The San Francisco and Bangalore-based CureJoy, an online community that allows its users to seek genuine and reliable information on Alternative and Natural healthcare from the experts has recently raised $1.15M series A led by Accel Partners, India along with Venk Krishnan, the founder of Nuware Technologies, and Larry Braitman, the founder of Flycast and […]
Saras Agarwal’s main agenda at a networking event early this year was to meet Zishaan Hayath, cofounder and chief executive of education technology startup Toppr. The associate vice-president at VenturEast, among India’s oldest venture capital firms, wasn’t looking to invest in Toppr but discuss startups Hayath had put his money into. “It was a general […]
A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising. Now you can match a big company with […]
Entrepreneurship is all about finding answers. Your entire business is an answer to a common consumer problem, or need. Your business plan is a general answer to the most common questions investors and lenders ask regarding your viability and potential for growth. And when you look for new clients, you’ll be answering a barrage of […]
There seems to be an endemic mushrooming of new enterprises and entrepreneurs – ‘Startups’ – if you please. A lot of them may not survive the competition and go under. A few of them would live the dream and prosper. Can there be a code or formula that ensures success?
Ratan Tata has joined the advisory board of venture capital firm IDG Ventures India as a senior advisor, third such move by Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus this year. IDG Ventures, which holds stakes in e-tailer Flipkart and online travel portal Yatra, has offices in Delhi and Bengaluru. Tata will be advising IDG Ventures India and […]
I remember sitting in a tacky cafe in Chennai. It was February 2014 and I was meeting Akshat, one of my brother’s best friends since he was in town for the day. With a glint of excitement in his eyes, he leaned forward and said “I’ve been reading about this organization in South Africa using […]
Many businesses or bloggers are worried about changing their domain name because they feel that if they make any changes, it will harm their SEO. And while this is true if you don’t do it right, it’s still possible to do without hurting your SEO, if you aren’t comfortable doing this yourself consider an SEO […]
Tuesday afternoon, I finish my lunch sharp at 1.48 PM as Bhuwan is scheduled to call at 2 o’clock. Bhuwan calls two minutes late and somehow I miss it. I check my phone anticipating the delay only to find his miss call. I call him back and he is having lunch. How unprofessional, I eat […]
New Delhi-based PML Solutions Pvt Ltd, which runs PickMyLaundry, a mobile platform that facilitates booking and delivery of laundry services, has raised $100,000 from Green House Ventures (GHV).
India in the present state has the largest working population in the world; this working population is young and works hard. People lifestyles have changed dramatically and they are working more on new ideas more than ever. The start-up culture has spread widely and has penetrated to the far ends of our nation.
There are over 500 startup accelerators in the US and over 1000 worldwide. Most accelerators are aligned with Universities (at over 35%), some are government funded (local government mostly) at 29% and some (15%) get grants from rich individuals and institutions such as Kauffman Fund. The remainder (21%) are privately funded accelerators such as 500 […]