Starting Up Tips For Entrepreneurs
The option of starting a business continues to be appealing for both young and older entrepreneurs. Several people have business ideas and the next step for them is to actually get started on their...
View ArticleKhosla Ventures Backed Novopay Enters The Mobile Wallet Race
Few days after Snapdeal and Freecharge launched FreechargeWallet, now, Bangalore-based startup, Novopay has announced that it is launching a mobile wallet. Novopay is an android-based mobile payment...
View ArticleAccel Invests $1.15 Mn In Health & Wellness Startup CureJoy
Bangalore-based online health and wellness startup, CureJoy, has raised $1.15 Mn funding in their Pre-Series A round of funding led by Accel Partners, India. The funds will be used to further expand...
View ArticleFabence’s App Captures 20K Downloads In 4 Weeks; Growing At 30% Rate
Ecommerce sites have definitely made our lives easier by making the process of shopping easier and even addictive for some. But, as we are spoiled by the plethora of options available, the excitement...
View ArticleHow We Built Jobspire & Raised $262k In The 8th Semester Of College
Part One: Manipal A year ago, I recollect the incident that started this madness. In the second year of college, we’d started a services company that made t-shirts, websites and products for people. By...
View ArticleFacebook Will Not Withdraw Its Zero-Rated Platform Internet.org From India
Social media giant Facebook has announced that it will not withdraw its controversial zero-rated platform internet.org from India. According to TOI, the company is said to be tying up with newer...
View ArticleExclusive: Subscription Based Hyperlocal Delivery Startup, DailyNinja, Raises...
Bangalore-based DailyNinja, a hyperlocal mobile solution for all subscription based daily needs, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding in a round led by Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder of...
View ArticleNews Roundup: 12 Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [14 – 19 September]
The biggest news of the week was the launch of “Freecharge Wallet”. Snapdeal and Freecharge announced to merge their customer accounts to build a common account and common wallet service, namely,...
View ArticleFunding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [14 September – 19 September]
This week 23 startups raised about $263 Mn in funding altogether. (The funding amount is based on the startups that disclosed their funding amounts). Let’s Have A Look At The Startups That Raised...
View ArticleWe Continue To Be Based & Domiciled In India & Hopefully Will Go Public In...
One of the largest online marketplace in India, Snapdeal, plans to launch an IPO in India in five years time. Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Snapdeal mentioned, “We want to make sure...
View ArticleDidi Kuaidi To Invest In Ola To Take On Their Common Rival Uber
The taxi hailing and aggregation space is quickly turning into a hot zone as the war between Uber and Ola extends Indian borders. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is an ancient idea that...
View ArticleExclusive: Curofy, LightMetrics & SlamdunQ Wins At Third Edition Of Google’s...
Curofy, LightMetrics and SlamdunQ have emerged as the winners at Google’s Launchpad Week that took place earlier this week in Bangalore. The five-day programme for early-stage startups was launched on...
View ArticleOla Commits To Allocate $20 Mn For Safety Initiatives; Introduces Number...
In line with its continuous efforts to reinforce safety and security of users, Ola, has introduced a new featured called ‘Number Masking’ that makes customer’s mobile number to remain undisclosed to...
View Article6 Upcoming Marketing Automation Trends To Buckle-up For
Marketing automation, to a great extent, has become a popular medium of marketing amongst various businesses, thus continuously evolving in the process. Marketing automation enhances a company’s...
View Article5 Qualities That Make A Great Leader
Thomas J Watson quit his first job as a teacher after just one day. He sold sewing machines. But at the end of his life, Thomas J Watson, the iconic CEO of IBM, was called the greatest salesman on the...
View ArticleWhen Should A Startup Transition From Direct Selling To Selling Via Partners...
For B2B startups, one of the biggest challenges and costs is “sales”. Especially if the product costs greater than $10K annually. While many of the lower price point SaaS products might spend more...
View ArticleHousing.com Acqui-Hires BigBHK.com & Plat, Strengthens Supply Product Portfolio
Mumbai-based real estate startup, Housing.com has acqui-hired Plat, an online network for agents enabling them to share real estate inventories and requirements and BigBHK, a property management...
View ArticleIBM Global Entrepreneur Program Invites Applications For IBM Smartcamp 2015...
After successfully concluding IBM SmartCamp 2015 Kochi edition, IBM Global Entrepreneurship Program, is now inviting applications for the Hyderabad edition. Startups can apply for the IBM SmartCamp...
View ArticleReal Time Trading Platform, Neotrade Analytics, Secures $227K From Rainmatter
Bangalore-based Neotrade Analytics, a startup that distributes real-time data to traders & trading bodies has raised about $227K (INR 1.5 Cr.) in its first funding round from startup incubator and...
View ArticleAre We Secure? Privacy Breach Is Hitting The Internet
Tapping away messages on our phone, storing private pictures and putting a number/pattern lock in an ideal world should be enough to protect your data, right? If we have decided to fall in love with...
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