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How to lead, as a startup founder? – Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo, gives you two...
“If you don’t plan how to lead, when you are just starting out even as a two-member team, then dysfunction gets embedded in your company, in your startup culture. And it is difficult to eradicate this...
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AESC – Bringing big time headhunting to SMEs and startups
After the overwhelming response that we got through our startup jobs fair, I think it is safe to conclude that hiring is a challenge for startups. But the truth is, hiring is a problem, irrespective of...
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3 youngsters from IIT-KGP are taking on the biggies in the online product...
The story started when a young man named Gaurav Dahake had to buy an iPod for his friend whose birthday was arriving. He turned on his computer and three frustrating hours later, he had bought an iPod...
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How Vdopia is challenging dominance of Google and Facebook, within five years...
An Indian startup is taking giant strides in the world of mobile and video advertising – Vdopia. Started by two friends, Srikanth Kakani and Chhavi Upadhyay, the third co-founder in the Vdopia team is...
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Next revolution will be Personal, with Data Factories at the centre
Data Factory will change our entire life, says Sequoia Capital’s Sir Michael Moritz, the renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist. At TechCrunch Disrupt, in San Francisco, Sir Michael Moritz spoke...
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[Techie Tuesdays] Harish Sivaramakrishnan, the “Rockstar” Techie
As I write this post, I’m listening to a song, which today’s Techie Tuesday performed at MTV coke studio. Engineers are not known to be the best artists, but this exquisite Carnatic musician and the...
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eBay invested in Snapdeal due to its complementary business model & strong...
eBay, one of the earlier evangelizers of online shopping in India, has been developing eCommerce ecosystem in the country over the past 8 years. Through its Global EasyBuy, eBay brought the wide...
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How do Indian SaaS companies price their products?
Haggling with the Autowallahs is an iterative process which in a way replicates online (image credit: The Hindu) It was a few years ago, early in the days of Exotel, the cloud telephony startup when...
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Larry doesn’t lie. Here is what he is saying about TechSparks 2013!
When we packed our bags and started the TechSparks journey this year, we had our loyal friend Larry, the twitter bird, flying with us everywhere. As we traveled to 6 cities to meet entrepreneurs from...
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A Kabir-inspired designer in love with information and his journey to FOLO
A smuggled picture of the camera shy Aditya Dipankar “Kabir is kind of an escape mechanism for me,” Aditya Dipankar told me over a couple of parathas and a piping hot tea in the lap of the Himalayas....
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Paramahansa Yogananda and Steve Jobs in Salesforce’s spiritual journey: Marc...
Behind Salesforce’s success, there has been some spiritual force, too, we learn from Marc Russell Benioff, the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in San...
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Mailbird – aiming to tame e-mails, the necessary evil, for Windows users
They say find happiness in little things and life will be more beautiful. When at work, most of us find this little joy at the sight of ‘Inbox (0)’. Such a bliss, isn’t it? We have all heard or said,...
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Live Blogging from TechCrunch Disrupt SF – Final Day
Catch the final day live action from TechCrunch Disrupt SF here. Here’s the link to the agenda Today’s Speakers include - Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!), Vinod Khosla (Khosla...
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Announcing first EduStar of 2013 – Learning Outcomes
Seeing the absence of a convenient platform for the education entrepreneurial eco-system, we started EduStars last year to be a go-to platform for the education startups in India. Continuing our...
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From design studio to an online art store that specializes in vector artwork:...
Oscar Wilde said, ‘A work of art is the unique result of unique temperament.’ And unique temperament often comes out from deep-rooted passion for particular genre of art, as in the case of Prasad Bhat,...
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Klip, a social eCommerce startup raises a seed round from Mumbai Angels. How...
Harsh Gadia Klip.in started out as a personalized shopping website. Founded by Harsh Gadia and Maneesh Madambath, Klip was in a way incubated by Smursh Media, a company the duo has been running from...
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As a founder, be your startup’s toughest critic!
A lot of people I know feel that the potential investors were very tough on them or on their startups. I would say that you, as the entrepreneur, should be the toughest critic of your startup. Photo...
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Vishwanath Iyer, Author, Yoga & Love – the life of a modern yogi
Vishwanath Iyer, author of the book – Yoga and Love, isn’t exactly what you have in mind when you think of a yoga master. In his own words, he’s the first yoga master with a six pack. Vish, as he is...
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[Epics For Entrepreneurs] Where Is The Sage?
Pandya king Jeevakan was under the strong influence of his chief minister Kudilan. He had a spiritual guide, Sage Sundara. But, the king was meeting his minister on a regular basis, which gave the...
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Straight talk from Mark Zuckerberg
Undoubtedly, Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most inspiring young leaders of our time, here are some of the “not to be missed” points from his talk at TC Disrupt here in San Francisco. Focus A lot of...
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