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Flipkart Hands Out ESOPs To One-Third Of Its Workforce
Flipkart, in a bid to retain essential personnel in the company, has handed out employee stock option plans (ESOPs) to over a third of its work-force. The move aims to retain ‘critical talent’ in the...
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Why Anything Worth Doing Takes Years
“In order for innovative ideas to bear fruit, companies need to be willing to wait for five-seven years, and most companies don’t take that time horizon (into account).” — Jeff Bezos You can’t become a...
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Google To Open New Cloud Region In India
Google will soon open a new cloud region in Mumbai. The region is expected to be live in 2017. The India cloud region is aimed at offering the Google Cloud Platform services to Indian developers and...
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Google Becomes An Adult: Looking Back At 18 Years Of The Brand Synonymous...
It was the year 1995. India was still reeling under the DDLJ Raj-Simran onslaught, liberalisation was taking hold of the country, which meant cable TV access for everyone and, perhaps, most poignant of...
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Cybage Co-Founder Deepak Nathani Funds Automobile Maintenance Service...
Automobile maintenance startup Demyto has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Cybage co-founder Deepak Nathani. With this investment, Nathani will pick 20% stake in the company. Pune-based...
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Meet The Top 7 Startups From Nasscom 10,000 Startup’s #TechMarch2016...
Nasscom 10,000 Startups recently announced TechMarch – an initiative to bring together smart hardware startups driving innovation. The programme includes an eight-city tour to invite applications from...
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Flipkart Knocked Down Amazon And Snapdeal Sale In Tinder Style – And It’s...
Festive season is finally here! Ecommerce biggies – Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal – are all set with firepower in their arsenal to gain the best out it. While Amazon’s Diwali sale starts tonight –...
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It Took Us Close To 100 Meetings For The Acquisition: Jitendra On Selling...
Diwali 2011. On a day when nearly the entire country is off celebrating, in a room smaller than 10 feet by 10 feet, in the second basement of an industrial building in Vile Parle, Mumbai, CitrusPay...
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Are You A Workaholic? – 15 Signs To Identify Workaholism
Just before I took up my first job, I met my friends to celebrate. As I made a toast, I said “Maybe I will be a workaholic” and we all laughed. But I was serious. I thought that I would love my job so...
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Movers And Shakers Of The Week [26 September – 1 October]
Let’s take a look at the important movers and shakers of the week. Ex-FreeCharge Exec Joins ZoomCar Rajesh Bysani has been appointed as the Chief Product Officer for self-drive car rental startup...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [26 September – 1 October]
Pune-based converged data protection solution provider Druva raised $51 Mn funding from Sequoia India, Singapore-based EDBI, as well as Blue Cloud Ventures and Hercules Capital. This round also...
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Founders, Find Your Yes!
“No way. Sorry. Nope. Not interested. Maybe later. I don’t think so.” As a new entrepreneur, you have to get used to the “No”! As you are starting your new business, you are seeking validation for the...
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News Roundup: 11 Startup Stories That You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [26...
Google has been busy turning 18 this week. At the second edition of its signature Google for India event, it announced five new products that are tailored for expanding access to the Internet for...
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RBI Drafts New Regulatory Framework; Looks To Manage Investments In...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly drafted a new regulatory framework to manage investments in foreign technology funds by Indian parties that utilise the money in startups abroad....
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Pokémon Go: Nintendo’s Resurgence
‘Pokémon Go to the polls’ – Everyone remembers this cringe-worthy joke – one of many, unfortunately – when Hillary Clinton tried to ‘relate to the kids’ in her presidential campaign against Donald...
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Meet The 15 Startups Featured At The Inaugural BC-GSV Accelerator’s Summer...
In May 2016, BCCL’s (Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd) strategic investment arm Brand Capital, formed a joint venture with GSVlabs, a global innovation center in Silicon Valley that accelerates...
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Consumer IoT Startup Witworks Launches Wrist Wearable Device Blink
Bengaluru-based consumer IoT startup Witworks has launched a smart wearable device, Blink. Blink runs on Witworks’ own voice-based operating system, Marvin OS (built on top of Android); and provides a...
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Govt. Issues Show Cause Notice To Amazon, Snapdeal, Others For Selling...
The Environmental Ministry has reportedly issued a show cause notices to ecommerce websites for selling refurbished phones from overseas countries, in India. Ecommerce biggies like Amazon, Snapdeal,...
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Ecommerce Startup MeraKisan Raises Funding From Mahindra Univeg
Mahindra Univeg has invested an undisclosed amount in ecommerce startup MeraKisan. Mahindra Univeg Pvt. Ltd, is a joint venture between Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd and Belgium-based Univeg (Greenyard...
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Personnel Challenges Faced by A Startup
One of the biggest dilemmas I was faced with as I built Guardian was the need for good management people. Very early after starting up, I realised that talented personnel was not willing to join a...
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