I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. […]
Is Asia developing towards mobile, or away from it? Three numbers from the Google-TNS Asia Pacific Mobile App Usage Study suggest an answer: as it expands, it will move towards mobile, not away from it. The study asked people from across Asia about how they used their apps, revealing how central mobile has become to […]
A couple of years ago a lot of our clients made the change and moved all of their systems from the traditional hardware to the cloud. This was great and opened up a new world for them in terms of functionality and cost, however, it also presented its own challenges. One of these was that […]
For all those who don’t know me, Currently, I am leading the Product and Growth for Keygo.me. It is a part of Hatcher & I’ve been dedicatedly working towards decoding the growth hack models for startups. Starting with PR and launch platforms, I’ve learned myself a few things so let’s get into what I know […]
The world is quite large for those who explore and quite small for those who create! People often find it quite difficult when it comes to searching a service, commodity, a person or anything that they seek. With the intervention of Internet, and technically speaking with the help of Search Engines over the internet it […]
Fund for Unity, India’s first civic crowdfunding platform that facilitates public funding and participation in community development projects, was opened to public on October 31, 2015 at 7.30 PM IST, as a step towards the envisaged icon based development of the Narmada district in Gujarat. The platform was made available following a Google hangouts session […]
Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, has teamed up with three Indonesian telecommunications companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar-powered balloons. Alphabet officials, including co-founder Sergey Brin, and representatives from Indonesian companies Telkomsel, XL Axiata Tbk PT and Indosat Tbk PT signed an agreement Wednesday to bring so-called Project Loon […]
Today, businesses work in a very fragile and unstable environment. Consumers’ preferences and expectations are continuously evolving. Some corporate leaders often argue that it is lack of new ideas that hinder successful tapping of the marketing needs. However, looking at the growing competition and the pace at which startups are expanding, it is clear that there is no […]
It’s Saturday morning and a hyperlocal experiment is playing on my mind. I have decided to fix a basket of goods and order from each of the new hyperlocal superstars that have hit the scene. Taking a page from the recent coverage, I chose the following: Grofers Peppertap Flipkart Nearby Amazon Kirana Snapdeal Instant Ola […]
Holidify, a Delhi-based startup founded by IIT Bombay alumni has recently raised an angel round of funding of $100K led by Promoter of Aarti Group (BSE: AARTIIND). The promoter family of Aarti Industries has earlier invested in education startup Places, Bewakoof.com and Humming Whale, creator of Gladius Technology Cricket Bats. The funding round also saw […]
I am constantly surprised to what limits the young and dynamic human minds are pushing their limits regardless of the fact of their age, surrounding, and no matter how tough the conditions be. The startup I was about to interview was a piece of work done, not by a person who had tremendous experience of […]
Written by Prashin Chaturvedi, Business Transformation Leader – India’s Prime Minister Mr. Modi visited the Silicon Valley last month, and on the itinerary were the obvious inclusions – Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft. Also on the list was a curious entry – Tesla. Why Tesla? Modi surely did not make the high-profile visit to get an early […]