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...

Here are 10 ways to become a better salesman

By Harsimran Julka While working in Singapore with India’s largest software outsourcing company Tata Consultancy Services, Shankar G discovered that there was no proper mechanism...

Why India’s Food-Tech Apps Are Struggling Unlike Peers in US & SE Asia

As COVID-19 forces a large part of the world’s population to stay indoors, the pandemic is also shaping the economy in ways we can...

Mega Deals are back in India: PE firms invest a record $8 billion during...

Private Equity firms invested a record $8.2 billion (across 158 deals) in India during the quarter ended June 2018 – up 60% compared to...

How India’s Cricket Captain Equates Entrepreneurship With Sports

By Harsimran Julka I’m sitting in Gurgaon’s Hard Rock Cafe with 35 fans of Indian cricket idol Virat Kohli. They’re the lucky ones invited by...

MENTZA – 20 Min Live Audio Conversations To Help You Grow Daily

NAME OF STARTUP: Mentza - 20-minute live audio conversations FOUNDER: Anurag Vaish THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Great conversations are...

Catch Tim Draper & Sir Martin Sorrell At Startup Summit Live

NEW DELHI: India’s largest online entrepreneurial summit 'Startup Summit Live' - is right round the corner. Startup incubation firm Stirring Minds brings in a 3-day extravaganza filled...

5 Lessons For Startups From The Death of India’s Coffee King

By Major Sunil Shetty (SM) Retd This week Indian business community was shocked and deeply shaken to its core due to the untimely demise of...

Flipkart-Walmart: A Landmark Moment for Indian Entrepreneurship

By Vani Kola Every business conversation today to the books of decades later, Walmart`s acquisition of Flipkart for $20B will find a special mention. For one,...

Job Market: Why You Should Consider Re-skilling Yourself In 2021

By Lakshmi Mittra The workforce is rapidly evolving. The year 2021 will witness organizations placing greater emphasis on transparency, agility, culture and purpose-driven leadership. As...

Why Uber, Ola may be responsible for traffic mess in our cities

Safer and more connected public transit along with a regulation on taxi apps is the need of hour than addition of more taxis on...
Retail Business

5 Ways BI Software Can Help Transform Your Retail Business

The modern retail business landscape is a place where innovation and forward-thinking are essential for successful customer engagement. Technology continues to help drive how consumers...

Our Startup Journey with Peanut Butter in India: Alpino Co-founder

By Chetan Kanani With an unfortunate nutritional status, a large portion of the population in India lacks proper nutrition, hence resulting into malnutrition. While the...
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India-based Investment Platform Groww Raises $1.6 million

Bengaluru: Investment platform, Groww has raised $1.6mn in pre-series A round of funding from Insignia Ventures Partners, Lightbridge Partners, Kairos and others, with participation...

Ola launches ‘My Ride. My Cause’ initiative to support cancer care efforts in India

Indian ride-sharing company Ola has today launched 'My Ride. My Cause.’ to its platform. By doing this, Ola plans to crowdsource funds and support...

How Simple Technologies Can Help Your Startup Save Cost & Grow

By Vikash Mittersain Business managers and leaders, whether in large firms or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), know better than anyone else the challenges of...

Why entrepreneurs should learn the art of detachment from their startups

By Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd) The Indian corporate world had a lot to think, analyse and talk about, through the month of March as...

How Right Nutrition, Sleep & Exercise Boosts Your Immunity

By Anu Acharya Our world is facing a major crisis. The Coronavirus pandemic has brought entire nations to a grinding halt – entire countries are...

7 Startup Lessons That I Learnt From Travelling Around The World

By Nithin Mathew A good motto to live by is “Let’s go explore.” This tagline applies to all aspects of life, work, family and travel....
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Opinion: 7 Reasons Why 81% of Startups fail in India

By Vineet Singh The last few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the entire Start-Up ecosystem, with most Founders going back to regular jobs...

Food Delivery: Zomato adds tips feature; grows delivery fleet 40k people in India

Zomato adds new features - tips and bios to its app; grows delivery fleet in India to 40,000 executives Zomato adds a short bio feature...

Infographic: What Is The Biggest Risk To Your Country’s Economy?

Sponsored Post: By RS Components  The economy of the globe and individual countries is always a hot talking point, with incidents both positive and negative, natural...

Global Talent Shortage at Record High: 45% of Employers Report Difficulty Hiring

MILWAUKEE: Employers around the world are facing the most acute talent shortage since 2006, according to the latest Talent Shortage Survey, released today by...

Ola to add 10,000 electric three-wheelers to its fleet under ‘Mission: Electric’

Indian taxi-hailing company Ola, has today announced its "Mission: Electric", under which it has committed to adding 10,000 e-rickshaws and electric auto-rickshaws in its...

REFLECT: A Premier Mental & Emotional Wellness Center

NAME OF STARTUP: Reflect Within FOUNDED IN (Year): 2017 FOUNDER'S NAME: Prachi Tripathi THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Our vision is to...

Glimpses from Biggest Entrepreneurship Conclave in Delhi/NCR

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Chapter of Headstart Network Foundation last week celebrated 125th edition of Startup Saturday, their flagship initiative, that happens across multiple Indian...

Time For Wearable Tech To Shape the Future of Healthcare

By Maj Sunil Shetty (SM) Retd. A couple of years ago, Bani Banerjee, a cancer survivor, who was then in her early 70s, fell from...

Startup Wisdom: How Founders Should Keep Their Cup Always Empty

By Shrijay Seth There’s a Zen story attached to the virtue of learning. It speaks of a wise, very learned person whose friend who suggests...

How Walmart’s buyout of Flipkart impacts investor sentiment in India

By Sunil K Goyal & Vivek Mansingh, YourNest Venture Capital Unlike the Demonetization of 2016, the Walmart investment in Flipkart was not what Nassim Nicholas...

How Cohort Analysis Can Help You Double Customer Retention

By Suraj Dubey Today, it’s 5 times costlier to acquire a new customer than it is to retain an existing one. In crowded markets where...
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Indian Online Grocer Turns Cash Positive During Covid Lockdown

NEW DELHI: Even as a nation-wide lockdown grips India during the Covid-19 crisis, a few startups in the e-grocery space are turning cash positive...

Why big companies should fear startups

On a tour of a young food startup trying to disrupt the home tiffin service and a young budget room aggregation brand, one gets...
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Why a Big Bazaar will never be able to beat a Flipkart

By Harsimran Julka Despite having billions under their kitty, big corporates in India or elsewhere struggle against startup. Here are 10 reasons why. Big corporates in...

Covid: To Test Or Not To Test, Is That Even A Question?

By Anu Acharya I would like to start with offering my apologies to Shakespeare for horribly mutating a beautiful soliloquy from Hamlet. To test, or not...

True Balance raises $23 million in Series B2 funding!

Digital wallet and financial services platform True Balance has raised $23 million in a Series B2 funding from a number of international investors including...

Capital Float raises $22 million equity funding from Amazon

Bengaluru based digital lender Capital Float has raised $22 million in equity funding from e-commerce giant Amazon. The latest fund raise has taken up...