Startup communities spur mobile innovation around the world
In a world going increasing mobile, innovation in wireless media is becoming increasingly important not just for big business and government but also for an emerging wave of startups. Mobile innovators...
View ArticleInside the mind of an investor – reasons why they might reject you for no...
A few days back I met a young entrepreneur running a very exciting company. Personally, I thought it was an emerging space; not yet very hot, but getting there. As our discussion progressed, we...
View ArticleStartup Pitches: Ten Tips for Success
Sooner or later, a startup has to get ready to make several rounds of ‘pitches’ to investors, partners, employees, mentors, advisors and competition jurors. Some of the audiences are local, others...
View ArticleOomph Nutrition aims to offer practical and affordable access to health and...
It is said that it is easier to change a man’s religion than his eating habits. Sedentary lifestyles coupled with little or no exercise and the increasing usage of handheld devices has spoilt the couch...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 10/02/2013 – Ronnie Screwala led Unilazer Ventures leads...
We have had a few companies sold, a few companies raising various rounds of funding and a few raising an angle round in the Indian deal scene over the past few days. The predominant beneficiary...
View ArticleTwilio’s Director of Channel Sales, Chetan Chaudhary on the surge of Cloud...
Chetan Chaudhary India born Chetan Chaudhary, director, channel sales, Twilio wears many hats. After his graduation in computer science, Chetan setup JunoSource, a startup related to financial markets...
View Article5 Ways To Make Your Product Launch Successful!
Most new product launches fail. This unfortunate reality confronts every startup when they’re preparing to take the wraps off a new product. While you’ve probably worked really hard over several months...
View ArticleEmkor Solutions – Your SMB’s business process admin on the cloud
Change is the only constant and as a company grows, managing change and coming to terms with it has put many a company in a flux. To illustrate, getting used to a new admin ERP can take a HR team many...
View ArticleLeveraging the Cloud for operational & financial streamlining of your...
The previous post explained how late-stage VC’s and PE firms are increasingly working together with the CFO’s of their portfolio companies to drive value creation through financial and operational...
View ArticleTravel portal, HolidayIQ to Invest Fresh Funds in Talent, Product Development...
Bangalore based HolidayIQ – a travel information portal recently received funding from Tiger Global Management LLC and Accel Partners. Hari Nair, founder & CEO, HolidayIQ refused to disclose the...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] Mohammad Abdurraafy and his love for iOS and Design
Over the years, Apple has gained a fanatical fan following to its devices. Whether one is able to afford them or not, there is a universal acceptance of their tasteful sense of design and an obsessive...
View ArticleNailing it with Radio!
I was honking my way through the Bangalore traffic one morning with the radio in my ears when the catchy ‘Sixty Sixty Ten Ten’ jingle caught my attention. It got me thinking and I soon realized the...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 11/02/2013 – Rural healthcare chain iKure raises funding
11th Feb 2012 was an interesting day. We saw a venture fund raise funds from a renowned foundation, and two investments in the life sciences. One in the biotechnology space and the other in the rural...
View Article[Exclusive] The Wharton School Professor Jagmohan Raju on startups, marketing...
Prof. Jagmohan Raju Professor Jagmohan Raju is a prolific scholar whose research interests include competitive strategy, optimizing channel contracts, pricing, private labels, retailing, sales...
View ArticleAnnouncing The Illustrious Speaker Lineup for eSparks 2013
Either you’re gung-ho or pessimistic, but you cannot be indifferent to eCommerce, especially in India. It’s been a roller coaster ride in the past few years, but we believe eCommerce in Indian can...
View ArticleAyojak secures investment from HBS Alumni Angels, Blume Ventures, and Srijan...
Santosh Panda Ayojak is a Pune based event ticketing company that was founded in 2009 by Santosh Panda and Ashok Kumar. In an announcement today, Ayojak raised has raised funding from Rajan Anandan,...
View ArticleAnother startup to sort out the online matchmaking space: iBluebottle
The online matrimonial market in India hasn’t seen any major innovation in the last decade or so. The last big innovation was when marriage ads moved from newspapers to web. Almost all big players...
View ArticleMobile Innovation: Top Ten trends for startups
Mobile experts and award-winning app developer teams from around the world gathered in Abu Dhabi this week for the World Summit Awards – Mobile. Here are my key takeaways for startups, summed up as Top...
View ArticleJim Franklin of SendGrid Reveals How Cloud Computing Disrupted Email Usage
Jim Franklin You might wonder what’s the need for an email delivery system when you can use regular mechanisms. In today’s world, email forms the backbone of much of your communication with your...
View ArticleOnline education startup EduKart opens 25 franchisees to accelerate growth
EduKart.com is a venture of Education Valley, a talent development company headed by Ishan Gupta, the CEO and Mayank Gupta, the COO. In a recent development, EduKart decided to go the franchisee way...
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