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Why Startups View Losses As Negative Profits
In the language of accounting, profit is a liability but loss is an asset. The owners and their business are two separate legal entities. Owners or investors provide funds to the business. Therefore,...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [23 May – 28 May]
This week, Bangalore-based Venture Capital firm, Saama Capital India Advisors, announced that it has raised $31 Mn for its third venture capital fund. The VC firm will invest between $2 Mn to $5 Mn at...
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ASCI upholds ads by Snapdeal, Amazon And Others
The Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) has upheld consumer complaints against advertisements, including ads by Snapdeal, Amazon, Just Dial and Patanjali,...
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What Makes A Great Leader?
I normally use my drive time to think instead of talking on the phone, listening to music or podcasts. This time is quite valuable to me as it has proven to contribute largely to great strategies and...
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The Power Of Doodling For Better Design
Doodling, I admit, doesn’t sound very creative or professional. Before mobile phones dominated the scenes, doodling was the prime activity of high school kids sitting in a history class, bored out of...
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Where Are The Big Ideas – Schlep Blindness
Why do some people have good ideas and others don’t? The answer is Schlep Blindness. A good idea is a useful idea. Useful ideas come in three varieties: easy and obvious, hard and obvious, and hard and...
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20 Qualities That Define Successful Entrepreneurs
Many desire to be an entrepreneur, it’s always exciting to chart one’s own vision, be your own boss & create wealth. Idea, concept or product alone cannot assure success. The success is directly...
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Karnataka Govt. Issues Warning To Uber And Ola, Asks To Stop Operations
It seems hardships for cab hailing apps are not going to end soon. According to recent notification by the Karnataka Transport Department, Ola and Uber, might have to shut down their services in...
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Myntra Brings Back Its Desktop Site
A year after shutting down its desktop and mobile site and taking a mobile only route, Myntra on Saturday finally brought back its desktop website, ditching its app-only strategy. Myntra had announced...
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IIIT-Hyderabad Selects Three Startups For First Batch Of Accelerator Program
The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad), accelerator program Avishkar, has selected Fabulyst, Sastra Robotics, and Endless Robotics for its first batch....
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Freshdesk Expands Global Presence, Opens Office In Berlin
Freshdesk, the Indian SaaS startup that provides a cloud-based customer support software, has opened a new regional office in Berlin, Germany. Chennai and San-Francisco-based Freshdesk was launched in...
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Ravi Gururaj’s Venture QikPod Runs Into Legal Hurdle Over Equity Issues
Qikpod, founded by serial entrepreneur and one of the most well-known faces of the Indian startup ecosystem, Ravi Gururaj, seems to have run into some trouble with a fallout between Ravi and Neeraj...
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10 Rules Of Success By Author Of ‘The Dhandho Investor’
Mohnish Pabrai is an Indian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He sold his company TransTech in 2000 for $20 Mn. He is known in the startup world for his books ‘Mosaic’ and ‘The...
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Dark Underbelly Of App Marketing You Should Be Aware Of
Last week I was reading an extremely credible article about app uninstall rates. According to it, a regular app has an uninstall rate as high as 77% by day 3 of app install. Earlier, I have written...
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IAN And Napino Launch Incubation Program For Software And Hardware Startups
Indian Angel Network (IAN) and Napino Auto & Electronics Limited, a leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic components for the automotive industry have collaborated to launch an...
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Wealthy Wants To Make Saving Tax Via Mutual Funds As Easy As Clicking A Selfie
Making investments is like eating at a five star hotel buffet. There are just so many options. For instance, there are about 11,897 mutual fund schemes to choose from. And unlike food most of us don’t...
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Vahanalytics Rakes In $200K Seed Funding From Venture Catalysts
Vahanalytics – a Mumbai-based tech-driven startup, has raised $200K (INR 1.3 crore) in a seed funding round from Venture Catalysts. The investment was led by Vikram Lakhotia, managing director of...
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11 Email Writing Mistakes You Should Stop Making Now
At work, you represent yourself with email. You email your clients and colleagues more than personally talking to them. Yet why do so many people suck at writing emails? These mistakes are annoying,...
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18+ Startup Shutdowns in 5 Months – 2016 Turns Deadly For Startups?
The year 2015 saw launch of three to four startups a day, which helped India to secure the third position in the world in terms of number of startups – 4200 and counting. Last year, a huge amount of...
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Infibeam To Invest $6.7 Mn in Payment Gateway CCAvenue
Infibeam, the Ahmedabad-based ecommerce firm, has invested about $6.7 Mn (INR 45 Crores) in payment gateway CCAvenue. The percentage of investment will be finalised in the definitive agreement, which...
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