Subtle Disruption pivots with Seat14a, now a kickstarter for fashion
Nav Chatterji Founded by a group of techies and internet enthusiasts, Subtle Disruption (SD) is a kind of a sandbox where in the group works on ideas from different verticals and comes up with...
View ArticleSharpen your product’s focus with the Occam’s razor
Occam’s razor, also known as the principle of parsimony, is a philosophical construct to dissect a problem to its bare essentials. The principle finds references since the time of Aristotle, but was...
View ArticleBe licentious – open up your APIs! – YS at the Apigee Hackathon
Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Koramangala, Bangalore is the India office of an 8 year old Valley based company. Apigee has a host of products that makes providing of APIs easy for their...
View ArticleYouthKiAwaaz launches mobile platform to take action on social causes
YouthKiAwaaz (YKA) is positioned as a mouthpiece for the youth across India to make their opinions heard and count. Started in 2008 by Anshul Tewari, YKA has managed to sustain and keep the momentum...
View ArticleFor The Young And Restless
With the young rests the future… their eyes will see the new world …and their stories will fill pages. YourStory’s youngest vertical StudentStory is back with a bang! StudentStory will bring to you...
View ArticleLearn About Investing While In School, Courtesy Investor School
More often than not, entrepreneurship is about following passion. And for Sunil Shevante, a computer engineer graduate, who worked briefly with Infosys, Investor School was about pursing his teenage...
View ArticleBasic Mathematics for e-Commerce Companies to become profitable
Hiring is one of the biggest challenges a founder faces in a startup. Recently during hiring process with my startup, I got a chance to meet with couple of employees of e-Commerce companies in India....
View ArticleGiving Startups a Spring In Their Step – 91Springboard
Hardcore coders are known to work in complete silos. But best ideas often come when you are contemplating under the shade of silence. Even Archimedes was alone in the tub when the “eureka” moment had...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] If they can do it, why can’t I? – Ronak Kumar Samantray’s...
When I first met Ronak at a technology conference in Bangalore, he came across as your average computer whizkid. But after several interactions and conversations with him, his story was really...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs: Participate in our quick survey!
YourStory has been working with startups and entrepreneurs for over 4 years now, and on the occasion of Women’s Day, we want to hear more from Women Entrepreneurs. Tell us what you think about the...
View ArticleWindows 8 App Hackathon – Turn your app ideas into reality!
With the launch of the new Windows 8 platform, Microsoft has entered the app space primarily dominated by Apple and Google. And they are now allowing app developers to build and engage users on the...
View ArticleWhat Big Data Means For Your Business?
This article is for businesses across various sectors including retail, telco, pharma, digital marketing, airlines, utilities etc, who are interested to know more about Big Data and the multitude of...
View ArticleWhy Social Media Marketing is a whole different ball game
Note: This is the first article in the 7 part series on social media contributed by Xerago. Does the memory of watching old television advertisements like Bajaj Auto (remember ‘Hamara Bajaj’?) make you...
View ArticleWhy you need to start up two years before you actually startup!
Vijay had graduated from an engineering college and had secured what many would call a dream job. He was happy with his life and how it was all taking shape. But hardly a year into his job, he could...
View ArticleAmazon’s Steady Progress Towards Building A Mobile Eco-System
Amazon’s approach to products is an amazing case study in product management. It’s methodical and systematic approach has conquered many new areas since the online-bookstore first launched in the...
View ArticleIndia Deal Digest 05/03/2013 – Blume announced investments in Gharpay,...
As with any beginning week of the early part of the month, this first week for March has seen as many as 10 deals in the first two days of the week alone. From venture funds announcing multiple...
View Article3 veterans set base in Pune to incubate tech product companies; kPoint is the...
The GS Lab building in Baner, Pune If you happen to walk by a Big Bazaar on Baner Road in Pune, it’s unlikely you’d notice what’s going on in the 9 floors above it. But sitting quietly on the 8th floor...
View ArticleGod’s Own Country Beckons Women Entrepreneurs
On International Women’s Day, Friday, 8th March 2013, Startup Village, Kochi will launch an entrepreneurship cell dedicated to women. The Startup Village Women E-Cell will provide virtual incubation...
View ArticleAccepting Myself as a Woman Entrepreneur
I have been asked by many to write down my learnings as a woman entrepreneur. Honestly, I will be lying if I say, it has been easy. If I go into details of my journey of last 4.5 years, you might call...
View ArticleMaking Money out of Child’s Play: Jumporee takes children’s bounce-house...
Children’s birthday parties are already becoming a serious business opportunity for many. Let’s start with India’s population of 1.2 billion. At 30% urban population, this comes to 360 million. 30% is...
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