'Digital India is the biggest experiment that will transform India if Modi gets it right.'
The whole game is about 'who wants who' more desperately?
They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.
The policy aims to create around 5,000 startups, including 10 global high-growth startups, and to create a minimum of 100,000 high skilled job creation, direct and indirect, in the startup ecosystem by 2023.
For the new millennium generation, slowly and at an accelerating pace, it is attractive to harbour a start-up ambition, says R Gopalakrishnan.
The firm now has employee strength of 344,691.
No longer an in-house task; hiring legal eagles is now becoming norm for M&As, fundraising
There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the man
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How do you balance the demands of an expanding business with the desire to retain the culture that made you successful?
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.
They encouraged start-ups to pay for acquiring customers rather than focusing on the business fundamentals.
'Our brothers and sisters are headed to Paris, hungry for medals. A billion of us will be watching them nervous and excited as our athletes set foot in the tracks and fields and courts and rings.'
Speed-job dating is becoming popular among job-seekers and employers.
John Chambers, executive chairman of Cisco, can talk about new age technology, artificial intelligence and crickets - insects being used as super food - all in the same breath.
Their investments in start-ups exceed Rs 1,000 crore at present.
From teaching to YouTube, these ideas will help students chase their dreams early on.
Morgan Stanley writing down its investment in the e-commerce leader by 27 per cent does not augur well for the sector.
'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.
'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.
A total of 728 applications have been received till July 18, 2016 for Start Up recognition.
Start-up entrepreneur Shradha Sharma charts out five sureshot ways to start-up success.
'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
What are the reasons why a girl's education falls by the wayside? Why was Safeena a casualty too? Maybe because the education system doesn't give youngsters enough options? Or there are societal issues or pressures?
'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.
Besides electric vehicles, some start-ups present are working in the area of bike customisation, motorsports, auto gaming arena, autonomous vehicle and so on
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.
To take the 'Idea to Enterprise' journey, you need to be open about your idea and articulate it to potential customers, existing entrepreneurs, experts in your industry and well-wishers.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
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.
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.
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Kirani, is passionate about working with start-ups when they are at the ideation stage.
'The top five IT giants are not hiring, but most of the freshers want to start their careers with the top five IT firms.' 'In today's scenario this is a challenge.'
