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News Roundup: 7 Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [12 October-17 October]
Ola, this week announced the launch of social ride-sharing featuring on its app. The new feature will allow customers to share their ride with up to two other commuters from social groups that a user...
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Zomato Lays Off 300 Employees As It Shifts Focus To Transaction Based Business
While growth and funding have been the talk of the town in the startup ecosystem, layoffs seems to be the new trend that’s catching up. Startups like Townrush, Tinyowl, Housing.com, Helpchat and a few...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [12 October-17 October]
According to reports, Temasek Holdings plans to invest in online insurance policy aggregator, PolicyBazaar by acquiring a stake indirectly from its existing shareholder, Info Edge, as per a stock...
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Meet The Winners Of IBM SmartCamp 2015 Pune Edition
IBM Global Entrepreneurship Program (GEP) has announced the winners for its SmartCamp Pune edition, which took place last week. The startups were judged by Srikanth Sundarajan, Partner at Helion...
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The 3 Laws For Building An Agile Marketing Team
Your marketing team has a weekly brainstorming session, yet delivering results has been slow. You have conducted massive strategy sessions, but implementing the tactics have cost you considerable time....
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4 Kickass Ways To Use Passion To Succeed
Success and passion go hand in hand – the drive to come up with new ideas, better solutions and innovative products and convert it into a thriving business. The most successful people are just not hard...
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The Ultimate Guide To Reinventing Yourself
I wrote this post for myself. Why? Because I knew I would need it. Because I know that this idea for reinventing myself has worked over and over for me. Because I knew I would need guidelines to look...
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How Investors Test For “Listening” Skills In Entrepreneurs
One of 21 skills I try to look for in entrepreneurs is listening – more specifically active listening. The reason for testing this skill is obvious. More than wanting to be listened to, I look for...
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Zomato Discontinues Cashless After Dubai Pilot – Lack of Fit or Cash Crunch?
Restaurant discovery portal, Zomato, announced yesterday that it has decided to shut down Zomato Cashless, for the time being, altogether. The company had introduced cashless payments in Dubai just...
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Maharashtra Govt. Plans To Limit Fleet Size For Taxi Aggregators; Asks For...
While the Government of India moved step ahead by issuing a separate advisory for on-demand technology platforms last week, meanwhile, the Government of Maharashtra has released a draft notification of...
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LetsVenture Raises Series A From Accel & Marque Entrepreneurs Like Anupam...
Marketplace for startup funding, LetsVenture, has raised undisclosed amount in its Series A round of funding led by marque entrepreneurs. The round was led by Accel Partners and co-led by Anupam...
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Sequoia & Ascent Capital Back Payment Solution Startup Citrus, Invest $25 Mn
Mumbai based payment solutions company, Citrus Payment Solutions, has raised about $25 Mn (INR 162 Cr) from a group of new and existing investors. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, an existing...
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Want to Be More Productive? Never Touch Things Twice
When it comes to productivity, we all face the same challenge — there are only 24 hours in a day. Since even the best ideas are worthless until they’re executed, how efficiently you use your time is as...
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IBM Global Entrepreneurship Program Invites Apllication From Vizag &...
Moving on with its local challenge of Global Entrepreneurship Program, IBM is now inviting applications for its Vishakhapatnam (Vizag) and Ahmedabad edition. The startups at Ahmedabad will be judged by...
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Paytm Expects Revenue Of Over $77 Mn With Its Foray In Hotel Booking
After making its foray in the bus ticketing and hyperlocal business, Alibaba backed mcommerce platform Paytm is eyeing the hotel booking segment. The company has tied up with online travel portals like...
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Flipkart & Tiger Global Backs Gesture Technology Startup Cube26, Invests $7.7...
Delhi-based Cube26 Software, a gesture technology startup has raised over $7.7 Mn (INR 50 Cr.) in its seed round of funding led by Tiger Global and ecommerce marketplace Flipkart. This announcement...
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What Can Cars Teach Us About Mobile App UI Design?
Design inspiration can come from almost anywhere, from the halls of fine art galleries to your kitchen countertop. While too many drivers may use their time behind the wheel to look at their phones...
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With Over 200K Visitors Surfing On Its Platform Every Month, Bedbathmore,...
Amit Dalmia, founder and CEO of Bedbathmore, online shopping portal for home furnishing products, firmly believes that people should do business only if they have the instinct for it or if they have a...
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Ola Claims To Have 25 Mn Customers; Receives $1 Mn Booking Requests A Day
Bangalore-based Taxi hailing service, Ola, has announced that it has served over 25 Mn customers till date. In a short span of five years, the startup has served over 150 Mn cumulative bookings on its...
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Flipkart Launches Second Version Of Its Seller’s App With Improved Features
Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart, has launched a higher version of its mobile app for sellers by the name ‘Seller Hub 2.0’, which claims to have improved features and functionalities. Prior to this, the...
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