InMobi Report: Android retains lead in the Global Mobile Ad Impression Market
Founded by Naveen Tiwari, InMobi is an independent mobile ad network that engages 691 million consumers across 165 countries. The company is one of India’s biggest technology success story and an...
View ArticleThe wrong reasons to get into entrepreneurship
We’ve all read about teenagers building technology hacks and getting acquired for millions of dollars or startups raising one funding round after another. The snazzy pictures make it look very...
View ArticleManusis platform helps startups deploy ecommerce and mobile stores quickly
Ecommerce is one of the hottest sectors in India currently sprouting more and more startups. Competition is therefore high here, and small and medium enterprises in the race need technology solutions...
View ArticleLinkedIn For Entrepreneurs
We are all well aware of the effectiveness of LinkedIn when it comes to networking and marketing for businesses. But I’d like to re-iterate some key points, especially for the growing community of...
View ArticleTwo startup failure confessions that teach us a lot
Few weeks ago, Everpix, a cloud-based photo service that had good traction and raised $1.8 million from investors, including Index Ventures and 500 Startups, announced that it is closing down. The...
View ArticleMySmartPrice aims for bigger footprint with $1 million Series A funding from...
Online shopping research and discovery startup MySmartPrice has just raised series A funding of $1 million – around INR 6 crore – from Helion Venture Partners and Accel Partners. “Till date, we have...
View ArticlePune-based RoomLion launches marketplace for serviced apartments
Early last year, Ashish Agrawal was looking to rent a serviced apartment in Pune. Back then he was working with Google, and had no reliable way of finding a short-term rental for himself. He had to...
View ArticleToo many project management tools – what do startups use?
It is 2 am and Avneesh is about to sleep. As he sets his alarm on his smartphone, he takes a last-minute look at his mails and finds a few urgent ones that require his attention. He replies to one and...
View ArticleNexus Venture Partners invests in Uniken, a secure digital platform provider
Nexus Venture Partners, today announced investment in Uniken, a venture creating ‘Secure Digital Enterprises’. “Uniken is disrupting the digital security space with its REL-ID platform that provides...
View ArticleFacebook will die in three years, predict Princeton researchers
Is Facebook a disease? Two researchers from Princeton University think that the social network will disappear as rapidly as it spread – just like a disease. John Cannarella and Joshua A. Spechler of...
View ArticleSame-day delivery: has the e-commerce market arrived in India?
There is no doubt that the same-day delivery has changed the e-commerce retail in India. With Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong or Myntra’s same-day delivery, the battle just got bigger, and the clock...
View ArticleSiQueries – The story of Cameroonian Big Data startup
BIG DATA is coming at us at the speed of light in petabytes, exabytes, zettabytes, very soon in yottabyte (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes). The amount of data that is being generated is...
View ArticleI would make up stories because I wasn’t brave enough to live them: Kalki...
Kalki Koechlin Bollywood was a far-fetched dream for Kalki Koechlin considering she had never actively thought of being a part of the industry. Kalki started her career in Hindi films with ‘Dev D’ and...
View ArticleTweetface, a new app to post longer tweets
If you have ever felt constrained because of the 140 character word limit on Twitter, here’s some good news. Delhi-based startup Tweetface has developed a work-around that helps you tweet longer. We...
View ArticleUber officially launched in Hyderabad; re-live luxury in Nizam’s city
If you have visited Hyderabad’s City Museum, you can’t help but notice a picture from the Nizam era dating back to 1937. The photograph shows the old taxi stand at Afzalgunj with a long queue of taxis....
View ArticleJFDI.Asia announces three startup accelerator programs for 2014
Singapore-based incubator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) announced today that it plans to operate three runs of its successful accelerator program back to back through 2014. Commencing on March...
View ArticleCarpet Couture turns humble rugs into art pieces
Deep Bajaj After graduating from SCMHRD, Pune, Rashi Bajaj had an option to join her father’s business, instead she chose to launch Carpet Couture with her own designs, offering customized Indian...
View ArticleBetaOut’s AmplifyConnect – A user engagement tool with the human touch
BetaOut is a Noida-based company founded by Ankit Maheshwari. He earlier founded Instamedia Network, a lifestyle blog network, which was serving over 20 million page views at its peak before it was...
View ArticleFederer has to think like a VC to beat Nadal today
In business and in sport, the biggest challenge is to find the right balance. An early stage venture capitalist constantly weighs high risks against high potential returns. If he is gets it right on...
View ArticleWhy should Hong Kong be your global launchpad?
The startup ecosystem in India is blooming, and countless entrepreneurs here are itching to take their innovative products and services to the global market. Hong Kong could be the perfect launch pad...
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