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.
Their investments in start-ups exceed Rs 1,000 crore at present.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
A total of 728 applications have been received till July 18, 2016 for Start Up recognition.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
'Each day, while interacting with scores of people, all with demands and expectations of their own, holding one's own fort is of paramount importance. 'One must always have the vision which will guide the journey,' says Dinesh Goel, a chemical engineer from IIT-B, co-founder and CEO, AasaanJobs.com, an online marketplace for entry-level and blue-collar job seekers.
'Some of these companies are India focused, some are overseas focused and some companies are focused on both.' Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California.
An average team even with a great idea can spell the death of a start-up.
Founded in 2015, Meesho is one of the country's fastest growing social commerce platforms, and provides small and independent entrepreneurs with products and tools to start, maintain, and grow their businesses. Facebook's interest in the digital commerce follows Reliance Industries' entry into the hybrid e-commerce ecosystem.
Besides electric vehicles, some start-ups present are working in the area of bike customisation, motorsports, auto gaming arena, autonomous vehicle and so on
With the rise of ultra-luxury housing in India comes ultra-customised marketing. Developers selling high-end homes, priced above Rs 20 crore, are moving away from traditional marketing for these homes to newer methods, such as painstaking profiling of customers before showing them the property, augmented reality for visualisation of interior decor, virtual tours, and closed-door international shows. There is also marketing through online ads, social media influencers, and exclusive memberships.
'Once I was ready with my product I started looking for funding and realised people would not understand how a woman could, without a technology or an IIT/M background, be running the business alone.' 'Today when I connect the dots I feel grateful about how I have been able to overcome and learn with every failure.'
Qualcomm has been playing a key role driving India's wireless revolution
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
Start-up entrepreneur Shradha Sharma charts out five sureshot ways to start-up success.
While a three-year tax holiday and relaxation of capital gains for funds have been received favourably, others argue that not enough has been announced.
Read on to learn how you can get funding for your business right now!
Bags long-term outsourcing deal from Allied Irish Banks
These incubators, realising the importance of the intervention, have stepped in to develop and launch new ventures in the country.
India's first angel-backed start-up accelerator VentureNursery will train them intensely for 13 weeks after which they will get to pitch for seed funding.
Interning with a big brand allows you to interact with experienced professionals from different departments of the company.
Led by a new generation of entrepreneurs, India's family offices are shifting from traditional investments in physical and tangible assets like real estate to investing in technology, healthcare, and retail stocks. This new wave of family offices is engaging in stock market investments, including pre-IPO placements and secondary market operations. "Born into a world of technology, the next generation, especially those born after 2000, view technology as equally crucial as finance for running a business.
Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
The idea is to create a start-up-like activity with a small business unit.
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
Talvinder Singh, founder of Tushy.com, an online marketplace lists out seven key tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.
How about working for a company without pay just to learn various skills?
India is the next major breeding ground for start-ups.
What would you rather be -- a clerk at work or a contributing member of a project?
Presenting a list of the brightest and most promising companies from India that made it to TechSparks 2013, a technology product recognition platform.
Menlo Park Mayor Catherine Carlton is leading a 3-member team to Kerala.
To promote entrepreneurship in India's tier-II and tier-III cities, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande's Deshpande Foundation will open the sandbox in Hubballi. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
'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.
The internship, with all its highs and lows, changed the way that I deal with life now.
With future prospects being difficult to predict, hiring for a short period is proving to be cost-effective
Vijay Anand, vice president (new ventures), Rural Technology and Business Incubator, at IIT-Madras, is the man behind incubating new ideas for rural India.
'The jungles of Doda covers about 250 km.' 'Sleeper cells are providing active help to the terrorists.' 'The terrain and situation is such that it is not possible to keep track of every inch.'
