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TiE Chennai Entrepreneur Awards 2012 – It’s Celebration Time for Emerging...

YourStory is the Online Media Partner for the program. Awards To Be Given Away on December 3, 2012 In An Exclusive Event The spark of an idea, the spirit of an individual, the enterprise of the team go...

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Don’t Just chat with your customer, Go CoSurfin!

Founded by Devendra Rane and Varun Dua, Cosurfin is an innovative concept that allows your customer support to be transformed in a rather ingenious way. It not only enables chat, but one can direct the...

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And the British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur for 2012 is?

The British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards celebrate and connect an international network of emerging entrepreneurs who demonstrate leadership across the creative sectors. The award seeks...

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Is Greed Good for Entrepreneurs?

It might sound clichéd but it is ‘necessary’ to introduce Gordon Gekko, from the 80′s movie Wall Street, every time one is talking about something pertaining to greed.  The movie was interesting, but...

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Is Anna Hazare a role model for Social Entrepreneurs?

Social Entrepreneurship is a very delicate term. As Wikipedia defines it, “Social entrepreneurship is the recognition of a social problem and the uses of entrepreneurial principles to organise, create...

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Why Indian eCommerce Companies Cannot Go the Amazon Way; a Reality Check

A July 2002 Business Week article had this to say about Amazon: “after seven years and more than US $1 billion in losses, Amazon is still a work in progress.” The company posted $5m in profits, it’s...

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Passion Is an Antidote to Failure

[This is a part of the series of articles on Failure. Do join us for The Fail Summit on September 29th] Yesterday I met my friend Venkatesh Chandrasekaran, who is now heading R&D at Mahindra...

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This Friendships Day, Kuch Mita Ho Jaye? A Sunday treat with a few Chocolate...

Born in the Mayan civilization and worshipped as ‘God food,’ (cocoa is a Mayan word that translates as ‘God food’) chocolate has come a long way and now into the Indian homes as businesses. We thought...

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IRCTC and Airlines in India Record a YoY Growth of 36% [User Behaviour Report]

The IAMAI recently released the ‘Internet Economy Watch’ which is based on absolute numbers captured from various relevant sites and encapsulates online usage for E-tailing, Online Travel and Vertical...

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BA Studio: A Software Development LifeCycle Automating Tool

According to DataMonitor’s report, the size of the global software market has been pegged at $ 299.1 Billion in 2014. Gartner analyzed the 2011 application development software market, which grew 8.7%...

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“Women Investors are more empathetic,” Bharati Jacob, Founder-Partner at...

This interview is a part of a series of conversations with Women Investors in India.  Bharati Jacob, the founder-partner at Seedfund has been in venture investing for 12 years now. Having rich...

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India’s first NFC solution provider: aTuch

You don’t usually expect a technology startup to take birth at a golf course. Well, make an exception. A techie working on an idea met the business guy a couple of times for a game of golf where he...

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Hyderabad Based InteliZON- Taking ‘Smart Energy’ to the Masses

India almost came to a stand-still with a major power shut down affecting 11 states on July 30, 2012 and subsequently affecting 20 states on Aug 1, 2012 in the country. With the growth rate in India...

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What is the role of a CFO in a Startup/SME?

There are multiple reasons why a business fails; one of which is that they run out of cash. With the advent of globalisation, businesses aspire to grow beyond their local, regional & national...

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Mara Foundation launches online portal focused on mentoring, jobs and dating...

Mara Foundation, the non-profit social enterprise of Mara Group today announced the launch of Mara Online (www.mara.com), first of its kind multi-lingual African online portal focusing on youth...

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Reado Audiobooks Launches eCommerce Website

Audiobooks brand Reado today launched its e-commerce website www.reado.com. The website has already garnered 5000 sign ups and the number is expected to surge to 1, 00,000 in the next six months. Users...

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Facing Difficulty Delivering to Tier 2/3 Cities? earthMOVERS has a Solution!

Who hasn’t been a witness to the ecommerce boom? Initially people clamored for space in the quickly-bulging market and then the smart service providers came into picture. The market has now evolved and...

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Seventeen Advisors in Residence join VentureNursery

VentureNursery, India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator today announced that seventeen Advisors have joined its Advisors-in-Residence program. The Advisors in Residence program is an anchor...

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How Cyber Criminals Targeted 2012 Olympics

Cyber criminals are known as opportunists. They will take advantage of anything newsworthy and craft their schemes around (for example) sporting events like FIFA and the Olympics. During the London...

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Teliportme after the 500Startups Program- In Conversation with Vineet Devaiah

Right up there with Y-Combinator and Techstars, 500 startups is one of the best technology startup incubators in the world. Having been founded only in 2010, the incubator astonishes many by the kind...

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