What does it take to startup? A brilliant idea, perhaps, loads of money, a great set of cofounders, and maybe a degree from an IIT or an IIM? Or just a cohesive team and a problem to solve?
UrbanClap, a mobile marketplace for services ranging from the likes of house cleaning and beauty services at home to interior designing and wedding photography, said the value of monthly transactions on its platform has reached $10 million (Rs 66.6 crore). The startup had achieved the mark in August, less than six months of its mobile […]
Street food with friends, get-togethers at coffee shops, watching latest movies, Saturday night clubbing, chilling out with hookah, date nights, mobile recharges for long gossips, metro card top-ups, birthday gifts for friends and there’s so much more that any young guy has got to do!
Last week, I spoke to an ambitious group of high school students at SPARC in Berkeley. Several of them asked me about things I wish I had done or learned earlier in life, or regrets I had from earlier in my career. Again and again, I came back to the idea that I wish I had […]
Cybiz BrightStar Restaurants, the master franchisee of US-based fast food chain Carl’s Jr in India has attracted funding, reportedly worth Rs. 4 Cr ($0.63 Mn) from Yuvraj Singh’s VC Fund YouWeCan Ventures. Yuvraj will also come on board as a brand ambassador for Carl’s Jr in India. The funds will be used for opening about […]
In January, I participated in the Chicago Booth Private Equity and Venture Capital Lab, where I had the opportunity to work with the great team at Second Century Ventures, a consumer and SMB tech focused VC based in Chicago, for 6 months. Having spent a considerable amount of time talking to entrepreneurs, sourcing deals, conducting due […]
Twitter has been talking with article sharing platform Flipboard over a possible acquisition, valuing the company at more than $1bn. Tech blog Re/Code, citing sources with the knowledge of the situation, reported Twitter has been engaged in an ongoing series of talks since the beginning of 2015 to acquire Flipboard in an all-stock deal. The […]
WooCommerce a WordPress plugin that lets site owners turn their self-hosted WordPress website into an online store acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com . The entire 55-person Woo team will join Automattic. According to a blog post by CEO and cofounder Matt Mullenweg, this will bring Automattic’s total headcount to 370 people, distributed across 43 […]
For online startups to gain user traction in any domain is a bumpy ride? There is no rocket science, but a perfect marketing strategy which sometimes works like Dropbox, which goes from 5000 to 75,000 users in one night using a video. Same like Dropbox today we are going to share insightful stories of online startups like Quora, […]
About – James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, podcaster, Blogger, author, social media and investor. He has founded or cofounded over 20 companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr and claims to have failed at 17 of them. He has published 11 books, and is a frequent contributor to publications including The Financial Times,TheStreet.com, […]