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...
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...
My Journey From A Village To Building India’s Largest Crypto Exchange
By Sumit Gupta (Co-founder & CEO at CoinDCX)
From conducting small trades on profit since the age of 8 in a village in Madhya Pradesh...
A Moonshot Game: Adventures Of A VC In The Indian Startup Ecosystem
India's start-up revolution began in 1998, when the first venture capitalists (VCs) arrived from the US and backed early businesses in IT services for...
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....
10 Mantras To Become A Successful New Age Entrepreneur
By Rohit Raul
A growing economy, pro-business policies, digital trade and transactions, and easier access to global markets, have fuelled a start-up revolution in India.
According...
How Kerala’s Startup Sector Is Growing Both Plants & Apps
By Nele Lenze
The startup scene in the Indian state of Kerala is flourishing through private and public initiatives.
According to the Kerala Startup Ecosystem Report...
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...
Startup Tips: How To Use Professional Networking To Gain Mentors
By Agnelo Rajesh Athaide
The past decade has seen a wave of disruptive entrepreneurship across sectors, thanks to factors like technology enhancements, pro-SME/MSME government policies,...
A Startup Founder’s Guide To Creating A Growth Agenda
By Shrijay Seth
Founders and investors both strive for the sustained growth of the organization. But it takes courage, right decisions and vision to navigate...
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...
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...
3 Reasons India’s Startups & SMEs Are Facing Challenging Times
By Vikash Mittersain
India's SME sector is one of its biggest providers of jobs. The large companies are replacing human beings by automation.
The small scale businesses...
Journey of Naina Ruhail at Organic Cosmetics Startup Vanity Wagon
Vanity Wagon is India’s first online marketplace, which brings only organic and natural beauty brands to consumers.
The idea was thought of by Naina...
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...
Financial Wisdom: When It Comes To Money, Moms Know Best!
By Hena Mehta
I’m often asked what inspired me to start Basis, a platform that powers personal finance for women.
While there are plenty of rational economic...
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...
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...
Infographic: What Is The Biggest Risk To Your Country’s Economy?
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The economy of the globe and individual countries is always a hot talking point, with incidents both positive and negative, natural...
Growth in PE investments in India in 2018 remains flat
NEW DELHI: The year 2018 saw private equity and venture capital investments worth $20.5 billion in India, the same as in 2017, across 786...
Why Entrepreneurs should possess the obsession of a fighter pilot
By Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd)
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an Indian fighter pilot, had locked his R-73 air-to-air missile on to a Pakistani F-16...
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,...
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...
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...
Fintech Valley: Israeli firms shine at India’s $1 million startup challenge
Israel has an unwavering eye on the future and is a giant in the global tech startup scene. Promising startups embraced the $ 1...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Clean Planet: How a Delhi Summit went green with no flex standees or plastic...
By Shailesh Vickram Singh
Summits are generally yada yada affairs with an opportunity to escape the routine and meet fellow industry people. There are always...
Startups to join a grand coalition next month to solve India’s Pollution Crisis
Even as 14 Indian cities are ranked as world’s most polluted by World Health Organisation, Noida based startup venture fund GoMassive is hosting the...
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...
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,...
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...
Lending platform Rubique Technologies raises new round of funding!
Online financial matchmaking platform Rubique Technologies has raised a new round funding led by Japan’s Recruit Group and Russia's Emery Capital. Blacksoil and Rubique...
