The Startup Dilemma: Single founder v/s multiple founding members
The human mind has been a subject of fascination, entertainment and sometimes ridicule for philosophers, psycho analysts and more. The startup founder’s mind, could therefore be an interesting subject...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 16/01/2013 – Yebhi.com looking to raise over 100 Cr in the...
Looks like e-commerce sector in India is approaching a consolidation phase as one established e-commerce player is looking to raise a large round of funding. Apart from this, the Indian deal space had...
View ArticleIndia gets its very own YouTube- Mr.Popat; Streams more than million videos a...
Sandeep Sethi When one talks about videos online, YouTube is certainly what grabs the complete mind share (okay, we’ll mention Vimeo, metacafe and Hulu as well). One would ridicule anyone trying to...
View Article“There is a disconnect between policies and real picture of primary education...
4% of children never start school and of the 96% who do, only 10% complete school (Teach For India website).With a vision to impact lives of children coming from low-income communities, to help them...
View ArticleA Window to the Future of Software – CES 2013
The annual International Consumer Electronics Show or CES concluded last Friday in Las Vegas and what a show it has been! Contrary to popular perception, CES 2013 was more than just a TV dominated...
View ArticleSmartphones and Healthcare: Opportunities and Barriers
The decline in the price and size of high performance technology for end users has had significant implications on the affordability and reach of healthcare across the world. Improved speed,...
View ArticleThe Indian Government Launches India Weather App; Results are as expected
The Indian government has taken to smartphones with a weather app made by the meteorological department of India and when we first heard about it, we were really excited about the Government adopting...
View ArticleRaising money from a hedge fund, Artha Yantra launches Arthos for personal...
Nitin Vyakaranam, an ISB alumnus, who also holds an electrical engineering degree from Northern Illinois has over 13 years working experience across banking, PE and three startups. He is also the...
View Article“Despite the competition and uncertainty in the telecom sector we are still...
Rajiv Mohan Gandhi, MobileComm India The telecom market in India is a highly competitive market driven by regulatory challenges and issues. Delivering complex services and providing a consistently...
View Article“Small and medium enterprises are the future of India” – Gujarat Chief...
Vibrant Gujarat Investors Summit – 2013 started with a bang as business magnates’ heaped praise on the entrepreneurial culture and congenial environment of Gujarat to conduct business. What may look as...
View ArticleIs there enough funding for startups in India? The buck stops here.
In what has been one of the hottest topics of discussion in the Indian startup space, availability of funding for startups is what everyone wants to know about. Is access to funds easy or not? First,...
View Article[App Fridays] Stringo – A rock solid media sharing app with some UX issues
Stringo seems like an extension to Instagram. While the latter restricts itself to photos and filters, Stringo extends itself to video. Now why would you want a community for videos when you have...
View ArticleMymo Wireless Technologies – A high potential business from the research labs...
Academia plays a very important role in the startup ecosystem. Research labs in these academic institution are the breeding grounds for innovative ideas that gives rise to path breaking discoveries and...
View ArticleSnapdeal partners with Mahindra for selling Two-Wheelers (Duro) on its website
In a development today, Snapdeal.com has announced its partnership with Mahindra for selling two-wheelers to its customers on the site. This will be for the first time that a vehicle is being sold...
View ArticleThe curious case of OkTataByeBye and why you should Trademark your product name
For those who’ve been following the startup space and the litigations they have been involved in, the curious case of OkTataByeBye wouldn’t be so curious. It happened in 2009 and memories are short...
View ArticleBanyan Tree Infomedia is strengthening its roots in the online-content world
In 2008, when Google changed their algorithm, Sanjay Virmani founder of iloveindia.com was heavily hit. “Our site revenues came down drastically and we decided to foray into other areas to diversify...
View Article[Jobs Roundup] Monkey Minds, ViralMint, Silver Push and many more are looking...
Marketers and Technologists looking for jobs, there is good news for you! You are in demand. This weeks jobs postings on our jobs board are looking for technologists, marketers and more. Here’s the...
View Article“Dream not of position but acts”- Takeaways from the Youth Convention at...
When the countries around the world are aging, India is turning younger. With 65% of our population under the age of 35, India boasts of a vibrant young population. In order to harness the youth power,...
View ArticleCheck out BatteryBhai for car batteries/inverters online
A venture of WGM Media Services Pvt. Ltd, BatteryBhai.com is an online multi-brand battery store. Definitely a niche area, BatteryBhai has picked up a high ticket size market. BatteryBhai claims to...
View Article[YS TV] Bowei and Benjamin savour the flavour of India; Shake a leg to the...
For those who didn’t know, Dabangg is roughly the Hindi equivalent for kickass. And it wouldn’t be wrong to call serial entrepreneur, Bowei Gai and veteran investor, Benjamin Joffe as Dabangg....
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