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An Impressive Group wtih a New Model

By Sundaramoorthy, Geeta
Publication: Business News New Jersey
Date: Tuesday, August 8 2000

About a year ago, Sanjiv Ahuja, a computer engineer by training, started studying what makes a successful business model: what makes large corporations successful and what makes small start-ups successful. He hit upon what he considers to be the next stage of evolution in business models: The convergence

of the strengths and resources of a large corporation with the creativity, incentive, drive and focus of a start-up.

Ahuja was so convinced about the efficacy of his new model that he quit his job as president of Morristown's Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) to experiment with his own idea. He found partners who were already toying with similar concepts, and started a company that will put money and expertise behind fledgling entrepreneurs in the telecommunications industry. The company, originally named Redwood Communications Group, is now Comstellar Technologies. It is headquartered in Florham Park, and has offices in Los Altos, California and Denver, Colorado.

Comstellar will establish and operate a group of independent

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