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Razorpay Launches Flash Checkout To Make Transactions 60% Quicker
In order to simplify online payments, Bengaluru-based payment gateway Razorpay has launched a service called ‘Flash Checkout’. This will cut down transaction time by 60% when the card is saved with...
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With Fresh Funding, Meesho Looks To Help Small Businesses Connect With...
Bengaluru-based Meesho, an app which helps merchants to manage their ecommerce businesses on WhatsApp and Facebook has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a group of angel investors. This...
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Global Tech Company Aspire Systems Invests In Digital Ecommerce Agency Ziffity
Technology solutions provider Aspire Systems has invested an undisclosed amount in Chennai-based digital agency, Ziffity. The funding will be used by Ziffity for expanding team, and scaling training...
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Would You Fund Your Own Startup: Why Founders Need To Think Like Investors
Founders need to pitch to investors all the time. You need to woo them if you want to engage with them, and unless you can get into their heart and their brains, you’re not going to be able to get into...
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This Startup Intends To Be Global Hub For Telemedicine – A Market Worth $40.9 Bn
30% people in rural India do not visit hospitals fearing expenses. The Indian healthcare market is expected to reach $280 Bn by 2020, with a CAGR of 22.9%, from the current $100 Bn. However, the...
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From Website To Web-App, Flipkart Is On A Mission To Revamp Itself
Flipkart, in a bid to become number one in online retail shopping, has launched a new website called a ‘web-app’. The feature has been rolled keeping in mind users’ shopping patterns. This move aims to...
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Microsoft Accelerator’s First Global Startup Roadshow: What Two Indian...
We are using the Microsoft name to open big doors – we’re organising carefully curated meetings where the startups will meet with potential enterprise customers relevant to them. It’s not about...
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Kunal Bahl Takes A Dig At Media For Merger Rumours With ‘Snapkartazon’
Kunal Bahl is pretty amused. And here’s why. A tech journal carried an exclusive report that “Snapdeal has initiated preliminary talks with staunch rivals Flipkart and Amazon to explore a possible...
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Quikr Raises $19.4 Mn Funding From BCCL’s Brand Capital
Online classified platform Quikr has raised $19.4 Mn (INR 130 Cr) in a debt financing round led by Brand Capital, the private treaty arm of media company Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL). According...
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Movers And Shakers Of The Week [15 August – 20 August]
Let’s have a look at the important movers and shakers of the week!!! Amazon’s Raghu Lakkapragada Joins Voonik Raghu Lakkapragada has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer at Voonik. He will...
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News Roundup: 8 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [15 August –...
Gurgaon-based consumer Internet search platform AskMe has shut down its operations and has laid off its remaining staff. The step was taken amidst severe cash crunch, alleged to the unplanned exit of...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [15 August – 20 August]
In a bid to firm up market share against rival Amazon, Alibaba reportedly held discussions to acquire online marketplace ShopClues, with further plans to merge Paytm with ShopClues. The week also...
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How To Improve Your Entrepreneurial BS Radar
I smell a rat. The employee is up to no good. The competition is about to launch an attack. The new potential partner is going to undercut us. Our investor will back out. These are the words of an...
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$15 Mn Fund Launched For North East Startups
North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has set up a $15 Mn (INR 100 Cr) fund for startups. The venture fund aims to boost the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the North East region. The...
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Why Most Company Rules Have Bad Outcomes
In my recent article, “Here’s Where Bad Company Rules Come From!,” I explored how rules and policies are created with the best of intentions; as companies grow in size and complexity, leaders institute...
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Want To Make Life Easier For Your Mobile App Development Teams? Use These...
Mobile app development is nestled in the warm, cosy, yet complicated sweet spot between creativity and code. It’s where the detail-oriented right brain meets the rambunctious-artist left brain. To...
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How Founders Can Deal With Their Weaknesses
Founders need to learn a lot of varied skills in order to run a company. You need to be able to create and deliver a unique product or service; you need to be able to sell it; you need to be able to...
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How To Survive A Difficult Boss
Difficult bosses contaminate the workplace. Some do so obliviously, while others smugly manipulate their employees. The “bad boss” has become a comedic part of work culture, permeating movies and...
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Not Every Business Has To Be A Startup
Startup. I know. It’s a cool word. It sounds like adventure, freedom, saying fuck you to the man and about a billion dollars. I work in a startup, and I’m an entrepreneur, but I want to make one thing...
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So What Is The Right Level Of Burn Rate For A Startup These Days?
There is much talk these days that startup valuations have decreased and may continue to do so and that the amount of time it takes to fundraise may take longer. As I have pointed out in previous...
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