[Jobs Roundup] Want to work in a startup? Find out who is looking to hire
Many startups are looking to welcome 2014 with a bigger team. And developers are in demand big time. Check out some of the job vacancies that opened last week: Developer Senior Software Engineer at...
View Article7 Brands I Admired in 2013
My colleague, Scott Davis recently polled the Prophet team of over 400 brand fanatics to find the top brand winners and losers of 2013. There were plenty of nominees, but the three in the top spots...
View ArticleManage data easily with Kloudless, a Berkeley startup
One of oldest email ID’s I had created on Gmail is still the one I use most often. But it literally takes all my energy every once in a while to delete thousands of emails from my mail box as Gmail...
View ArticleMeet the speakers of MobileSparks 2013
The world is talking mobile. And why not, when there are enough reasons to do so. For starters, let us look at the numbers. 900 million mobile subscribers, 110 million mobile internet users, 300...
View ArticleIntuit’s txtWeb platform partners with Karbonn to provide a range of apps on...
txtWeb is a global text-based app platform from Intuit Inc. which was launched in 2011. The platform democratizes access to information for mobile users- even the ones with the most basic mobile phones...
View ArticleMatrix Partners India invests in TechMed, a Hospital Lab Management pathology...
Matrix Partners India today announced that it has picked up minority stake in TechMed, a Hospital Lab Management pathology chain based out of Chennai. TechMed is a Hospital Lab Management pathology...
View ArticleLightspeed Venture Partners invest $550k in Phone Warrior to boost mobile...
Phone Warrior is an application that blocks spam calls and text messages on the mobile and was founded in late 2012 by Chandan Gupta and Vaibhav Padlikar. We reviewed the app when it launched and...
View Article[Ask Your VC] Revolutionary vs evolutionary. What wins?
Can’t wait to chat with a VC? YourStory presents ‘Ask Your VC’– an opportunity for you to connect with a VC virtually, through a forum of questions and answers. You ask the question, we ‘connect’ you...
View ArticleSpot new trends across genres – entertainment, fashion and music on the go:...
After cementing his first venture Kunal Kishore Sinha again bitten by startup bug in early this year. Kunal started Value360 – a communication firm a decade back and presently its sailing smoothly with...
View Article5ideas backed KartRocket opens up ShipRocket for all Indian etailers, plans...
KartRocket, a do-it-yourself (DIY) ecommerce platform for Indian SMEs and retailers, which was earlier offering its shipping solution – ShipRocket as a bundled offering, has recently launched a...
View Article[Infographics] The Mobile Opportunity In India
In just four years, a billion new users were added to the mobile subscriber base taking the number to an astounding total of 3.4 billion. This was mirrored by a strong mobile connection growth as well,...
View Article[Book Review] Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup
Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but it is possible to teach people how to make great products and thus create a successful startup, as clearly illustrated in the insightful and...
View ArticleHow does an investor value a startup?
One of the most frequently asked questions at any startup event or investor panel is, “how do investors value a startup?” The unfortunate answer is: it depends. Startup valuation, as frustrating as...
View ArticleA framework for growing a B2B product startup
In the past I have shared my thoughts on (a) Marketing focus in startups (b) Necessary elements of Digital Marketing in startups and (c) Positioning in B2B startup marketing. If you are in the product...
View ArticleEduTab taps into tablet-based solution market for schools
From his first job as an office assistant to a co-founder of an ed-tech startup, Mobule, Syam S Pillai has come a long way. His product EduTab offers a standalone solution that runs in a tablet like an...
View Article12/12/12 was the single biggest online shopping day in India, what about 2013?
The Great Online Shopping Festival is an initiative by Google to promote online shopping in India. An initiative started last year, this three day event brings together hundreds of retailers offering...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] Championing parsers and interpreters – Bhimsen Kulkarni
Bhimsen Kulkarni Some people start very early in life while some are late bloomers. Today’s Techie Tuesday started pretty late when he was in college, but caught up very quickly. Interested in history...
View ArticleFloating through hackerspaces – Jonas S Karlsson
Jonas S Karlsson Meet Jonas S Karlsson, a floating member of hackerspaces around the world, whose ‘other interests’ include film festivals, movie-watching with friends, cooking, travelling, meeting new...
View Article[2013 Wrap Up] Top 5 Digital Marketing Trends – 2013
In early 2013, Ernst & Young released a report on social media trends in India based on a survey of 48 senior professionals who were responsible for managing the social media presence for their...
View Article[Book Review] Unrelenting Innovation: How to Create a Culture for Market...
Gerard J. Tellis (www.gtellis.net) is a professor of marketing and organisation and Director of the Centre for Global Innovation, University of Southern California. He has published over 100 papers...
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