Flipkart Exits E-books Category
Ecommerce giant Flipkart has discontinued sale of e-books (electronic books). Consumers will not be able to buy e-books on Flipkart, however, their previous purchases will remain intact. Users who have...
View ArticleWhy the Best Leaders Have Conviction
Conviction in a leader is an incredibly valuable yet increasingly rare trait. It’s in short supply because our brains are wired to overreact to uncertainty with fear. As uncertainty increases, the...
View ArticleA 7 Minute Primer To Hiring For Startups In India
Based on our experiences at Cubeit. Hiring is not easy. Hiring for startups even less so. You don’t have time or money, and good people who can both execute and fit into the company are few and far...
View ArticleHow We Went From Pestering People To Sign Up To 1300+ Signups A Day
The Early-Stage Growth Formula Hey, we just noticed you were looking for a job change, specifically in a startup – would you like to try Jobspire? I clearly remember the first linkedIn message I ever...
View Article5 Must Watch Ted Talks For Entrepreneurs
Ted Talks have inspired entrepreneurs, business leaders, life coaches, marketing honchos, leaders young and old. Learning from these talks have been a key to success for many. We bring you the best Ted...
View ArticleMarketplace For Jets & Private Helicopters, JetSetGo Raises Funds From Puneet...
Bangalore-based marketplace for private jets and helicopters, JetSetGo Aviation Services Pvt. Ltd, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Puneet Dalmia, managing director of Dalmia Bharat Ltd...
View ArticleAditya Birla To Incubate 24 Startups Under Bizlabs Incubation Programme
To support businesses into retail, financial services and telecom, Aditya Birla Group, is all set to collaborate with 24 startups under its Bizlabs incubation program. The 20 days Bizlabs incubation...
View ArticleHow Can Startups Handle Layoffs Effectively?
We are operating under the reality of a transitioning economy swathed by challenges. Startups probably bear the brunt of it while trying to adapt and keep pace with the industry. Making adjustments in...
View ArticleCab Booking Platform Cabsguru Raises Angel Funding
New Delhi-based cab search, comparison and booking platform Cabsguru has raised angel funding from a group of investors at a valuation of $3.5 Mn. The round was led by Prashanth Ranganathan, founder...
View ArticleDigital Media Startup Deal Street Asia Raises Funding From Vijay Shekhar...
Singapore-based Deal Street Asia Pte. Ltd, a digital media venture, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Singapore Angel Network (SGAN). The round also...
View ArticleRainmaker Ventures Plans To Bring The Rain For Early-Stage Startups; Closes...
When digital marketer Atul Hegde and industrialist Sudhir Menon collaborated, they brought the rain for early-stage startups. This alliance gave rise to a venture firm called Rainmaker Ventures, which...
View ArticleIndian Startup Hubs: Startups & Ecosystem Builders In The Kerala Startup...
In the past few months, we have covered startup ecosystems in Pune, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gujarat. Moving ahead with the Indian Startup Hubs series, this time we have put together the...
View ArticleOla Introduces Ride Share Facility Ola Share In Delhi-NCR
Mobile app for personal transportation Ola has launched Ola Share, a social ride-sharing offering in Delhi-NCR. The service was first launched in Bangalore in October. The service starts, from today...
View ArticleAmazon And Flipkart Battle Out For Top Slot In The Ecommerce War
The end of a year is always the time of pontification and reflection of the hits and misses of that year. Be it an individual or a startup or a conglomerate, all will take time to sit back and analyse...
View ArticleSnapdeal To Introduce Multilingual Interface On Its App
Ecommerce marketplace Snapdeal to be available in Hindi and Telegu from January 26, 2016, to help its users overcome language barriers and shop online in their preferred regional language. With this,...
View ArticleForget Foodporn, Zomato Uses Real Porn To Drive Late-Night Deliveries
Foodporn is defined as the glamorisation of the visual presentation of food. The word “porn” is used to describe the arousal of appetite that arises by the visuals. In an innovative and risqué...
View ArticleAmazon Invests $22.5 Mn In On Demand Service Provider HouseJoy
Bangalore-based Housejoy, an on-demand service provider, has raised about $22.5 Mn (INR 150 Cr.) in Series B round of funding led by ecommerce major Amazon. Prior to this, the startup had raised $4Mn...
View ArticlePaddy Cosgrave, The Man Behind The World’s Largest Tech Conferences &...
Irish entrepreneur, Paddy Cosgrave, is the man behind the most popular tech conference – “the Web Summit.” The technology conference hosted annually in Dublin was founded in 2010 by Paddy Cosgrave and...
View ArticleBookEventz Raises Angel Funding From Mumbai Angels, Zishaan Hayath & Others
Mumbai-based BookEventz, an end-to-end service provider for event planning requirements, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding led by Mumbai Angels and prominent angel investors. Singapore...
View ArticleVentureNursery Signs MoU With Paris&Co To Help Graduating Startups Explore...
India’s first angel-backed accelerator,VentureNursery, has signed a MoU with Paris&Co, the economic development and innovation agency of the French capital city, to help its graduating companies...
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