Business Description:PaGaLGuY.com is a media company that provides news and brings together prospective MBA applicants from across the nation. The members of PaGaLGuY.com comprise over 50 percent of the students in the top B-schools of the country. Catering to the needs of the members with niche web applications and doing so effectively has enabled PaGaLGuY.com to retain its members and command surprising levels of brand loyalty. With over 2,25,000+ registered users and having over 1,100,000 articles on their website with over 5M impressions clocking per month, they are the first and foremost source of information and interaction for everyone interested in management education.
Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software
Founded in:2005
Source of idea:Built hobby into a business
Significant Competitors:www.coolavenues.com, www. shiksha.com, www.studyplaces.com
Company Details :
Company Name:PaGaLGuY.com
HeadQuarters:Mumbai
Stage of the company:Scaling up
No of Employees (2006):0-5
No of Employees (2007):6-15
Office Locations(2006):0-1
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted:Yes (2)
Profits (2006):breakeven
Profits (2007):breakeven
>Partnerships:Partners with Business Today Acumen, biggest B school quiz in India since 2006 Officially admission query channel for ISB Hyderabad - www.isb.edu/pgp Strategic partners for the QS World MBA tour in India Online Media Partners for " Eureka " B- Plan competition organized by IIT-B Online Media Partners for Flagship events like Confluence, Vista, Intaglio, Backwaters, Iris from B- Schools like IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C, IIM-K, & IIM-I
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Advertisements & other products
Awards & honors:Featured on Young Turks CNBC- TV 18 in May 2005 Featured as part of the Cover Story in Business World in September 2005
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Allwin Agnel
Age:27
HomeTown:Mumbai
Education:Masters
No of companies promoted:Yes (2)
Family Background:Business
Job:CEO at N.A.
Ex-Job Description:N.A.
Favorite Book/Movie:Maverick by Ricardo Semler
