Will India Turn Into A Cashless Economy By Demonitising INR 500/1000 Notes?
“At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, then an age...
View ArticleYou Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission To Follow Your Passion
When I was younger, I was pretty reliant on the gatekeepers. The people who, in business and in music and in art, in all of my passion areas, had the power to tell me Yes or No, to make my dreams a...
View ArticleWhy Raising Funds Is Not The Greatest Thing For A Startup
Founders today think about raising funds much before they think about starting up their venture. Questions like can this idea attract funds? What will be my burn rate? How can I raise a large Series A?...
View ArticleAnil Ambani’s Reliance Group Invests $12 Mn In Realty Startup Square Yards
Gurugram-based online to offline (O2O) real estate transaction player Square Yards has raised $12 Mn investment from the private equity arm of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group. Founded in 2013 by Tanuj...
View ArticleOnline Job Search Portal IIMJobs Secures Series A Funding
Online job search platform for mid-to-senior level managers, iimjobs.com has secured $2 Mn (INR 13 Cr) in its Series A round of funding led by India Quotient. Investors participating in the round...
View ArticleFlipkart Faces Further Markdown From Investors Fidelity And Valic
Ecommerce major Flipkart’s valuation took another beating as two of its mutual fund investors reportedly marked down the value of their holdings in the company. According to an ET report, mutual fund...
View ArticleDemonetisation Effect: Amazon Suspends COD, Flipkart And Snapdeal Restrict...
In what can be said as a reactionary move to India’s decision of demonetisation and digitisation, ecommerce giants like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Amazon India, and Shopclues have revised their customer...
View ArticleEbay Goes On A Firing Spree; Lays Off Entire Product And Tech Team In India
US-based ecommerce marketplace eBay has reportedly fired its entire product and tech team in India, except 15 officials, who might move to the US, according to a report by TechInAsia. While confirming...
View ArticleFive Things To Ask Your Employees Every Year
Like a lot of people reading this post, I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about how to unlock the best of employees. But the workplace can be very demanding, right? And before you know it, your...
View ArticleCreating The Pitch Perfect Deck an Investor Would Like to See
A pitch deck is a combination of your company’s product or service, the vision and most importantly the execution strategy. Your goal should be to create a deck that is both crisp and thorough. Keep in...
View ArticleHow Chatbots Will Disrupt Governance
When people ask me why they should use a bot, my answer is simple. Bots are engaging. Land on a web page and you need to go through the effort of reading the content and figuring out exactly what is...
View ArticleWhich Benefits Are Offered By The World’s Top Employers
Flexible working hours, retirement plans, and life insurance policies. These are some of the employee benefits that most organisations offer. But there are some like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and...
View ArticleBest Practices For Monitoring And Controlling Privileged User Access
With data leaks and data breaches occupying headlines, businesses are compelled to invest more money in cyber security. However, while most companies don’t spare resources for keeping their security...
View ArticleOnline Golf Aggregation Platform GolfLAN Raises $1 mn from YourNest and...
Delhi-based GolfLAN, online golf community and marketplace, has raised $1 Mn from existing investors, YourNest Angel Fund, and Africa’s leading IT/ITES group, iSON. With this investment Ramesh Awtaney,...
View ArticleMogae Media Acquires Personalised Video Platform Ao1
Integrated mobile services provider, Mogae Media has acquired personalised video platform Ao1 in an all-stock deal. As per the terms of the transaction, Ashish Dabral, founder Ao1, will join Mogae...
View Article5 Ways in Which PM Modi’s Bold Move Will Impact Startups
So, we needn’t mention how much people have been talking about our honorable Prime Minister’s big announcement and how big and bold a move this was in the direction of making India a corruption-free...
View ArticleE-wallets The Real Winners After Demonetisation Drive: Paytm Registers 1000%...
Just two hours after PM Modi announced the demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1000 notes, a peculiar thing happened at Paytm. “At 10 o’clock, we saw some numbers which went through the roof. Our Google...
View ArticleZone Startups Launches Gateway91 – Programme To Help International Innovators...
Mumbai-based venture fund and accelerator housed at BSE, Zone Startups has launched, Gateway91, a program to work with international startups and growth stage companies looking to access the Indian...
View Article200 Properties, 40 Cities, 2 Years: Why Treebo Credits Its Success To ‘DNA Of...
“The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles”- Garth Stein It was August 2015 when OYO Rooms, the Gurugram-based budget hotel aggregator, raised a...
View ArticleVisa, Micromax and TranServ Rollout mVisa – First Initiative Under Visa...
Visa, Micromax and TranServ have launched mVisa for all Udio mobile app users across the country, which include Micromax smartphone users. Udio is a digital wallet enabled by TranServ to create payment...
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