantram Magazine, a company which he had co-founded.
Talking with AlooTechie, Uday Zokarkar said while his three and a half year long stint with the BharatMatrimony group was extremely satisfying, he wanted to go back to begin as an entrepreneur.
Uday Zokarkar’s next project would focus on the integration of conventional media like print, television and radio with internet. Currently, he is putting a team together for his new project and is also speaking to international media companies for the same. Zokarkar declined to reveal the exact nature of his new project.
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One can’t keep on doing the same stuff over and over again across all kinds of brands. Every brand has a unique feature and this needs to be attributed through innovative marketing initiatives. Unless the people working in this medium can innovate, spends will not grow on internet. "
How is the rajnikanth of the internet industry doing ???
I heard even the Intelligence Bureau is deeply watching BM member profiles...
wow.. what attention.. what ripples !
The job market is and will keep growing in India....launching his own venture has it's pros and cons. There is plently of room for everone.
Three world famous magicians were in the bar drinking and boasting
about their achievements.
The first one said," During my latest show, I made three women from
the audience disappear, it was so convincing that their relatives
started panicking, no one could find the trick"
The second one said, " Hey, that is nothing, during one of my open air
shows I made the Municipality building disappear and the entire town
was searching for it"
The third one sighed and said," Both of you are so local, I went to
Paris and made the Eiffel Tower disappear for a full one hour, it was
live on the TV, entire France was searching for the building & no one
had a clue".
Just then an Indian walked into the bar and the three magicians
suddenly turned quiet, gave each other fugitive glances and started to
slip towards the door.
A Bartender watching this got curious and asked one of the magicians,
"Hey what happened ? Who is that guy ? "
One of the magicians whispered, "He is the World's greatest magician,
he has done the biggest disappearing trick of all times, we are all
mere amateurs compared with what he has done. His name is Ramalinga
Raju. He has made USD 1.5 billion disappear from his company's balance
sheet in front of everyone's eyes, and the entire world is still
looking for it "
It looks quite common in the entire world of business all the EX-Guys who get thrown out of their jobs - for right or wrong reasons finally have no other option than to vent out their feelings in forum like this.
Happen to visit Clickjobs.com site... "DO THEY CHARGE ON PER RESUME BASIS"??? OMG i cant beleave it....but if it kick off... it would be a trend setter.... all the best for Naukri, Monster and Timesjobs...
Theres something for everyone in this though......
Take a look a this picture and u will know what i mean
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vo2sAOvYxzs/SOnnV-4T-JI/AAAAAAAACd8/RXykJDIJV5...
This is extremely embarrassing for Consim Info.
Dear Mr Murugan,
The "Titanic" that is Bharatmatrimony, has a lot of passengers... and many a lovely couples which come aboard with a hope of finding the warmth and the comfort as the ship sails through cold waters.
It is just the two dedicated souls manning the stern atop the shp keeping watch .. bearing the winter chill... on the look out for the perils of the sea.. just so the 'passengers' are safe and secure.... and finaly reach their destination.....
And suddenly, ..."Ahoy ! Iceberg ahead ....."
would u NOT consider the duty bound responsible workers plea ? is it not the 'unconditional faith' of your team that you have worked hard to build this 'titanic' ??
why then would you blame them when they can forsee the danger and you are still prudish of your ships architecture?
Life is a journey... never a destination.
... as always the captain of the ship goes down last .. alongwith the ship...
would your inner hurt be so bad that you edify the Samurai and perform your inner harakiri ??
when all that needs to be done is re-live the past when the passion, and zeal initiated the inception of the initiative. All bigs things begin small..and all small things have an emotional component to it ...
What really went wrong ??
Arent we glad we are JUST HUMANS !
How do you expect me to belive in your business model when your personal model failed ???
A Customer of bharatmatrimony
Uday bhai............maaaar sake na koi .. zamane mein dum nahi.... zamana hum sey hai...... hum zamane sey nahi......
I am with you all throught out man !
lage raho
lots expected from you buddy
very surprisingly ...consim is still having hopes to do good in October, irrespective of their failure month on month............
they say.....Dot com business is happening at its own..... even one person can run the show...........
yes...its only one person who runs the show....every one else is bound to witness the drowning of the ship......6 months and this company is sold out...........
Just for people of this organization, I want to tell you guys. After closing down of Delhi unit there was no drinking water & light for 20 days and the management dint consider it important and said that should not hamper sales. So Consimites decide for yourself.
All that has been said here is the frustration. Whoever is reading this must know. All due respect to Mr. Muruga, I dont think he even knows what his COO/CMO/CFO..all the Cs are doing.
Wakeup Consim!!!
Guys did you know who is Muruga, he will manage this and than this.
He hire peoples who pulls BM-vehicle, if pulling is stopped he will hire new pulling robots (and throw the old one out), he know clearly who will be thrown out @ which time ...
triple c? i thout the company known for the most Cs in the internet space. ceo cmo cpo cfo cbo coo cto. very lil letters left. hahaha.
