Abhash Kumar 12 posts 0 comments

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…

Having started a company myself, and being in touch with many early-stage startups, I am aware of the problems that small businesses face when it comes to dealing with company registration, managing Profit and Loss statements, keeping a tab…

This is Part 3, the last part of the 3 article series titled “12 Big Ideas that could lead to the next Billion dollar companies”. You can read the first part of this series, Part 1: Education, Energy, Housing and Healthcare and the…

This is Part 2 of the 3 article series titled “12 Big Ideas that could lead to the next Billion dollar companies”. You can read the first part of this series, Part 1: Education, Energy, Housing and Healthcare. Here are the next 3…

Inspired by the morning read “Indian-American teen creates 20 second mobile charger”, I set out to think about all the BIG IDEAS that could change the way the world works. Sure, you could build a Tumblr-like site and be bought for $1.1…

I first met Sahil at IIT Kanpur in February of 2011. I was there, along with my co-founder, to pitch our B-Plan in front of a panel of judges as part of Ideas’11 competition. Sahil had convened a meet and-greet for all the participants, the…

The entrepreneurship bug is finally catching up in India. And no, I don’t mean to exaggerate. I’m talking in relative terms. I do understand that staying in Bangalore tends to have an overstating effect on your perception. But,…

In an interview at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Monday, VC and Founder of investment firm The Social+Capital Partnership, Chamath Palihapitiya riled up a few souls with his sweeping statement, saying that entrepreneurs and VCs…

Being the social animals that we are, we need to connect with each other and language affords us the medium for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. There are 7,105 known, recorded languages being spoken in the world, right…

Google Chrome is slowly becoming the go-to-browser for millions of web users across the World. I am no exception, I use Chrome for all my browsing needs. And frankly, there is a lot of information consumption that I do. I also create…