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My Sales Experiences- From Class 11th (Fund My Education) To Running a Startup
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My Sales Experiences- From Class 11th (Fund My Education) To Running a Startup

It was the September of 2014. Indian entrepreneurs were making headlines. Funding, valuation, and bootstrapping were among the most common words in the newspapers. India was becoming hottest destination for venture capital. I was already selling Indian dresses to NRIs through Instagram to fund my college education. The headlines gave a spark to my desire to become an entrepreneur. I began searching entrepreneurs group on Facebook and Google and came across a meetup group 'Entrepreneur's Walk run by Piyush, an IIT Kanpur alumni. I kept attending the meetups regularly, got to know Piyush better and realized he was looking for a co-founder as well. We went on to co-host 18 more meetups together, met a lot of founders (Deepak of Shifu, Blaze of Stayuncle, Umang of Bonita India, Ashim of ...
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O2O Strategy: Paytm acquired Shifu App In An $8-million (Rs 53-crore) Deal

Shifu an app to predict consumer preferences and behaviour has been acquired by Paytm. The Application was started 2 Years ago by a team of three: Prashant Singh the Product Development guy, Michael Massey the magician with Server and Analytics, and Deepansh Jain who heads Client Side Development. // The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today Posted by Prashant Singh on Saturday, January 2, 2016     ALSO READ: Meet Shifu – App for digital assistant   For Paytm, the acquisition is in line with its plan to invest about $150 million in emerging companies to build a complete digital ecosystem. "Ventures in O2O (offline-to-online) and last-mile delivery, and platforms that can solve consumer problems a...