App building platforms that don’t need you to code – Pitching India’s Appclay...
Across all the mobile app stores in the market today, we have over a million unique mobile apps. App developers across the world are adding to this mammoth number as we speak. Couple this with the ever...
View ArticleIndian Clean-tech Startup Wifinity Chosen as one of the Make a Difference...
Bangalore headquartered clean-tech startup Wifinity has been chosen as one of 3 ‘Make a Difference ( MaD ) Venture Stars’ at an event held in Hong Kong today. Wifinity provides solutions that enable...
View Article[App Fridays] Nomad – A beautiful app for the perfect weekend getaway
With the weekend approaching fast and a hard week behind you, there are quite a few of those who’d probably be looking forward to a weekend getaway. Bangalore is blessed to be around with some truly...
View ArticleAre Product Managers Future Entrepreneurs?
Disclaimer: YourStory is an online media partner for the Graduation Party for ICPM Class of Fall 2012 and this post is in relation to the event. Prof. Rahul Abhyankar, Director ofICPM Programs at the...
View ArticleThe ups and downs of engaging investors
Sooner or later, many startup founders may need to turn to investors to scale their businesses. This is new terrain for many entrepreneurs, and getting the right advice or mentorship helps in this...
View Article“We expect our entrepreneurs to be smart and capable,” Vani Kola emphatic at...
Vani Kola at the Kalaari Capital Meet & Greet Event Disclaimer: YourStory.in is a media partner and hosted this session Vani Kola, MD of Kalaari Capital, brings in much needed clarity from an...
View ArticleKalaari Capital’s meet and greet gives entrepreneurs a sneak peek into...
Disclaimer: YourStory.in is a media partner and hosted this session As the weather stayed a tad chill at Bangalore, Kalaari Capital, a $160 million early-stage venture capital fund, hosted a meet and...
View Article[Jobs Roundup] – redBus, Airpay, Livetext, Digitalhathi and many more are...
Apart from the usual demand for developers and marketers, this week UI and UX developers are the most sought after folks in the startup community. With some marquee startups looking to hire, these are...
View ArticleFounders Agreements- Questions to be Confronted
Startups are typically formed when a bunch of friends from either college or work, sometimes both, get together to pursue a shared goal. Of creating, journeying and building. They are all peers with...
View Article[YS Lounge] Nitish Rai Gupta tells us “Why monk bought the Ferrari”
Nitish Rai Gupta Robin Sharma had made it sure that most of us knew about that monk who sold his Ferrari. The book is supposed to take you on a deep dive within yourself and look at life from a...
View Article[Humour] The Lighter Side of startup demos/pitches
Demoing or pitching is an inherent part of any startup lifecycle. It is like that moment when you first stepped up on stage in school to take part in a debate competition or that other time in college...
View ArticleFresh from the Valley…
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to spend some time in Silicon Valley – meeting companies and attending a few tech conferences. While spending time in that part of the world is personally...
View ArticleWomen Safety Apps – Apps of real substance or a marketing gimmick
Now before you start pointing fingers and calling me a cynic, hear me out. Over the past few weeks we have got feature requests from scores of apps aiming to provide women with safety. There was a...
View ArticleStartup-Friendly Tools To Help With Product Management
Being a Product Manager often means juggling several functions at the same time, and managing and tracking everything from project timelines to customer requests and bugs, and plenty of things in...
View Article[Book Review] To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others
by Daniel H. Pink (http://www.danpink.com) 9 chapters; 260 pages 2012 Riverhead Books (http://www.amazon.com/To-Sell-Is-Human-Surprising/dp/1594487154) Review by Madanmohan Rao...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 27/01/2013 – Travelmasti acquired by Via
It is a week of M & A, as this week alone has seen as many as 5 acquisitions and mergers. Apart from this, there have been an equal number of investments by various institutional funding bodies in...
View ArticleWhy you must attend e-Sparks 2013, The India ecommerce Showcase!
India’s e-tailing market in 2011 was about $600 Mn and is expected to touch $9 Bn by 2016 and $70 Bn by 2020 at an estimated CAGR of 61%. According to Forrester, this growth is the fastest within the...
View ArticleNow Grow Your Own Forest in Your Backyard
Those weekend trips you made to a hill-station or to your farmhouse cushioned amidst nature, need not be just during the weekends. If Shubhendu Sharma and Afforestt have their way, every backyard in...
View ArticleSuryoday Microfinance raises an INR 20 crore round led by Aavishkaar Goodwell...
Suryoday Microfinance today announced the closure of its equity financing, for a primary infusion of INR 20 crore led by existing investors Aavishkaar Goodwell and Lok Capital. Mumbai based Suryoday...
View ArticleStartup harnesses geospatial technology to help businesses make informed...
After graduating from the one of the best engineering colleges in India, Amarsh Chaturvedi and Ashwani Kumar got high paying jobs in a MNC. Both had a smooth career laid infront of them but instead...
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