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Here’s How Startups Can Capitalize on Alma Mater!
For budding entrepreneurs, the two must haves are a bunch of innovative ideas and good networking. Their immediate connections are those they’ve formed in and around their college campuses, as most of them are either fresh graduates or…
Twitter Seva: Govt’s New Social Helpline For Startups & Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is a journey into the unknown; venturing into an activity whose rules are strange, regulations are new and dangers at every step. Under these circumstances, startups and entrepreneurs need assistance and guidance for…
5 Questions You Need to Nail if You Want Your Startup to Raise Funding
Sometimes knowing the right questions is more important than having all the answers. In a startup environment, this would form the fundamental reason for your existence. When it comes to funding, how would one determine whether the…
Union Budget 2016: Expectations from Indian Startups
Unveiling of Union Budget is one such event that is keenly followed by Business Owners, be it small or large. The announcements made during budget shape the financial decisions of many! With the launch of the ‘Start-Up India Campaign’ and…
PepperTap Shuts Operations in Mumbai & 5 Major Cities, Layoff 400 Employees; Is Hyperlocal…
Peppertap, the hot shot hyperlocal delivery app which promised to become a strong competitor to Grofers and Big Basket has finally lost patience. In a major move, they have decided to exit strong markets such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai…
Zomato Gets Profitable in India & 5 Other Regions; Seeks Additional Funding
Food & Restaurant reviews are synonymous with Zomato in India and there are no competitors that offers so much coverage with such minimalistic user experience. Zomato got into food delivery last year which increased its monetization…
SBI Launches India’s First Startup Focused Bank Branch SBI InCube
India’s largest Bank, State Bank of India, today inaugurated India’s first startup focused Bank Branch in city of Bangalore. This specialized branch aims to understand and address banking needs of a Startup Business.
The first SBI…
Govt Plans Tax Reduction For Startups, VCs; Industry Excited With The Possibilities
The existing tax structure in India for startups and venture capitalists is complex, and hard. Instead of staying in India, several startups have already relocated to countries like Singapore and Hong Kong to benefit from their easy and…
Zomato Advertises on Porn Sites, Achieves 10X-20X Returns Compared to Traditional Advertising
Now this is something you would not expect from a leading Tech startup. But they did it – they took a little detour from traditional ways, and reaped rich dividends!
Zomato, India’s popular restaurant discovery, review and food…
6 Stumbling Blocks That Every Startup Should Be Wary Of
Being an entrepreneur seems to have become a fad of late, given the rate at which they are growing! It begins with a lot of excitement and zeal and hope, but while optimism is a key ingredient necessary to start up, a pinch of…
Oyo Rooms Set to Launch Oyo Café & Oyo Care Housekeeping Service
It has become a norm with startups in India, isn’t it? Get Funded, Grow aggressively and once you have gained some traction and created your own network in the market, spread horizontally. Ola is doing it, Zomato is doing it and every…
Zomato Will Fire 300 Employees or 10% of Its Workforce; Content Teams To Be Reduced Globally
Zomato has confirmed that they are laying off 300 employees, or roughly 10% of their workforce, in order to concentrate more on profit-making niches. Severely hit would be their content teams, which are responsible for live data…
Exploride Smashes All Crowdfunding Records For Indian Startups; Successfully Raises Rs 3.4 Cr on…
When the time arrives for an idea to get big, then no boundaries, no obstacles and no force can stop it.
Exploride, which was incubated at Startup Village in Kerala, has become India’s biggest crowd funding success story. They have…
Grofers Is Shifting To Singapore – Can’t We Stop This Exodus Of Digital Startups From India?
At a time when PM Modi is vigorously pushing Make in India vision, and encouraging MNCs to start their Indian operations, another digital startup from has decided to ditch its birthplace and shift their base overseas. By observing this…
Citi Launches Virtual Accelerator Program For Mobile Startups In India: The Citi Mobile Challenge
Citi has launched their virtual accelerator program in India: The Citi Mobile Challenge; which aims to nurture mobile startups in the niche of banking, payments and e-commerce ecosystem.
This unique mentorship program will last for…
Housing.com Can’t House Their Own Employees, 600 Employees To Be Fired in Next 90 Days
It seems that the firing of Housing.com’s co-founder & ex-CEO Rahul Yadav was just a beginning.
Within the next 90 days, 600 employees of Housing.com, or 23% of their entire workforce would be fired. As per a report in ET, the…
Housing.com is Hacked, A Mocking Message Displayed In Response To Rahul Yadav Firing
Most of the techies had a feeling that after Rahul Yadav was fired, the housing product team is going to have serious issues with their product development. But, very few thought that housing website will get hacked, because when board…
Rahul Yadav Has Stepped Down Says ET, But No Official Confirmation As Yet!
The Housing & Rahul Yadav Saga seems to be coming to its final climax if an ET report is to be believed. The news of Rahul Yadav stepping down as CEO of Housing.com has been doing rounds since yesterday.
The report first came out…
Updated: SEBI Dramatically Eases Startup Listing & Fundraising Norms
As expected, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come out with startup listing and fund raising norms that should brings cheers to the fast-growing startup ecosystem in India.
While we were expecting reduced application…
$100M In 4 Years! IoT Startup Happiest Minds Aiming To Break Records In India
Very seldom you come across stories when a 60 year old entrepreneur establishes a start-up, which is aiming for $100 million revenues within 4 years!
Happiest Technologies, which was founded in 2011 by 60 year old Ashok Soota is well…