Why this underestimation di? In Pursuit of India’s Startup Eco-system!
Why this underestimation di? We are an eco-system that sorely underestimates itself, people around us, peers, competitors, opportunities and most importantly our own individual selves. I think I’m...
View ArticleThe three sparkling City Sparks from Hyderabad – TechSparks 2013
The warm welcome and response we get from Hyderabad every time is one of the many reasons we never miss to stop here in our TechSparks journey. The third time in the city, the third stop this year and...
View ArticlePhotohighlights from TechSparks 2013 Hyderabad Edition
TechSparks 2013, India’s largest technology product recognition platform is now in its 4th edition. The multicity event has already been to Kochi and Mumbai and was in Hyderabad on June 22nd. More than...
View ArticleAcara Summer Institute – IIHS Social Venture Design June 2013 Programme...
The 2013 Summer Institute-Social Venture Design (SI-SVD) course is a joint programme of Acara at the University of Minnesota and the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS). It is an intense...
View Article[YS Lounge] The day matrimonial pages of Indian newspapers would read:...
Do you know the biggest challenge Indian startups are facing? Yes, the social risk for young entrepreneurs and employees. They are having difficulty in getting married! Entrepreneurship has become...
View ArticleIs the Indian startup ecosystem a hypocritical one?
Around this time, 6 years back I boarded a flight from an international metro to Mumbai (yes I was a NRI back then) to pursue Chartered Accountancy. My parents did not want to send me to Mumbai, but I...
View ArticleHow the Hyderabad Entrepreneur Community overwhelmed us at TechSparks 2013
Before Bangalore, cities like Chennai and Hyderabad were at the helm of product innovation. Soon enough, Bangalore caught up, and soon enough took the limelight, and is today known as the heart of...
View ArticleNo paper ideas please. Build, iterate, sell, sell and sell! Takeaways from...
The Hyderabad edition of TechSparks held at Katriya Hotel yesterday was an event to remember. The queues at the registration desk were long, the hall was packed to its capacity and the Hyderabadi...
View ArticleSocialStory Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing Weekly Roundup
Below is a roundup of news articles and stories from the social enterprise and impact investing sector by SocialStory, the media platform part of YourStory.in which tracks the social enterprise, impact...
View ArticleEmerging Game Changers of India – Makro Group
Makro is a global consulting services company offering a wide array of solutions customized across many verticals and horizontals. It provides technology solutions for clinical trials services to...
View ArticleFrom Ice Hockey in Canada to Selling Books Door-to-Door in India, to Setting...
From a young age Canadian Cory York was an impressive ice hockey player. Competing at the highest level possible for his age group he won several state and national championships. Then, at only 18...
View Article[Startup Hatch] IIT Bombay’s SINE drives 50 cutting-edge tech startups
[This article is part of a series called Startup Hatch, about incubators and accelerators in the startup ecosystem.] Poyni Bhatt has been the Chief Operations Officer, Society for Innovation...
View ArticleWeAreHolidays, a MakeMyTrip alumni founded holiday venture gets funded by...
New Delhi based WeAreHolidays has raised an angel round of funding led by Mumbai Angels with participation from Blume Venture Capital, Sachin Bhatia (Co-Founder, MakeMyTrip) and an undisclosed angel...
View ArticleLITS Global provides Indian Social Enterprises with pro-bono support from...
One of the key challenges social enterprises face is the lack of availability of talented people who are willing to work in the sector. Domain experts from various fields can add value to impact...
View ArticleMobikon launches Konekt Concierge to add some firepower to their Analytics...
Mobikon’s Konekt Suite had recently revealed that they had assisted over 417 restaurants in India and Singapore which in turn is helping them engage with over a million customers. In light of this,...
View ArticleA restaurant loyalty platform to benefit diners and restaurants, MyPointsCloud
The increase of special offers, discounts and deals have attracted more attendees to the casual dining space, which has also witnessed changes owing to the advent of technology. Startups have not only...
View ArticleRahul Verma’s journey from a mechanical engineer to a QA architect to...
What would you call a person who has been trained by the National School of Drama, owns a degree in mechanical engineering, never wanted to get into IT but ends up working with a security giant like...
View ArticleYourStory expands its editorial team, D.Murali joins as Managing Editor
At YourStory Media we have always believed in the power of content and storytelling. To further strengthen our vision – we are happy to bring on board D. Murali as Managing Editor. Coming with over 15...
View ArticleSingapore based UserScout simplifies research process: Looks at India as a...
Research is a growing market, a fact that is corroborated by the large number of research softwares available in the market. While there is merit in the argument that a well designed project can give...
View ArticleInside the warehouse of an eCommerce store: How to manage inventory and...
Editor’s note: There are more than 800 eCommerce stores in India as per our records at YourStory.in. And in this mad rush we saw over the past couple for years, many young entrepreneurs entered the...
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