rom co-founding a formidable advertising agency to spearheading India's largest portal, Ajit Balakrishnan's entrepreneurial skills are well-documented. Here, he shares some personal and career defining moments.

Sometime around 1992-1993, I was keen to start an online business. The reference point for online business then, which was before the internet arrived, was CompuServe (it was the first major commercial online service in the US). ... more