Startup

Transformational leadership is about anticipating risks, identifying opportunities, taking proactive actions and being adaptive to the situations.

Hours after Axis Bank finalized the acquisition of Freecharge for $60 million (approximately Rs 385 crore), co-founder of Snapdeal, the holding company of Freecharge, wrote an emotional letter to all employees.

A blog post that has been co-authored by four disgruntled employees has blown the lid off the much talked about food-tech startup Swiggy.

Everyone has weak or sore points that can break down their spirit when the going gets tough. A leader is no different from his fellow beings. He is as prone to mistakes and weaknesses as others. The question is whether a leader should…

The issue of salary is the one of the biggest unsolved mystery in the Indian startup eco-system. While salary reports of established, big MNCs are easily trackable, and researched via various platforms, there is no clear cut platform to…

Creativity is such a vague, broad term; but the irony is that everyone needs a splash of creativity for breaking the monotony, and to find some really interesting solutions. If you are an entrepreneur, then creativity holds special…

India is world’s youngest startup nation, and change is the only thing constant when it comes to growth. Following this principle, Indian Govt. has once again changed the very definition of a startup, and the intentions this time are…

In 2015, we had studied the cause of failures among startups, and discovered an American study which said that 6 out of 10 startups face defeat in the first 4 years of their existence. It seems that this statistics is Universal, as…

Everyone is talking about how the workforce is getting younger across the world today, particularly in emerging superpowers like India. A recent news article also spoke about how India will have the largest number of young people in the…

In a major move, Govt. of India has decided to compel startups to declare how many jobs will they create, before taking benefits and subsidies under Start Up India program. Hence, benefits related with Startup India would be now…

Imagine a situation where you are a small business. You reach out to a mobile app service provider sharing how your business problem is about retention of customers and how you want an app to help you resolve it. Getting new customers…

Entrepreneurs can take solace from the resilience of a man who changed our lives, Thomas Edison, who saw more failures than success in his iconic journey of discovery. Here’s how he aptly summed up his struggle, “I have not failed. I…

Global restaurant search and discovery app, Zomato, has just announced that its online food ordering service has already clocked over 2 million orders in the month of March 2017. In comparison, Swiggy clocked around 1 million orders…

Buckminster Fuller, Zaha Hadid, Jonathan Segal, B.V Doshi, Anupama Kundoo are not just successful thinkers and architects but are institutions by themselves. Architectural marvels developed by them are solutions to large and extremely…

Furniture and home appliances rental company RentoMojo has launched an exciting service for customers, called ‘Bikes on lease’. The company is cashing on the increased demand of two-wheelers in India because of traffic woes and easier…

Bengaluru, often hailed as the Silicon Valley of India, has emerged as startup capital of India as well, there is a bad news: techies working in Bengaluru are among the lowest paid, not only in India but in the entire world. These…

If someone was to ask me, as an entrepreneur, what I have built in these years, my answer would always be “I have built a team”. Very few people realise the true meaning and impact of this. But a transformational leader, of a start-up…

Zomato, a restaurant listing website and app, is profitable in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) and India. The company has now launched Zomato Gold, a membership program for a premium nightlife experience, in the cities of Dubai and Abu…

Just like a kaleidoscope, there exists several aspects, layers to entrepreneurship. Some are good, some are bad, and some are downright evil. One such extraordinary aspect was witnessed in the last 24 hours, when a co-founder of a…

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships - Michael Jordan In the movie ‘The Founder’, Ray Kroc (played by dashing Michael Keaton) teaches us one of the most crucial elements of success within any…