The Indo-US Startup Connect was a unique exhibition of Start-Ups that showcased products from 40 different companies. Forty startups from India are participating in the programme at San Jose, which was planned following PM Modi’s “Startup India, Stand up India” call from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
It was 6:37 pm, I already was 7 minutes late for the interview of Mr. Nishchal Dua which was scheduled at 6:30 pm. With the apology in my heart, I finally called him thinking he must have been disappointed for the unreasonable delay. The bell rang for approximately 15 seconds and then I heard from […]
The video opens up with a drunk father, the one representing the society, which is quite a mess as per the present scenario. The vast society is busy serving its own needs leaving behind the primary objective of the growth by mutual attainment. In this, deadly fight of survival, the boy finds a little hope, […]
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 […]
What comes to your mind when you think about companies like Webvan, Dodgeball, Pets.com, Kozmo.com, and WebTV? All were pioneers in their markets in many ways, but all were—in some respects, anyway—failures. In the business world, it’s the unlucky fate of certain companies to serve as proof, or even punchlines, about how ambitious technology companies […]
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 […]
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 […]
If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day dream of India succeeding as ‘startup’ country has to kick start, there is a lot to learn from the original ‘startup nation’ Israel. The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and today houses some 5000 startups. New Delhi of course is just […]
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).