Shipsy is the brainchild of Soham Chokshi, a mechanical engineer from IIT Madras and co-founders Dhruv Agrawal and Maharshi Devraj.
Users send a message on the app and a virtual assistant responds.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
Creating a market for premium coffee is a challenge.
The author meets the brains behind Unocoin, the first Indian Bitcoin exchange and merchant processor in India to have raised international funding.
'The money is safe with the payment services solutions provider'.
Raghav tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier how he and his cousin Mukund co-founded Renew IT, which refurbishes discarded computers and makes them affordable for the poor in rural India.
He wants you to join him in his transformation journey.
'Students tell me their parents are fine with them either joining a start up or even starting one. This was not the case 10 years ago.'
What work in Jaipur's favour are lower costs, a good talent pool, better quality of life, and proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region
When Santosh Muruganantham quit his job in the United States to return to India, he knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list is harder to get into than Stanford or Harvard University. Meet the desis who made the cut this year.
What are the personality characteristics and behaviours that lead to venture creation and success?
With the help of Practo Ray, doctors can share reports.
A combination of bank guarantees, letters of credit, buyer's credit for computer servers have been provided to the two local operational arms by Kotak Mahindra Bank and Deutsche Bank.
This is the story of a Bangalore-based startup that has been recycling e-waste. And why you should think twice before you throw away any of your electronic gadgets.
According to property consultancy firm Knight Frank, only 19 states and UTs have a functional portal in place, that too with a lot of information dissymmetry across data points
ICICI Bank has quashed rumours of favouritism, nepotism and quid pro quo. The bank clarified that while Chanda Kochhar was on the credit committee, she was not the chairperson. Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said there was no impropriety in the deal.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
'New Delhi showed itself willing -- at least for a period -- to tolerate the risk of conflict and to withstand Beijing's implicit and explicit threats.' 'But it also continued to try to cut some kind of deal with China to reduce tensions.'
Through the past decade, Bihar's revenue from liquor has quadrupled
Vishal Sikka talks about his chemistry with N R Narayana Murthy and about his plans to strengthen the leadership team.
Ideas don't have border controls and visas.
'Sergey and I have been super excited about his progress and dedication to the company. And it is clear to us and our board that it is time for Sundar to be CEO of Google,' Lary Page said.
At Rs 18,400 per share, value up 100 times since Lehman crisis
Experts say despite it being a global deal, the transaction will have to undergo CCI scrutiny because of the scale of operations.
Practo is an online health service platform which assists patients to meet the best doctors and keeps digital records.
Starting from a team of part-time workers to an employee base that exceeds over 3,000, Wildcraft has come a long way
'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
Network18 founder Raghav Bahl is all set to launch his new venture.
'The numbers have been scaled down for the Trinamool Congress. Today, the upper number of victories seems to be 30, with 25 seats being the realistic option. The Trinamool Congress may still be the largest non-BJP, non-Congress party in the next Lok Sabha, but it may not make it to the Cabinet table, leave alone sit in the top chair,' says T V R Shenoy.
'I have been managing people since I was very young. I really enjoy it.' 'For me, age is only a proxy for experience.'
Most companies often subsidise the sale and the delivery, making losses on their books.
Only 2.3% of the Indian workforce has undergone formal skill training, as compared to 68% in UK and 52% in the US
Ajay Piramal bets highly on infrastructure, realty
K Pandia Rajan, an expert on the employment scene and recruiting speaks on the buoyancy in the Indian economy and what youngsters can look forward to.
Air India must tighten costs to comes out of the red or it wil perish in no time, says experts.
The present legislative framework on betting and gambling in India is sketchy, at best.
This issue assumes greater importance if you are a managed marketplace in the hypercompetitive online world.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
