startups

Nobody said running a startup was easy. A startup’s life is marked by the thrill of the heady highs and rough lows. Of late, the Indian startup industry hit a bottleneck, with funds drying up, as investors have become more cautious…

None of the hotel-aggregators in India have been growing as fast as OYO Rooms, and the company has disrupted the space in a very short period of time. The company has launched OYO Bazar, modified check-in times in select hotels to 6AM…

Why is it that we don’t see too many businesses talk of or focus on succession planning in spite of the fact that finding the right successor can be an arduous and time consuming process and has a direct impact on the longevity of the…

The world’s largest online marketplace, Amazon, has decided to extend its program, Amazon Launchpad, to India, in the wake of exciting new startups everyday. As the name suggests, this initiative helps propel startups to another level…

Entrepreneurs are very passionate about their startups and often live and breathe them every moment by micromanaging everything. While that is a key ingredient to drive success, it can also prove to be a deterrent, if the founder begins…

Finally the irrationality that had been driving the startup funding trends last year is showing some signs of sensibility now. VC’s have observed by now the negative implications of startups literally throwing money to gain market…

Playing the safe card is what our parents teach us from the very beginning. In a society, that is quite orderly and systematic; it is general for one to get their degree in a course and start working with a well-established company. No…

Barack Obama led US Government wants more foreign entrepreneurs in their soil and in order to attract more startups and more ideas, they are throwing open their doors for all. As per a recent report, it was revealed that Department…

PM Modi’s Startup India, Stand Up India has now taken interesting turn after Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has proposed a Shark Tank type reality show for Indian startups; besides launching a dedicated TV channel…

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and research organization ‘Thought Arbitrage’ have jointly conducted a study of startup ecosystem globally, with special focus on tech startups. The study has found…

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…

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…

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…

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…

TinyOwl, once a fastest growing food-delivery startups in India, seems to have met some rough weather. They have discontinued taking food orders in all the cities, except for Mumbai, specifically South Mumbai only. The development first…

Bengaluru, also called the Silicon Valley of India, is a major tech-hub of the country and attracts a lot of geeks from around for its booming startup culture. It comes as no surprise that the Government in Karnataka is promoting…

Oyo Rooms, currently the market leader in branded budget hotel room rental space, has surprised everyone with their announcement of turning profitable. At a time, when most startups in this space (or even in other verticals) are burning…

At a time most food delivery startups are failing and running out of investor’s money, Swiggy has achieved what most could not in first few years of operations. Ola, which was primarily running on cab-aggregation also closed its cafe…