Startup

15th August is the most important day for any Indian - it’s the day of patriotism and celebration because today, we Indians became free from the slavery of British raj, and declared ourselves a free nation. As India celebrates its…

Online food ordering service Foodpanda, backed by Rocket Internet, has become profitable in two large regions it operates in - Central and East Europe and the Middle East Asian countries. Zomato had also become profitable in 6 regions…

Silicon Valley based world’s one of the biggest platform for venture capital, Angel List has decided to launch their unique VC funding program called ‘Syndicates’ in India. They have roped in serial investor Utsav Somani to lead the…

Richard Branson is one of the most remarkable entrepreneurs the world has ever seen. Everybody knows about the Virgin Group and its illustrious founder. Starting as a small (like most entrepreneurs) mail order record retailer in 1970,…

India’s largest restaurant search platform, Zomato, launched the much awaited delivery service approximately a year back. Despite other similar services like FoodPanda in the fray, the company has managed to do relatively quite well.…

Ambulances in India find it very difficult to reach the concerned person on time because of traffic congestion and reckless driving in cities in India. Traffic laws, though strict, are not very strongly applicable on the roads, and…

Growth is important to every business and is necessary for sustainability. Unfortunately, however, most people don’t understand the importance of growth in relation to raising money, and most importantly, building a strong and…

EarlySalary.com, a young 5-month old startup based in Pune is attempting to introduce the concept similar to that of payday loans in India using a unique, and innovative concept. Using the power of technology and some social logic,…

For startup founders, there are hundreds of metrics that one needs to track to see how their business is growing. But are all of these important? No. One should pick the most important metrics, which, according to the business owners…

Kerala, which achieved 100% mobile penetration and was declared as India’s first Digital State, has set another milestone for the rest of India. World’s first digital incubator for students has been launched in Kerala, which will…

It’s time for entrepreneurs to rejoice as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has relieved startups from treating any advance of Rs. 25 lakhs or more as ‘deposit’, provided such funding happens via a convertible note. The…

Technology seems to be the USP of majority of start-ups and they spend hefty amount of time and funds on developing the technology that is unmatched to their competitors. This is one of the way all the start-ups fascinate investors and…

As of June, 2016, India’s capital Delhi attracted more venture capital funds than all other Indian cities combined. In terms of VC money, total of $917 million was infused into Delhi-NCR startups across 155 deals, which more than 50% of…

InMobi, a Singapore & India based startup founded by Indian techies is in soup as the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) slapped a civil penalty for which InMobi will has consented to pay $950,000. FTC has charged InMobi with…

Large cities in India have a housing problem and there is less land available for further constructions. Not just that, such projects take a lot of time and require rigorous paperwork and quality checks before approval. All this has…

Indian Patent Office or IPO has introduced new policy framework for Indian entrepreneurs. These new policy features would be the guidelines for those entrepreneurs who wish to file for patents, related with any industry. As per the…

People are the core of any business venture – be it a large business conglomerate or a startup venture. That said, startups when they initially start have a lack of funds and are not able to involve many people in the business venture.…

By Aloke Bajpai, CEO & Co-Founder at ixigo ixigo turned 9 years old on 3rd June, 2016. I started working on the idea over 10 years ago. As I looked back on our amazing roller-coaster journey along-with my co-founder, Rajnish, we…

Trademarks today not only play an impeccable role in luring eyeballs but personifying and shaping up the stature of a company as well. But before we engulf ourselves anymore with this one heck of a word, let us first understand what it…

India is a country with more than 4200 startups and it ranks globally as one of the top startup countries. Every one of us has at least one friend who is into start-ups or is thinking to start one. At times, it makes me wonder if…