Power Panel at eSparks Decode eCommerce in India
If anyone had any doubts about the eCommerce sector in India, all they had to do was attend eSparks organized by YourStory last Saturday to clear the doubts. And over 400 attendees, top VCs and many...
View ArticleSaran Chatterjee, Flipkart on The Need Of Product Managers
Ask any product manager about his or her job and they will tell you its something along the lines of being – “a mini CEO for a product”. And they aren’t wrong. The job of a product manager entails...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] Why did Giridhar Murthy quit Apple to join an Indian Startup?
Calling Giri’s career so far a success, would be an understatement. Giri joined Rational Software (since acquired by IBM) – a company that made tools which could expand the use of modern software...
View Article[YS TV] Vani Kola, Kalaari Capital, at eSparks 2013
Vani Kola is the MD, Kalaari Capital. She has been involved in enabling funding in more than 35 companies and also serves on the boards of HushBabies, Mettl, Urban Ladder and Zivame among others....
View ArticlePresenting the Winners of eSparks 2013
eSparks 2013, a YourStory.in initiative is a premier showcase for eCommerce startups in India. Held on the 16th of February, 2013 in Bangalore, the event brought together more than 350 people from the...
View ArticleOwn stuff together with WeOwn.in
Some ideas spark because of a long chain of actions while some just strike you. For Niranjan Rao, co-founder of WeOwn.in and an ex-employee of IBM, the idea of selling things that can be owned jointly...
View Article[YS TV] Bharati Jacob, Seedfund, at eSparks 2013
Bharati Jacob is the Founder- Partner of Seedfund based in Bangalore. She brings over 24 years of diverse and rich experience in venture investing, marketing and financial services. She has been in...
View Article[YS TV] Subrata Mitra, Accel Partners, at eSparks 2013
Subrata Mitra is a partner at Accel Partners and focuses on technology and Internet investments at the fund. Subrata is currently on the boards of Perfint, Flipkart, Myntra and enStage. YourStory...
View ArticleYourStory Meetup – Inside Seedfund
Among the many things that investment funds do, meeting and mentoring startups is one of the key things, and Seedfund is no different. Last week, on a busy weekday, before they could dive deep into...
View ArticleBigRock partners with GharPay; Introduces COD payments for domains and hosting
A part of the Directi Group of Business, BigRock is one of India’s leading domain registrars and web hosting companies, powering around 7 million domains. BigRock has over 150,000 customers as of now....
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 19/02/2013 – Healthcare entrepreneurs launch multi city...
In the last two days, we have has one angle round and one series A round in the Indian deal space. While the angle round is for a company in the upcoming subscription commerce sector, the Apart from...
View Articlefood:habits – a Calorie And Fat Tracking App Made For India
Jana Care is a social startup that works in the area of making affordable healthcare solutions available to people . Founded by Sidhant Jena and Michal Depa, Jana Care’s first invention is in the area...
View Article[Exclusive] Angel Fund India Quotient Invests in the online store for...
Dogspot is an online portal where one can find everything related to dogs. Founded in 2007 by Rana Atheya along with wife Vizal Atheya, DogSpot is the most popular site under ‘Pets’ according to...
View Article“Do or do not, there is no try!” Interview with Brad Feld, author of ‘Startup...
Interview with Brad Feld, author of ‘Startup Communities’ Brad Feld is the author of bestselling books about startups, most notably “Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your...
View ArticleStartup Festival to celebrate Bangalore’s startup culture
TiE-Bangalore and Unstoppable India are organising a four-day festival, called ‘Startup Festival’ in Bangalore to celebrate the startup culture of the city. Vlad Dubovskiy, co-founder of social...
View ArticleHow Broadband can change the business dynamics in India…
Most of us have complained about bad infrastructure in India – roads, red-tape to setup businesses and processes, unclear and complex laws for taxation, non-deterministic period once Government is...
View ArticleNew Data Suggests App Stores Are Getting “Full”
The new App economy may be close to getting saturated, if new data from the App stores is to be believed. Distomo, a company that tracks App store analytics, released a new report yesterday that...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 20/02/2013 – RedBus scouting for $20-M in PE funding
Two IPOs filed, two institutional investments made and one marquee startup looking for a large series D funding essentially summed up what was a very busy Wednesday in the India deal space. Here is the...
View ArticleAn Indian Entrepreneur Tours Facebook; A leaf from the diary
Editor’s Note: There is hardly anyone who isn’t enamored by the Facebook success story. And not everyone gets a chance to have an insider’s look. Sriram V Iyer, founder of United Mobile Apps had the...
View Article[Budget 2013] Letter to the Finance Minister – 10 Point Budget Agenda to...
Dear Mr. Finance Minister, Hope you are doing well, and burning the midnight oil in trying to figure out the best way forward for Indian economy. Amidst the slowdown in power sector, shrinking margins...
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