How true! Consimites Cannot Communicate properly incl the BOSS. Should have named Triple C Info. LoL
This has to be the end of era for this organization. It has suffered enough damage with its Senior Management exit and just imagine the Mid & Junior Level exit as well. The company is certainly going in drains making severe losses. And Mr.M says some will be asked to leave? That throws a lot of question about the internal problem that the company is facing. From all that I see, its a total management failure and very soon you will see shutters being pulled down.
When this venture took the birth from a room in USA but it was actually moved in your right direction at right time only and each eye had witnessed the growth we made which cannot be repeated,we opened from 1 BMC to 100 and now they are coming in descending order because of some pathetic decisions were made and now again the whole rosy enterprise will be coming back to the same room from where the journey was started.
I told you sometime back
"Love your Job but never fall in love with your company because you never know when your company stops loving you"
Less of Experience + Unavoidable Elements-->Accidents(Loosing good employees)
Hi Boss,
All the best for your future assignment....
Is there a moderator or not here? Its best to avoid such personal and unprofessional comments on the site. Degrades the meaning of democrazy.
Life is a Bob Dylan Song, even for dying dotcoms and their owners...
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you?
Peopl called, say, beware doll, youre bound to fall
You thought they were all kiddin you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin out
Now you dont talk so loud
Now you dont seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Investor Gabbar: Kitne Aadmi The ??
See-Eee-Ohh Kaalia: Sarkar 1000
Investor Gabbar: Pahle 1000 aur ab 500, Phir bhi loss, khaali haath ?? Hamra naam poora mitti mein milai diye ??
See-Eee-Ohh Kaalia: Sarkar Humkaa Maaf karo !!!
Investor Gabbar: Kya sochh kar aaye the ?? Sarkar Khuss hoga .. Saabaasi Dega ??? Kyon ?? Iiski Sazaa Milegi !! Barobbar Milegi !! Click ......Saala Bacchh Gaya ..... Click .... Saala Ye bhi Bachh Gaya ..... AAB TERA KYA HOGA KAALIA ??
See-Eee-Ohh Kaalia: Sarkar maine aapka Dollar brand namak khaaya hai !!! Uuunnn ummm huunnn
Investor Gabbar: Aab GOLI khaa ..... Dhichkiyaaoonnn .... HE HE .. HA HA .. HOO HOO ... HO HO !
The End !
One more joining rapid exit club today. Bibhuthi from bharatmatrimony (3 years in this super company). In-charge of their offline business since sometime. Who next?
do they have 1000 ppl on board???
Shit....
why do dotcoms need so many ppl??
They r bound to fail.
Shaadi.com, bharatmatrimoni ,jeevansaathi or simplymarry are stupid sites and have no future.
Why do the ppl need to pay when u can get tons of friends in facebook,myspace etc.. for free
If u cant find your spouse there then u r not fit to marry...
these sites might be relevent today but not in next 10 years.
And any idea which is not for the future will never get huge valuations...
30 comments & most of them from employees...mmm interesting. Where are we headed muruga?
I guess its quite obvious!
Dear Uday Sir,
Wish U All The Very Best... :)
Building 'Bridge-Over-Troubled-Waters'? Pl read 'Disaster Mangement For Dummies' coz its tsunami this time.
I agree completely
Everyone makes mistakes, even in this case consim indeed made some fatal mistakes by hiring from failed dotcom companies like indiamart, itpeople etc. i'm sure he got mislead by thr miscalculations n judgements in stratedy and vision. pls get rid of them first, if they are still thr on board and hire ppl from non-internet background, who will bring a new direction.
Muruga is a self made internet icon, which indian internet is proud of. i'm sure he will not get affected by all ths rapid exits and all. he still has got his cash cow intact, which will feed his 1000 member family for next decade.
he is our rajnikanth of internet industry. you will go a long way ...way to go ..muruga.
dont compare ranjikanth with that guy. I am one of the person hurt by them. I work for the company very hard. He was like a chameleons, One day he told "we always take care employee growth", another day he told "we wont care of employee". He always prefer new people, wont care about old who worked for his company when it start to till now. If you think him as superstar, try to join consim after one year you could see his real face.
Hi, I think you have left some more. sify, and the other failed design company. The funniest thing is that I heard that one highly paid gentleman who joined recently as one of the BIG C's, shamelessly outsourcing jobs to his own employees and his own company for design and whole lot of things.
Once he gets rid of all of the above. Mr. M will be left all alone with vultures, since the good ones have already left him.
well said...he s a amazing person and he sure knows how to bounce back..
Mr.Truth (aka Mr.Muruga) instead of waiting your time here, it is better that you hold your flock together. It is time for ONE more open air meeting with your employees because that may be the only set of people to believe your "TRUTH". The world outside is not blind.
