Are you dumb if you have a non-tech startup?
Technology product startups are glamorous. They have the cool quotient associated with them and most of us look at the successful ones with envy and awe. This wave has hit India as well and there’s...
View ArticleWhat does a Startup Eco System need?
A startup ecosystem needs a lot of things to be able to thrive and flourish. We’ve all heard about opinions about what a startup ecosystem needs to succeed. Talent, investors, risk-taking, government...
View ArticleSaaS based school software provider Knewcleus acquires X2PN E-Learning
Knewcleus is an education management software that helps maximize students’ potential and was founded in 2010 by Jayashankar Balaraman and Praveen Krishnaiah. In an announcement today, Knewcleus has...
View ArticleSynage Software launches BrightPod, a collaboration tool for marketing teams
Sahil Parikh is a Mumbai based entrepreneur who founded Synage Software back in 2005 and very soon came up with their product, Deskaway, a remote project management tool. The product has gone on to...
View Article[Culture Series] Small team, big impact – a panoramic view of MobStac
MobStac’s platform which renders a desktop website in a mobile friendly version is now seeing great traction and has been getting rave reviews for its product in leading media publications. They will...
View ArticleTrademark Protection – Tips and Tricks to do it right
As the Indian subcontinent absorbs the burgeoning start-up / entrepreneurship phase, there is a pressing need for startups to be legally secured. Most startups are even unaware of the importance of...
View ArticleGSF India and MIT’s Global Startup Labs (GSL) announce strategic partnership
Today GSF India and MIT’s Global Startup Labs (GSL) have announced a cross-border startup exchange. This partnership will enable Boston-based GSL startups to expand into India’s emerging market with...
View Article[Techie Tuesdays] A look back into past; insights from past Techie Tuesdays
Week on week, we’ve made an earnest attempt to bring your remarkable stories of technologists through our Techie Tuesdays column. This week, its time to look back at these remarkable techies and share...
View ArticleThought for ‘World Entrepreneurship Day’: Will entrepreneurship be the...
Contrary to popular belief, the term ‘paradigm shift’ did not originate in management speak. It owes its origin to Thomas Kuhn. In case you’re wondering, Thomas Kuhn wasn’t a management expert, VC or...
View Article[Culture Series] Plivo – An Open-Source Startup With An Open & Flexible Culture
This article is a part of the Culture Series we are carrying as a run up to the Startup Jobs Fair, India’s first exclusive campaign to connect the most promising talent with the most exciting...
View Article5 Onboarding Tips to Get Your New Recruits Up & Running
Most companies do a terrible job of onboarding new employees, period. We all, especially startups, want the new joinee to be up and running right away but we just don’t invest in enabling this. Let’s...
View ArticlePickme receives Series A investment from Mumbai Angels, Bangalore Angels &...
Pickme e-Solutions India, a Mumbai-based company co-founded by Praful Wadyalkar (CEO) and Wilbert Raj (COO) received Series A funding from the three angels group. Pickme provides doorstep pick-up,...
View ArticleThe future of education – one curriculum may not fit all?
If you set out to reinvent education, what would you do? Would you disrupt the current model of learning, or would you integrate with the current ecosystem of teachers, schools, and degrees?...
View Article[YS Learn] Introduction to digital maps
Decoding location based services: Image courtesy: enormlabs This is part of an educational series on the LBS domain. Through this series, we will explore features of Maps and location based services,...
View ArticleGamineazy, Bringing Highend Gaming Closer to Masses
If Coffin Games was about developing inhouse games, Gamineazy is about bringing affordable gaming to the lives of every age group. Started by Navin Rajendran and Chirag Gaglani in April 2011, Gamineazy...
View Article[Culture Series] The Bootstrapped Startup Pride of India from Kolkata- Fusion...
Pallav in the front with the Fusion Charts Team This article is a part of the Culture Series we’ll be carrying as a run up to the Startup Jobs Fair, India’s first exclusive campaign to connect the most...
View ArticleVertois Training – A lucrative business with a social impact
Niranjan Waghmare I had the privilege of speaking with a senior Indian Air Force officer a few days back and I was very interested to know what patriotism meant to him. The answer stumped me. He said,...
View ArticleStartup YNew introduces offline stores for second-hand goods; online not that...
There are two types of people in this world: people who don’t have a problem buying secondhand goods, and those who do. For those who do not mind using used-gadgets like laptops, mobile phones,...
View ArticleDemystifying the Term Sheet and Valuation – YS Workshop in Pune with Anand...
As an entrepreneur embarks on his start-up journey, getting the attention of potential investors is just the beginning of sometimes a confusing process. It involves due diligence, term sheets and...
View ArticleMobile App building platform Appy Pie is now open to public use; Initial...
Appy Pie, the cloud-based mobile app development solution has announced that it is out-of-beta launch today after months of closed testing. The Appy Pie platform allows users to create fully...
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