Why carpooling will fail in India
The idea of carpooling is deceptively simple. Four people travel the same way to work every day. Each drives his own car. Why should they not travel in one car instead? They can switch between cars...
View ArticleThe “T+2″ of Online Marketplaces
Online Marketplaces in India are governed by host of RBI and Government regulations. Probably the most important of all those regulations is the Payment and Settlement Act of 2007 (“PSS Act”). The...
View ArticleHow the Mumbai floods of 2005 made an entrepreneur of mettle: Shiladitya...
Imagine a bustling college campus nearing a cultural festival. Amidst the buzz, there is always one person who runs the creative show- designing poster, getting them printed and all such creative...
View Article3OtherThings, a social discovery platform bridging the online-offline gap in...
While e-commerce has, on one hand made our shopping experience easy, it is far from taking over the offline markets. This has resulted in the whole shopping experience becoming fragmented and the gap...
View ArticleIs Rahul Dravid to blame for his team members’ involvement in spot fixing?
For those who wish to burn me at the stake for this headline, please read a little further. As it stands, three players from the Rajasthan Royals team have been accused and remanded by the Delhi police...
View ArticleMeraEvents launches MoozUp Lite to create eco-friendly and smart event guide
Versant Online solutions – the parent company of MeraEvents, an online portal dedicated to connecting organizers and delegates of events, conferences, exhibitions and trade fairs by providing listing,...
View Article[Entrepreneur At Heart] When movie making passion overpowers everything else,...
The times we live in currently is interesting for a number of reasons. Technology and resources have enriched our lives a great deal and empowered many of us to follow our heart. We all know the...
View ArticleIIMB’s NSRCEL announces ‘Next big Idea’ 2013
Next Big Idea is a prestigious national level business plan competition that provide students with a platform to blossom into entrepreneurs. NSRCEL (NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning)...
View Article[App Fridays] Sky Recorder – A beautiful sound recorder
This Column is sponsored by Nokia Asha It will be interesting to know how many people use their phones for audio recording. In the field of journalism, where a large part of your day involves...
View ArticleNow Buy Your Pots & Pans Online on Magickart.in
E-commerce businesses have witnessed great momentum over the last few years. The industry is flushed with investments, high valuations, interesting innovations and entrepreneurial ventures, all aiming...
View ArticleReal estate developer looking for branding? Brandniti are just the guys for you
Stagnation emerges one of the biggest obstruction of high spirited individuals. It is what led Haresh Motirale and Smita Thoratto chunk their high paying jobs and started Regenti Media, a design and...
View Article[Jobs Roundup] LavaLabs, Code Fire Technologies, Touchpoint Datasciences and...
This week’s jobs board is a good blend of business and technology openings across the country’s startup ecosystem. The roles are as usual across varying seniority; from interns, to co-founders. The...
View Article[YS Lounge] “If people call you crazy, it is a good sign!” – Kalki Koechlin...
Kalki Koechlin is an Indian actress of French descent who started her career in 2008 with Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D. Kalki Koechlin is known for her unconventionality, a characteristic entrepreneurs...
View ArticleHere are the CitySparks of Kochi – Three of Kerala’s most exciting startups!
The weather in Kochi may have been hot and humid, but the reason why participants at the inaugural edition of TechSparks 2013 were sweating was something else. They were thinking who will be crowned...
View ArticleKey Takeaways from Google I/O
Now that another edition of Google I/O has finished, it’s time to step back and look at what new and interesting things are happening beyond the hype of the event itself. Google I/O this year was, as...
View ArticleTools for SMEs to simplify the hiring process: Startup G2G
Big corporate organizations, startups, SMEs all face one common problem – whom to hire and how do to it effectively as per the needs of the company. Corporates can put aside huge budgets but SMEs and...
View ArticleA young startup from Kerala which started from college and has delivered to...
When we decided to add Kochi to our bouquet of cities this year for TechSparks 2013 (have a look at the 3 hot startups from Kochi) we had a decent idea about the numerous startups that’s come up in the...
View ArticleTwitter and photo highlights from the TechSparks 2013 Kochi Roundtable
We kicked off the 4th edition of TechSparks for 2013 yesterday with the first regional round in Kochi. The event was a grand success and a first event of scale for the entrepreneurs in the city. More...
View Article[Book Review] Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic...
by Ram Charan, 7 chapters; 322 pages, 2013 Random House If you are up to speed on the term ‘flat world,’ this is the next term you need to understand: ‘tilted world,’ the shift of economic power —...
View ArticleGoogle’s Cloud Train Picks up Steam
As expected, Google made a set of announcements related to the Cloud at last week’s I/O conference. These announcements pushed Google into the mainstream making it a viable alternative to Amazon and...
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