Mr.Truth as far as truth goes you can clearly see its a Rapid Exit by people. I don't think that the company is growing nor is there any news about them in this industry. I wonder looking at the long list of Senior Management how this company survive or can survive any further. Sad state to know that another Chennai based Internet company is all set for a downfall following Sify, SitaGita, PaisaPower etc..
Today Consim has a man power of over 1000 people and when the company grows while some leave on their own and some will be asked to go.
As far as i know the company has a very strong top management and growing at a rapid phase.
Is this the beginning of the end? Somehow, going by the list of people who have quit, mentioned above,it looks like a lot of key members of the team have quit. That is not a nice sign for any organization. There is something called as continuity, there is something called carrying forward a thought, if the management thinks they can get away with shoddy replacements, then I am sure they they are in for a big shock soon. End of the day, it is the people who make the difference to an organization. You are known by the people you have... This is not great news for a company or the products they are planning develop. This is also bad news as far as the IPO or valuation game goes.
Shaadi.com, jeevansathi.com have been clear in what they want to communicate and I think have been fairly successful in doing so. Their valuation speaks for itself... Indiaproperty.com has a pathetic db. Search for something, it throws up something else all together. clickjob.com never really took off... whatever little people tried to do,I presume, was hijacked. Key people missing is showing big time boss. It's time, Mr. Janakiram, understands, that there are a few people in every organisation who are indespensible... treat them right and you will reap the benefits! Look at Hitesh Oberoi for e.g., besides, there are other things too that are awfully wrong... communication over all sucks... the interface now absolutely sucks! I am told that Mr. Janakiram, is not involved in product development anymore, and it shows, I suppose. People developing the product now seem to have no clue about the category and therefore all the shoddy work. In fact, this is something I have always been curious about; don't the investors get involved here? Aren't they missing the point? If something has worked in the past, and they have taken a decision to invest in this company, they have a winning formula, so now why reinvent? Why allow all this crap? Only time will tell I suppose...
OMG! Look's like doom's day is here. BM seriously needs to dig out the skeletons and get their act straight.
So many peoples are quitting their jobs and starting new ventures..its some how a trend indication how fast the industries are growing in india.
This is what happens if you give mantle to people selling pickles and shampoo sachets.
Dear Uday,
Great news.I am not a palmesterian but knows your body language very well,very shortly you will become Rajdeep Sardesai.
I am from your home town Indore and Although you are my senior,we have played cricket together at Pant vaidya colony ground.
For the last 11 years we are in Nagpur.we are having 5 manufacturing set up here for manufacturing Sheet metal press parts and all are ISO 9001:2000 certified.we are tier 1 vendor for M/s.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and doing a turnover of approx 5.75 Cr./P.A.
If possible for you be in touch, a small man can also give you very big business idea.
Few days back,i have 35 minutes interaction with Mr.Rahul Gandhi at New Delhi,after interaction he has given me his personal mail address and his office telephone Nos.
How is Santosh please convey my regards to him and also please let me know your mail address if possible.Personal Regards
Santosh A Pradhan
pradhans_ind@yahoo.co.in
santosh.prdhn@gmail.com
09423105739 & 09373283699
Its just the begining
Sky is the limit
All the very best Uday!
therz somethn common to hometrade.com, itpeople.com, clickjobs.com .... maybe business model, or maybe people they have hired.
jus wondering will ther be any guy in the world .....who wud have worked for all these companies....he/she wud be miserably disappointed for ther fate of events.
do they choose ths companies or ths companies choose them??
OMG! This is unbelievable. Looks like this is a sinking ship of the group. Sad scene for Janakiraman's company.
It’s not true that it’s just the second high profile exit. The following is the list of people, who’ve quit BharatMatrimony Group in the past 6-8 months , after slogging for years to contribute towards the growth
Michael Balan - Business Head , Clickjobs.com
Krishna Prasad - CFO , Consim Group
Uday Zokarkar - CBO , Clickjobs.com and previously Business Head - BharatMatrimony.com for 3 years.
Nimish - Head, IndiaAutomobile.com
Seema - COO, International, BharatMatrimony.com
Prashanth Ramamurthy - Head, Branding
Rishi Joshan - VP and National Sales Head, BharatMatrimony Centres
Rajagopal.s - Head, SMS5050
Hitesh Mehta - Design Head
Ranjitha Murthy - Creative Director
Yash Ashar - Product Head, Indiaproperty.com
Sushil Kumar - National Sales Head, Indiaproperty.com
Benjamin - Campaign Head
Shakti - Head, PR
Ramasamy - SEO and Online Media Head
Abitha - Content Head
Its only time before this group breaks their silence and exposes the pathetic situation at the organization. An Indian Friendster?
Dear Uday Sir
All the best for your venture...
Wish you all the best Uday :)
There is nothing constant in this world....
Everyone has their own way.
I have heard this constant dialogue from a gyan swamy before. Periodicity in defining constant must be handled with care else it is frequent.
hey mr. india (or rather should i say mr. tamil nadu), are you from the bharatmatri gang? nothing is constant and neither is your company. destined for a downfall.
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