Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
Around 6,967 tech employees lost their jobs in Bengaluru, the highest among Indian cities, partially because of its evolution in recent years as a start-up hub.
'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.
'People don't know even 20 percent of what I did.'
An average team even with a great idea can spell the death of a start-up.
'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.'
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
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.
Interning with a big brand allows you to interact with experienced professionals from different departments of the company.
Qualcomm has been playing a key role driving India's wireless revolution
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.
The chief executive officer of an artificial intelligence start-up allegedly killed her four-year-old son at a service apartment in Goa and stuffed his body in a bag before taking it to neighbouring Karnataka in a taxi, the police said on Tuesday.
Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
With the number of start-ups reaching the unicorn level falling drastically in 2023, the Hurun Unicorn Index said it has demoted eight gazelles - start-ups that were founded in 2000 and have the potential to go to unicorn in three years - to cheetahs.
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.
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Bags long-term outsourcing deal from Allied Irish Banks
Start-up entrepreneur Shradha Sharma charts out five sureshot ways to start-up success.
These companies were identified through the India Innovation Growth Programme, an innovation contest through which the US firm identifies Indian research and development potential.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Friday reeled out statistics to show how India has turned into an exporter of mobile phones from being an importer and how big tech companies -- from Apple to Google -- are lining up to become manufacturers in the country. He said after the fastest rollout of 5G mobile telephony services, India will lead the world on 6G. Recalling the launch of 5G technology in the country on October 1, 2022, he remarked that within a year there are about 5 lakh 5G base stations across the country.
The idea is to create a start-up-like activity with a small business unit.
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.
'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.
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) with a lock-in period performed better than the ones that allow investors to withdraw capital at any time. Close-ended schemes had a median return of 5.62 per cent in December, according to data from industry tracker PMSBazaar. The median returns for open-ended schemes were 3.91 per cent
One of the reasons behind the changing trend is that the applicants are spoiled for choice
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.
How about working for a company without pay just to learn various skills?
With future prospects being difficult to predict, hiring for a short period is proving to be cost-effective
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
The internship, with all its highs and lows, changed the way that I deal with life now.
What would you rather be -- a clerk at work or a contributing member of a project?
India is the next major breeding ground for start-ups.
Menlo Park Mayor Catherine Carlton is leading a 3-member team to Kerala.
Talvinder Singh, founder of Tushy.com, an online marketplace lists out seven key tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.
Presenting a list of the brightest and most promising companies from India that made it to TechSparks 2013, a technology product recognition platform.
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