Quikr, India’s No. 1 cross category classifieds business, has launched QuikrServices with a special focus on the unorganized sector of service providers across the country. Quikr has been facilitating buying, selling and rentals across 12 categories via its platform, and its new vertical provides easy access to reliable service providers across sub-categories such as home, […]
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 […]
Where do you see yourself in five years? Will you be a workaholic on Wall Street, living the simple life in America’s heartland or will you be a successful entrepreneur with a million-dollar business? If you are reading this article, I am guessing your answer is the latter. While trendy strategies come and go, there […]
One of Reliance Industries’ offices in suburban Mumbai became unusually busy last week. The Reason: a second batch of 10 startups joined the country’s largest private firm’s four-month acceleration programme, run in partnership with Microsoft Ventures, to help them scale up operations through mentoring and infrastructure support in exchange of technology and ideas. A month […]
Livspace, a Bangalore based home décor startup has recently acquired YoFloor. YoFloor is now officially a part of Livspace, the first complete home design service online. Earlier it had acquired home design marketplace DezignUp and curated online network for interior designers Dwll.in this year.
Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata has made a personal investment of an undisclosed amount in the online marketplace for chefs Holachef. Launched in September 2014 by Saurabh Saxena and Anil Gelra, Holachef has seen substantial growth in Mumbai and Pune, the company said in a statement today. “Ratan Tata’s name and body of work is […]
Indian popular instant messaging app “Hike Messenger” (owned by Bharti SoftBank) has decided to launch a new web version which will let you seamlessly sync your messages on the desktop browser. “The news was made official by the CEO of Hike, Kavin Bharti Mittal on his Twitter page, along with a screenshot which reveals how […]
While occasions such as Start-up Jalsa provide opportunities to connect with entrepreneurs, it helps team like ours to get talking with people as inspiring as Arunabh Kumar, Founder of TVF. Finished with his part of speaking and meeting fellow entrepreneurs, fully exhausted Arunabh didn’t deny our request for a little chat. Team pixr8 and Arunabh […]
Simplilearn, a Bangalore-based Edu-tech start-up, which provides online certification courses to professionals, has acquired Market motive, a Silicon Valley-based startup, which trains professionals on digital marketing. Market Motive, founded in 2007, is led by Michael Stabbins, John Marshall and Avinash Kaushik. Simplilearn, which already has its presence in the US, is looking at the prospect […]
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 […]
Working quietly since 2006, Premji Invest investment firm has built up positions and funded around 40 publicly listed and private companies out of a corpus of $1 billion (Rs4,290 crore). Yet, its operations are shrouded in secrecy and the firm has consciously avoided building a public profile. Premji Invest is a private equity fund owned […]
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, […]