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View ArticleThings Smart People Never Reveal About Themselves At Work
At work, sharing the right aspects of yourself in the right ways is an art form. Disclosures that feel like relationship builders in the moment can wind up as obvious no-nos with hindsight. Trouble is,...
View ArticleWhy Millennials Prefer ‘Think-Telligence’ Over Intelligence
We live in a world of unprecedented connectivity. Each and every day we are more connected as a species. It has been taken for granted so quickly, our ability to connect, communicate and share our...
View ArticleWhy Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore
It is election season. So it’s tempting to think this is going to be a partisan post — it is not. I use George Bush versus Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to...
View ArticleAngel Investing Dilemmas – Mentor Or Micromanager?
Some of my angel investments have been through angel networks, and since I am the lead investor, I serve on the Boards of these companies as a director, where I represent the interests of the other...
View ArticleFunny Take On How Startup Founders’ Life Changes After Funding
Life changes! Yes, it does. Life of an entrepreneur is a roller coaster ride – they are always in a transitioning mode – from founding to – team building to – expanding to – raising funds. An...
View ArticleMeet The Top 6 Startups From Nasscom 10,000 Startup’s #TechMarch2016 Cochin...
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...
View ArticleFlipkart’s Big Billion Day 1: Over Half A Million Products Sold Within One Hour
Kick-starting day one of ‘The Big Billion Days’ shopping festival, Flipkart seems to have paved way for enormous transactions in just one day. As mentioned in a company statement, Flipkart has sold...
View ArticleHire An Entrepreneur To Rediscover Your Business
Every employer wants an employee who’s a motivated self-starter. However, most employers spend way too much time looking for bodies to fill positions instead of assets that will add to the growth of...
View ArticleThe Sales Days’ Battle Gets Fiercer: Flipkart And Amazon Beat Snapdeal And...
With the festive season setting the ecommerce sector on fire, the battle just seems to be fiercer this time around. Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Shopclues are going head-to-head to emerge as the...
View ArticleInternet Services Provider Nettlinx Raises $3 Mn From EXchange Investors NV...
Internet service provider company Nettlinx has reportedly secured $3 Mn (INR 20 Cr) in funding from Netherlands-based EXchange Investors NV and Dubai-based TransGlobal FZC. Following the transaction,...
View ArticleMumbai Toll Plazas Go Cashless, Paytm To Facilitate Real-Time Digital Payment
Noida-based mcommerce and mobile wallet platform Paytm has enabled real-time cashless toll collection across the Bandra-Worli Sealink and five other major toll plazas in Mumbai. Using Paytm, commuters...
View ArticleExclusive: Mohandas Pai’s 3One4 Capital Invests In Shopping And Savings...
Pune-based shopping and savings discovery app Scandid has secured an undisclosed amount in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Mohandas Pai’s fund, 3One4 Capital. Scandid’s existing investors -the...
View ArticleVijay Shekhar Sharma, Kunal Shah, Others Back Global Payments Platfrom Remitr
Cross-border payments platform Remitr has reportedly raised $1 Mn (INR 6.6 Cr) as Seed funding from Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Other investors too participated in this round. They included Pravin...
View ArticleT-Hub’s Open Letter To TOI – No, We Are Not ‘Shutting Down’ Startups
These days, reading any news headline without jeopardising personal sanity is a rarity. When it comes from the largest-read daily newspaper, whose arguably greatest trump (no pun intended) card is its...
View ArticleRatan Tata Invests In Wearable Tech Startup GOQii
Mumbai-based wearable tech startup, GOQii has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Ratan Tata. Founded in February 2014 by former Indiagames CEO Vishal Gondal, GOQii, a smart wearable helps in...
View ArticleDear Startups, Here’s Why Temporary Leaders Are Bad For You
Of late, the startup space has faced a lot of instability in terms of talent. As raising funds gets difficult, companies are under immense pressure to focus on profitability rather than rapid...
View ArticleEnterprise Cloud Platform Nutanix Inc’s IPO Pops 130% On Debut, Raises $230 Mn
In a first-day jump that hasn’t been since 2014, enterprise cloud platform Nutanix Inc’s shares showed a 130% jump at close of business. It was the best first day pop for a tech startup since Castlight...
View ArticleOnline B2B Fruits & Vegetables Marketplace Bharat Bazaar Secures Seed Funding
Mumbai-based White Shadow Technology Pvt. Ltd that operates online B2B marketplace Bharat Bazaar, has raised an undisclosed amount of Seed funding from BeeNext, TV Mohandas Pai, Kunal Shah and Sandeep...
View ArticleMobiKwik Enters Consumer Loan Segment; Rolls Out Short Term Credit Loan Feature
Gurugram-based mobile wallet company MobiKwik has now entered the short-term consumer loan segment. Users can now avail short-term credit loans from its platform. They can also register themselves for...
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