5 Questions That Will Reveal The Employee Satisfaction Quotient In Your Company
Do your employees have job satisfaction? This is one question that you, as a boss, needs to give a thought to. Over the recent past, a lot of employers all over the world have been working towards...
View ArticleMovers And Shakers Of The Week [12 September – 17 September]
Let’s take a look at the important movers and shakers of the week. Narendra Bhandari Joins Kratos Advisory Board Developer evangelist, Narendra Bhandari has joined the Advisory Board of Kratos, a...
View Article7 Techniques To Influence Anyone Of Anything
If I can tell my children to read one post of mine, it would be this one. Influence is how they will navigate a world of uncertainty. Robert Cialdini is the most influential person in the world. And by...
View ArticleIntel Pockets Indian Origin Entrepreneurs’ Soft Machines For $300 Mn
Global technology company Intel has reportedly acquired US-based chip-design company, Soft Machines for $300 Mn (INR 2,000 Cr) in a cash and stock deal. Silicon Valley-based Soft Machines was founded...
View ArticlePaytm Plans To Invest $150 Mn In Ecommerce Business To Tackle Competition
After securing a $60 Mn investment from Mediatek last month, Paytm is now reportedly planning to invest $120 Mn- $149Mn (INR 800 Cr – 1000 Cr) to develop its ecommerce business, Paytm E-commerce Pvt....
View ArticleNews Roundup: 12 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [12...
Noida-based mcommerce company Paytm introduced Aadhaar-based eKYC (E-Know Your Customer) to make customer verification a real-time, paperless process. The eKYC is part of an iSPIRT initiative called...
View ArticleStartups From Tourism Sector, Here’s Your Chance To Raise $75K At ‘Pitch To...
The Karnataka Startup Cell is organising a hackathon in conjunction with the Tourism Department of the state. The agenda of the event is to promote tourism in the state via integration of technology...
View ArticleIIT’s Skips Startups For Early Placement Slots This Year; Prefer Job Security...
With the placement season around the corner, there have been a lot of speculations regarding startups being allowed to hire talent from the country’s premier schools. Putting an end to all the...
View ArticleWhy Data Analytics Is A Game Changer For Product Startups
The world is in a startup frenzy today. This fast-paced, productised world, where almost all offline behaviour finds an online counterpart, is heavily reliant on a four-letter word: Data. Yes, the...
View Article10 Harsh Lessons That Will Make You More Successful
Everyone fails in life, and failure can be a crushing experience. The only thing that separates successful people from the rest is how they respond after they fail. When facing obstacles, you have to...
View ArticleWhy You Need A Business Plan To Get To Where You’re Going
I fired a startup this morning. I’ve been an adviser for the past six months, and I’ve helped them through some big decisions and given them direction. Unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where I have...
View ArticleAngel Investing In India – Are We Seeing A Bubble?
Angel investing seems to have become a growth industry in India today. Lots of people are happy to get on to the startup bandwagon, which is why there are so many incubators, angel groups, and...
View ArticleHow Do VCs Choose Their Investors – And Should Entrepreneurs Care?
I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about whom, i.e limited partners (LPs), their VC funds raise their capital...
View ArticleSmartphone And Mobile Operator Brands Have Least Advertising Spends On...
Data-driven marketing and measurement firm SilverPush has released its TV Advertising Mapping Report on Smartphone and Mobile Operators for the Indian market. Among other things, it highlights that...
View ArticleSnapdeal Shifts Business Model, Incorporates Wholesale Unit E-Agility Solutions
Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, which runs Snapdeal, has reportedly created a wholesale unit under the name of E-Agility Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The unit will be used by the online marketplace to sell products...
View ArticleAlibaba Launches Trade Facilitation Services For SMEs; Partners With Kotak...
In a bid to provide platform users with tailor-made services for their business, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has launched a programme called Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC). The proposed TFC...
View ArticleOnline Food Delivery Startup Swiggy Secures $15 Mn From Bessemer Venture...
Online food delivery startup Swiggy has raised $15 Mn (INR 100 Cr) led by US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners in Series D round of funding. Existing investors including Accel India,...
View ArticleHow We Used Atomic Design Principles While Redesigning BrowserStack
To give a brief intro about BrowserStack, it is one of the most sought after cloud-based cross-browser testing tools in the world. It enables developers to test their websites across various browsers...
View ArticleAmazon India Gears Up For Festive Season, Launches 24 Seller Cafes
In order to aid the sellers on its platform, ecommerce giant Amazon India is reportedly opening ‘seller cafes’ across 24 cities and towns in India. The aim is to provide real-time on-ground assistance...
View ArticleHow Working In A Startup Is Different From Working In An MNC
The following are my personal views comparing working in a startup Vs an MNC. Also I am not saying one is better than the other, I am just pointing out how the life is when you’re in an MNC or a...
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