US start-ups crash and burn frequently, so why the concern about start-up losses in India? The principal reason, says Kanika Datta, is that Indian start-ups clone ideas from the US. Flipkart, Ola, Oyo, Paytm are all variations of ideas developed in the US.
Who will make the most of the disruptions of 2016 this year? Mihir Sharma's list of probables.
They encouraged start-ups to pay for acquiring customers rather than focusing on the business fundamentals.
'Most of the measures the finance minister announced will take effect after the lockdown.' 'By that time, millions of people will be starving.'
Start-ups in India with high valuations are witnessing a fund crunch and drop in valuations as investors tighten their belts and look at businesses that are sound.
'No cash,no problem,' says Aparna Verma who has survived without cash from the time PM Modi announced the 'note ban'.
Small and big advertisers are making their presence felt this year far more than they did earlier, bringing a smile to the faces of the tournament's organisers and partners.
Over the last 12 months, thanks to bold bets by venture capital firms like Sequoia, SoftBank Vision Fund, and foreign strategic investors like Naspers, pipeline of start-ups with potential to achieve $1 bn in valuation is at an all-time high.
Flipkart eyes another $500 mn from eBay, which seeks to merge India ops with it and exit business
Firms are offering employees flexi hours; demand for air purifiers, masks have skyrocketed.
Industry estimates over 30 tonnes of gold were sold on Akshaya Tritiya this time.
The Department of Posts was one of the 11 entities to get the in-principle nod from the Reserve Bank of India in 2015 for setting up a payments bank.
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Amazon.in has announced the launch of first-of its-kind women-only outlets for delivering products.
Jack Ma is learnt to have discussed about e-commerce, mobile telephony
Agriculture, social services, education, defence and so on will be brought into the digital fold and every gram panchayat will be connected to the internet.
Telenor Financial Services, IDFC Bank and Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi have decided to withdraw their licence to set up a payments bank.
Flipkart has seen 33 per cent growth in past 6 months despite slowing e-commerce business and stiff competition from Amazon.
US major lost its first mover advantage, now wants to secure its investments in the country.
Tata Group's CLiQ is the latest to join the e-commerce club, to compete with the likes of Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
'He (Modi) thinks as if he is a tiger, and the only one who is right,' Mamata said.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
Tesla began taking orders for its Model 3 sedan from Indian customers in 2016 and caught the fancy of people like GOQii's Vishal Gondal, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma and venture capitalist Mahesh Murthy. Amid hints from Elon Musk, Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Tesla's Indian entry.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley witll spearhead the campaign with BJP President Amit Shah as its chief strategist.
After multiple attempts at selling itself, including to larger e-commerce player Snapdeal, ShopClues has found a buyer in Singapore-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 in an all-stock deal.
India's total online shopper base at 30 per cent of its internet population is low when compared with 78 per cent in China and 70-plus per cent in the US.
India has the highest proportion of CODs at 60% of total orders, compared to 50% in China, 28% in Indonesia, and 24% in Brazil
'We look forward to providing great customer experiences in India.'
Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016
Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country
Vijay Mallya, who faces prosecution in India, is reportedly in London.
In 2015, e-commerce contributed significantly to the growth in television advertising revenues.
Prominent e-commerce marketplace players include Amazon.in, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Shopclues and Jabong
Across the country, companies have stepped up their act to contain the crisis. IT and other new economy firms seem to have taken a lead.
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Of the 11 licence holders, only eight remain in the fray as concerns about profitability and rising competition are making them think twice before jumping in.
Betting as a function of pure luck is banned in the country, but games of skill with monetary stakes are not.
Private equity firms invested about USD 3.7 billion across 133 deals during the first quarter of 2018 as compared to USD 7.3 billion by way of 200 transactions a year ago.
The police have almost no way of tracking the $200 billion plus money flowing online during this World Cup.
According to experts, the banning of the apps has created negative sentiments and reduced the confidence among the Chinese investors to invest in India.
