startups

This is going to bring smiles on the faces of thousands of software engineers & mobile developers in India who want to work in the US, especially the Silicon Valley startups. Leading online Job portal Hired.com and Sequoia Capital…

Kickstarter is world’s largest crowdfunding platform, where entrepreneurs and artists can seek funds for their projects. Since its launch in 2009, more than 5 million people have crowd sourced more than 50,000 projects such as movies,…

India has great brains and some very good colleges. But going by the past trends it has been observed that there is some difference when those students who excel in academics in, say, Engineering colleges come on board companies and are not…

If I say that India travels in trains it won’t be an exaggeration by any standard. Our railway system is extensive and always packed. Long lines at the ticket counters are something one can see almost at any station (big stations will have…

Such is the intensity of Indian startup scene right now, that no one wants to be left behind. Western capitalists and huge corporations are now making a beeline inside India, as they strongly believe that India is the Next Destination.…

Startup is a wonderful entity – It is a symbol of hope, enthusiasm and passion. Every big technological and web company you can name today was a startup sometime. Startup is nothing but an idea, materialized into an organization/company by…

‘Start up’ the name itself has a tinge of excitement to it. It immediately sets your mind racing to some big names like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Narayana Murthy among others. There is something romantic about working for…

In recent times, bounty programs have come to limelight. If you are not aware what a bounty program is, here is a simple definition. Large platforms like Google, Facebook and Paypal float an open invitation to ethical white-hat hackers and…

As human beings living in a not so perfect society, we all have our ups and downs. At home, at work, with friends, with spouse, with finances, with health or just with yourself. And, when things are not working out in any of these areas,…

We are living in the age where gadgets like smartphones and tablets have become integral part of our daily lives. Infact, with some people the dependency on their gadgets is so much that it borderlines on addiction! Now imagine a case…

This is BIG news for Indian startup Ecosystem – SEBI today released amendments to SEBI Regulations (1998) that have potential to a big effect startups & Small Businesses in India. Here are some of the decisions that were made in a…

Inarguably, the biggest deal in the media circles over the weekend, as far as the Indian Startup Ecosystem is concerned, was the news of redBus being acquired. For those of you who still haven't heard the news (most probably because you've…

Recently, I installed a HP wireless All-in-One printer at my Home Office primarily for my wireless printing and scanning needs. However, having used it for over a week now, I can say that this newly launched HP Hotspot Laserjet pro M1218nfs…

Switch Idea, a young Indian startup, aims to create that identity for you using your existing social networks.

In past few years, culture of Entrepreneurship has definitely grown in India – And nurturing this growth are the various Startup Accelerator programs that have been launched during this time. In 2007, when I came back to India, I…

Pune-headquartered IT company Nihilent Technologies has thrown light on its latest platform, Tumbhi.com. This move is being projected as an initiative to discover and nurture artistic talent from both India and abroad. The various areas of…

SME exchanges have been recently set up in India by BSE and NSE to provide a new way of raising capital from the public to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). To understand why the concept of a special exchange for SMEs was introduced,…

Pune based startup, Orange Supplies Pvt. Ltd. have recently launched India’s first Office supplies online store – esupply.in - that enables small & medium sized businesses to buy all office supplies on a single online platform at…

Mysmartprice.com – an online product comparison search engine today announced that it has raised 2 Crore VC funding from Helion Venture Partners & Accel Partners. We spoke to Sitakanta Ray, Co-founder of MySmartprice.com to know more…

Most first time entrepreneurs are on tenterhooks when it come to pitching their startup to Investors. More often than not, Startup founders come out frustrated from an investor meeting because either they have not been able to get out…