DRDO's failures over the decades have contributed significantly to India becoming the world's biggest weapons importer, points out Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
India and China recently held a fresh round of high-level military talks to resolve the border row that witnessed both sides agreeing to maintain "peace and tranquillity" on the ground but there was no indication of any breakthrough.
Anupam Pahuja, General Manager for Technology at PayPal Asia-Pacific in Singapore tells us what makes a successful start-up different from an average one.
Foreign investment in India's start-ups has plummeted 72 per cent to $4.58 billion so far, from $16.2 billion during the same period last year.
Venture Capital giant Sequoia India & Southeast Asia has rebranded itself to Peak VX Partners. The VC firm will now manage its assets under management (AUM) in the region of over $9.2 billion across 13 funds independently. The rebranding exercise followed Sequoia Capital's break-up into three independent entities across the globe. Besides Sequoia India & Southeast Asia, Sequoia China business has adopted the name HongShan in English (it will
Smartron is part of a new wave of IoT startups.
Stating that India is a strategic market for the company, Microsoft announced a $100,000 grant to promote innovation among domestic start-up companies.
Of the 23 companies, eight have raised funds after Shark Tank India.
Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
Interestingly, the survey found that 70 per cent of the founders had experience working at multinational companies before starting on their own.
Qualcomm, the global developer of wireless technologies and data solutions, will soon invest in Indian wireless communications and semiconductor start-up companies through its arm Qualcomm Ventures. It will focus on Indian start-ups and private companies that serve the mobile and semiconductor ecosystem in India through innovation in mobile application and platform software developers, semiconductor components, devices & service platforms & network infrastructure providers.
20 start-ups that beat decades old companies in valuations.
Dayakar Pushkoor, founder partner of Naya Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, lists what young aspiring entrepreneurs should know and do before they start-up and how they can raise money from VCs.
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.
Suchana Seth, the CEO of an AI start-up arrested for allegedly killing her four-year-old son, was quiet throughout her journey from Goa to Karnataka in a taxi, said the driver of the vehicle on Friday.
How do you balance the demands of an expanding business with the desire to retain the culture that made you successful?
the defence ministry told Parliament on Monday that foreign procurement in defence has risen to Rs 50,061 crore (Rs 500.61 billion) in 2021-2022 from Rs 37,030 crore (Rs 370.30 billion) in 2017-2018.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
'In certain sectors we want to become catalysts, in others we want to encourage.' S D Shibulal discusses Axilor Ventures with Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan.
Medha is an organisation created with the idea of bringing in better employment opportunities and life for educated youth.
Prabowo was accused in the late 1980s of making a number pro-democracy activists mysteriously disappear and for human rights abuses in the provinces of East Timor and Papua and was denied a visa to the US.
Among India's tech companies, education-associated start-ups are the worst affected, recording the maximum number of layoffs.
The excitement around e-commerce is real but the valuations may be a bubble
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US.
The survey was conducted by Bengaluru-based start-up MyNoticePeriod.com.
Indian fintechs and associated entities are hoping that the Union Budget 2024 will provide a boost and empower firms to extend their reach beyond Tier-II regions, with an emphasis on supporting enterprises led by women. The fintech industry, which has witnessed regulatory reforms over the last year, expects the Budget, scheduled to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, will further encourage financial inclusion, empower micro-small-medium enterprises (MSMEs) with lending solutions, and push for upskilling initiatives for the country's young workforce.
Experts argue that the top two players in each category will receive funding sooner or later, but for laggards, the market is still challenging
GenNext Innovation Hub is also pursuing a new global partnership program to collaborate with organizations in US, Europe and Asia.
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
If you don't design a winning culture, a culture will get created by default. And, most often than not, it's not pretty, says well-known Indian American venture capitalist, Desh Deshpande.
Why top executives are trading cushy jobs for start-ups
Modi will get the maximum chunk of the session time.
After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
Every start-up's dream is to become a unicorn.
Set up by three former NDTV executives, the company is targeting premium restaurants in Delhi-NCR
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