Startup in Crisis? 4 lessons for founders to brave out the storm
By Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd), CEO at Askmentor.com
This week, India’s biggest aviation show, Aero India 2019, opened with a "missing man formation" of...
10 Reasons why Successful Companies are Hiring a Virtual Assistant
By: Joseph Ryan Lopez
Ever wondered how the big guns of the entrepreneurial world seem to skyrocket their success…without blowing up their cash flow? There’s...
The 3 Dharmas of decision-making for entrepreneurs & leaders
By Maj Sunil Shetty (SM) Retd.
Decision-making is tough and it is toughest when you have to take a call for your team, people,...
What matters more? The brand or I?
By Shrijay Sheth
Running a business is one thing and creating a brand from it is a different ballgame altogether. This is where the options split...
An Indian entrepreneur wakes up to find bank a/c empty! Read on…
An Indian entrepreneur whose startup provides food on Indian trains, woke up one day to find the company bank account, from which he used...
Top Communication Tactics Every Startup CEO should learn
By Shrijay Seth
The basic idea for communication is to get the message across in the right manner. And when it comes to engaging in...
5 valuable lessons for startups from Indian Cricket Team
By Major Sunil Shetty (SM) Retd
This week cricketing history was scripted by the visiting Indian team when they won the first test series down...
Top Pitfalls a Startup Founder Must Avoid At All Costs
By Shrijay Seth
To err is human. But for founders, a mistake can prove way too costly when starting a new business. There are things...
PE investments in 2018 crosses $33-B to set new all-time high in India
NEW DELHI: Private Equity (PE) investments in India rose to their highest ever figure of US$ 33.1 billion in 2018 (across 720 transactions), according to data from Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on private...
Why military veterans are a perfect fit to scale a startup
By Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd)
Starting a second innings is always a challenge; be it Virat Kholi walking in to bat in the second...
Will your job disappear with the advent of AI by 2030?
By Harsimran Julka
As I write this blog, I wonder whether my job as a writer will be overtaken in the future by algorithms and...
Biggest challenge for any startup is finding quality manpower: The Belgian Waffle CEO
Shrey Aggarwal completed his Engineering Degree at Carnegie Mellon University and a diploma in business management from Stanford University in the US.
Shrey started The...
7 reasons why crowdfunding campaigns fail
By Chet Jain, Founder & CEO Crowdera
Crowdfunding has become a go-to option for fundraising in the last few years. Not many may believe but crowdfunding...
How Trak N Tell was built – brick by brick
It is said that most innovations happen with your own experiences and mine was no different. In 2008, my driver disappeared with my car...
5 Things that Every Entrepreneur should Learn from The Ramayana
By Shrijay Seth
It takes a wise person to look at the story of Ramayana beyond it’s obvious standing as a legendary epic. It can...
The Fortune 500 losers: Which are the world’s biggest loss making firms in 2018?
LONDON: The Fortune 500 list was first published in 1955 and was originally limited to companies whose revenues came from manufacturing, mining and energy...
Opinion: Why A Startup is like the legendary ‘Hotel California’
By Aljo Joseph
I would like to offer you the best job ever!
Here is the job profile.
“We want you to setup a company that...
Setting up scene for first sale: When restaurant ambience matters
By Dougie Beck, director, Spacetime
Bloody Mary is for the morning after, when you need to sober up and get down to business.
As David closed...
The Deadly Gamble on Super A.I.
With fate of humanity in the balance, even a small risk demands serious action.
This is the third installment of “Privatizing the Apocalypse,” a four-part...
Startup Wisdom: A Simple Rule for Fundraising Success
Author by Zach Shefska
There’s no doubt that data can be intimidating. Running database queries or staring at Excel spreadsheets can only be so fun. It...
Letter to a Would-Be Entrepreneur
By Maynard Webb
Dear Founder,
Really?
Why do you want to do this? I hope it’s not because it’s the cool thing to do… it’s easy to...
GETTING TO THE ‘YES’: The Story of David Junior & how he cracked his...
By Dougie Beck, director, Spacetime
Monday morning bright and early David Junior, a senior manager with a big firm of accountants, bounced into his office...
Softbank backed Ola to race with Uber in New Zealand
Auckland: Ola, one of the world’s largest ridesharing platforms, this week announced its plans to enter New Zealand to provide both drivers and passengers...
How to Supercharge Your Crowdfunding Plan With The Rule of 7
By Chet Jain, Founder of Crowdera
Crowdfunding is an age old simple practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large...
Failing Forward in Entrepreneurship, Education, and E-Commerce
By Conor Flynn
Tesla reinvented the automotive industry. Airbnb reinvented the travel sector. Entreprenavel reinvented the entrepreneurship education experience…
Wait, what was that last one? You probably...
Looking for freedom? Here are 7 Freelance Tips for a successful career!
By Neil McBean
Becoming a freelancer sounds great. You have the freedom to set your own hours, you can work from wherever you like, and and...
Open letter to my employer: 10 ways to fail at your digital business!
By Andie Anderson
Hi! I am Andie Anderson. Okay, just kidding, I’m not.
But given what I’m going to write about today, I needed a pseudonym.
And...
The journey of a soldier from a battlefield to the business-field
By Col Mohinder Pal Singh, PhD
Army officers world over are well known for their smart personality and an upright image. A strong personality which is replete with...
Top Reasons Why You Should Build a Great Employer Brand
By Robert Dybeck
Satisfied customers have been the goal, or business standard, for decades in many industries. Has that changed?
We´re now facing a quicker and...
Hate your Job? Read about the first jobs of world’s most successful people
All of us have started our working lives somewhere. Some of us would have worked at a warehouse, as a factory worker, making burgers,...
US Tech Sector Adds 9,600 Jobs in June, grosses 49,000 jobs for 2018
SAN FRANCISCO: The US information technology (IT) sector has added an estimated 9,600 new jobs in June, extending its current streak of employment gains...
Zomato Piggybank programme gets launched
Food ordering app Zomato this week announced the launch of Zomato Piggybank -- a reward points program for loyal users of the food delivery...
Blockchain in Retail mkt to grow to $2.3 billion by 2023: Report
The blockchain in retail market size is expected to grow from USD 80.0 million in 2018 to USD 2,339.5 million by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate...
How to get started with Artificial Intelligence in your business?
By Alex Bartley Catt
Technology has developed at a tremendous pace in recent years, leading to the application of artificial intelligence for nearly every industry.
Developments...
Gene Therapy Mkt to grow 19% to $40 million by 2026: Grand View Research
The global gene therapy market size is expected to reach USD 39.54 million by 2026. Rising competition among manufacturers and high number of molecules in pipeline are supporting...
California Becomes First US State to Strengthen Consumer Data Privacy
SACRAMENTO: The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 was signed into law today, guaranteeing new data privacy rights for the state's 40 million consumers, with...
