April 9th, 2017India is looking for young entrepreneurs to build business houses and create more jobs, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, asking business graduates to become fountainhead of commercially viable ideas.
"India needs several entrepreneurs who can become fountainheads of commercially viable ideas that will make a...
August 22nd, 2016(ANI): Bengaluru is host to the largest share of technology driven start-ups, followed by the Delhi NCR and Mumbai while Hyderabad and Chennai are also quite popular among the techies who are budding entrepreneurs, according to an ASSOCHAM study.
The study done in association with the thought arbitrage found that in the technology...
July 2nd, 2016As many as 571 budding entrepreneurs have filed applications as on June 24 with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for recognition as innovative startups to avail tax breaks and other benefits.
Out of these, only 12 are eligible for consideration by the inter-ministerial board for tax benefits, Startup India...
June 9th, 2016Seeking to promote budding entrepreneurs, the Commerce and Industry Ministry today held an hour-long question and answer session with start-ups.
Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Shailendra Singh explained the procedure for registration and claiming tax benefits.
Several start-ups asked...
May 5th, 2016The trade body of Indian IT firms NASSCOM has signed a MoU with Facebook to build a product design initiative to engage the country's young entrepreneurs into becoming problem solvers and solution builders.
Signed in Silicon Valley this week, the NASSCOM-Facebook initiative is likely to propel innovative thinking and approaches to...
May 4th, 2016Some of the richest, smartest and most powerful humans have an important message for the rest of us as they convened this week to discuss pressing global issues: the robots are coming.
At the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, at least four panels so far have focussed on technology taking over markets...
May 1st, 2016A half of Indian executives polled are open to work with start-ups as partnering with new-age companies bring in agile and innovative methods, says a survey.
However, the other half is still sceptical about working with a start-up, according to annual EY-CIO Klub's Enterprise IT trends and investment survey titled 'the startup gene: a...
February 2nd, 2016Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley's top-tier VC fund closed fresh $920 million fund. Funds will largely invests in Indian startups. The fresh funds takes Sequoia's total investment assets to more than $3 billion in India.
This is the biggest raise by any VC fund for India-specific investments, cementing Sequoia's leadership position in...
January 23rd, 2016IndiaMart, a name heard by many, not only in India but all over the world. IndiaMART is an Indian online marketplace, serving since 1998 and based in Noida. The company have around 1.5 million suppliers listed on its website, with around 10 million buyers visiting the online platform every month. We recently met with the founder of...
January 16th, 2016So finally the most awaited Start-Up India Event has ended, leaving a trail behind it to let other young entrepreneurs to walk under its light. Started with several Panels comprising of Secretaries, CEOs and Founders of various well fledged startups, the event was attented by around 1500 entrepreneurs. Organised at Vidhan Bhawan, New...
January 9th, 2016“I feel I am in my teens, and Paytm is my infatuation.”, said Vijay Shekhar Verma while he was shown in trailer made by MindBatteries. Mindbatteries is a video content creating company started a entrepreneur series called Startupreneur Series.
According to Simar, Head of Mindbatteries "Our planning is to create interview of...
January 7th, 2016If you are an entrepreneur and looking forward to receive a handsome investment for your million-dollar idea, from Ratan Tata, here are the points that’ll help you do that. Recently in an interview, Ratan Tata reveals the strategy he follows to judge an startup based on several points. Here are the key points:
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