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...



















