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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring – Martin Zwilling
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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring – Martin Zwilling

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 worldwide reach for a few thousand dollars. It’s a new age for aspiring entrepreneurs, where anyone with a dream or a hobby should be turning it into a business. The bad news is that many are already doing it, with competition growing, so the longer you wait, the less chance you have of getting there first. The good news is that most haven’t learned the new rules, so there is still room to surge ahead of the crowd. Here are some of the key new ...
China’s big tech companies backs Indian startups
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China’s big tech companies backs Indian startups

What we will say, Is this Narendra modi effect or what but China's one of the largest search engine Baidu and one of the country's biggest private conglomerates Fosun are scouting to invest in Indian startups, joining compatriots from the Middle Kingdom eager to profit from the opportunities in the world's fastest-growing major economy. Investment managers from both companies are in talks with Indian venture capitalists and start-ups for potential funding deals, two people directly aware of the development told ET. Taiwan's Foxconn is also an investor in Snapdeal along with Japan's SoftBank. "They (Baidu and Fosun) have been having conversations about specific opportunities — the startup names include niche e-commerce firms as well as some in the enterprise space," said a second source....
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A man with @alphabet Twitter handle won million dollar lottery

There's at least one guy who really loves the name of Google's new parent company Alphabet: Chris from Ohio. Chris Andrikanich got his 15 minutes of fame because his Twitter handle is @alphabet, which happens to be the name of the new parent company announced by the search giant on Monday. (more…)
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The Reason behind Sundar Pichai named as a new CEO of Google

In a significant restructuring at Google, India-born Sundar Pichai has been named the new CEO of the technology giant as the company co-founder Larry Page on Tuesday announced the formation of a new umbrella firm Alphabet, of which Google will be a part. (more…)
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Amit Singhal: The master of Google’s “ranking algorithm”

  Amit Singhal is the current Senior Vice President and head of head of Google's core ranking team. His main area of interests are Information Retrieval (IR), its application to web search, web graph analysis, and user interfaces for search. Born and brought up In Jhansi this brilliant entrepreneur graduated from IIT Roorkee and the gained his M.S. degree from University of Minnesota Duluth and  later in 1996 he entered the prestigious league of Doctorate in the field of  Computer Science at Cornell University. According to him, "UMD was the turning point in my life. Studying Information Retrieval with Don Crouch and then Don recommending that I move to Cornell to study with Gerard Salton, is the main reason behind my success today. Don gave me the love for search, I have...