'It was the early days of my 5th standard school vacation, and my mother asked me, 'Robotics classes or swimming classes for the weekends?' I chose robotics classes because technology fascinated me.'
A Chinese rocket start-up has suffered yet another launch failure, resulting in the loss of three satellites as part of a commercial constellation being assembled for global weather forecasting and earthquake prediction.
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
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
Directors look at ways to avoid overstretched valuations.
'Even if you are aping the West, if you customise the idea for the Indian market, localise it based on the Indian ethos, it will succeed.'
Babychakra's online community has 500,000 mothers seeking advice and support and who share lessons learnt on their journey through pregnancy and parenthood.
'Volumes in F&O trading had gone up rapidly and, in a way, the increase in STT on F&O will protect investor interest.'
In a start-up set up, nothing is fixed, not even your job-description
Technology infrastructure solves many problems, but it cannot build roads or bridges and provide clean water. However, such activities are essential for human progress, and their creation provides jobs, says R Gopalakrishnan.
Eleven start-ups completed a programme launched by Gennext Ventures.
India emerges as a top destination to set up incubators for global firms
From a modest two-bedroom apartment in Koramangala, the Bengaluru-headquarted company now has multiple offices across the country.
Consolidated earnings for oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) may report sequential weakness, and modest year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in the June 2024 quarter (Q1FY25), said analysts. Lower refining margins are expected to moderate gains made from other businesses. RIL is slated to report its financial performance for Q1FY25 on July 19.
Avoiding these common mistakes will help you scale your business.
'The noise that we are hearing is because the five big IT players are not hiring significantly.'
From $10 billion deployed in Indian start-ups in 2017, $6 billion went to unicorns
Persistence is the name of the game, says Vineet Bajpai.
Business success often involves a combination of planning, implementation, and continuous learning, says rediffGURU Harsh Bharwani.
Despite all the incentives, the start-ups' mega event fell short of expectations
Edtech company Byju's, which was once India's most valuable start-up worth an estimated $22 billion, will face insolvency proceedings for failure to pay Rs 158.9 crore to cricket board BCCI. The Bengaluru bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday allowed bankruptcy proceedings against the firm and appointed an interim resolution professional, suspending the company's board of directors and freezing its assets.
Nasscom is sending team there to check out ways of accessing markets, funding and the technology landscape.
The country will witness a mushrooming of technology start-ups over the next five years.
Fintech firm MobiKwik on Monday filed a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), for its initial public offering (IPO). According to its DRHP, the company plans to raise Rs 1,900 crore, which includes a fresh issue of Rs 1,500 crore and an offer for sale of Rs 400 crore. The selling shareholders include American Express Travel, Bajaj Finance, Cisco Systems and Sequoia Capital India, besides founder Bipin Preet Singh. MobiKwik is the latest among tech majors wanting to list on stock exchanges. Food delivery start-up Zomato will launch its IPO on Wednesday.
Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems
From 50 stores Vimal Textiles aims to have 150 in 3 years.
'Today's engineering graduates have to learn the skills to solve problems which is actually a higher order skill.'
Rs 1,000 crore for promotion of start ups.
Rohit Gawli, who co-founded The Lokal Kitchen in the lockdown, shares some interesting career lessons.
Presenting a list of the most trending jobs in the start-up world.
'From our survey we found that there was a problem in the agricultural sector and drones could solve the problem.'
'If you go on with your start up ensure that you put all your might behind it.' 'Ensure that you talk to a lot of people and bounce off your ideas before you go out and make a pitch.'
If it helps the business, go ahead and do it, says Anurag Srivastava, co-founder, BigStylist.com.
Business chambers now inviting start-ups for membership.
CoLife offers shared living and working spaces under the brands CoLive247 and CoWork247.
There are around 4,500 tech-based start-ups in India.
Vogo, which has a fleet of over 12,000 vehicles mainly across Hyderabad, Mysuru and Bengaluru, is also betting big on India's growing traffic congestion.
India needs to invest a lot more money in science research and translate this research into products and solutions for its people, says trustee at the Infosys Science Foundation and co-founder at Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan.
Managing human resources remains a major and under-appreciated challenge for most start-ups.
