India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the "fail fast" culture.
Practising Indira Gandhi's brand of socialism today will not just be anachronistic but also economically harmful.
Winners were chosen from 200 applicants; made a pitch to 10 investors for Rs 10 lakh funding each against 8% equity.
Saikat Ghosh, founder and CEO of Taskera says young entrepreneurs must be prepared to take risks and carve their own niche.
Underscoring the need to boost the start-up ecosystem, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it will simplify rules and regulations which impede their growth and ensure that an entrepreneur does not have to run from "pillar to post" to start a business.
Hiring a legal expert will help you pre-empt crises and mitigate losses.
Though fundraisings for startups still rank amongst the biggest deals struck this year, the average ticket size has fallen sharply, says Una Galani.
These companies were identified through the India Innovation Growth Programme, an innovation contest through which the US firm identifies Indian research and development potential.
As the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, startups and technology firms are realising the burnout effect it is having on employees. Many have shortened their work weeks to four days, while others have made provisions for more time off for employees to help them rejuvenate or care for loved ones.
Zerodha and True Beacon co-founder Nikhil Kamath, along with Abhijeet Pai, has invested in Omnipresent Robot Tech through their investment arm Gruhas Proptech. This round also saw co-investments from Kavin Shah, and other individual high networth individual (HNIs), according to a statement released on Thursday. However, the amount invested by Kamath and Pai has not been disclosed.
Every entrepreneur should accept these truths before taking the plunge
An initiative of Nandan Nilekani's EkStep Foundation, people+ai on Tuesday unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, dubbed 'Adbhut India' (Amazing India). It aims to harness AI as a powerful tool to enhance the lives of all Indians. The event marked the rollout of several initiatives by people+ai that are focused on discovering, demonstrating, and disseminating population-scale AI use cases for India.
Working for a start-up is not the career suicide it is made out to be. It is, rather, professionally and personally very rewarding.
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Of the first 189 whose credentials have been probed from the 400 applicants till date, barely 30 make it - and only one qualifies for IPR benefits.
The survey was conducted by Bengaluru-based start-up MyNoticePeriod.com.
The joint venture will look at long-term, patient investments on solutions that don't lend to an IPO or exit on valuation basis.
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.
The final guidelines should be there in 3-4 months.
Interestingly, the survey found that 70 per cent of the founders had experience working at multinational companies before starting on their own.
From defining job profiles to employee relations and grievance management, one cannot ignore the role of a human resource manager in a start-up, says Saurabh Deshpande
The eyewear market in India is worth $3 billion.
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.
Modi will get the maximum chunk of the session time.
In India, where it is tougher to do business, a start-up gets established by the Series-B stage, and it gets expensive for investors.
Will they catch the next Google and Apple at the right time?
Every start-up's dream is to become a unicorn.
'If you yourself don't believe in the product, you will never be able to sell it.' 'If you have got the basics right, if you have understood the consumer needs well, success will always follow.'
The lock-in would be for a period of six months.
Founders should have faith in themselves, their vision and their team, feels Infosys founder Narayana Murthy.
There's little interest in seed funding now as investors are finding it a risky proposition.
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.
Amazon is working on deepening its engagement with young technology companies in the country.
Overall, it has projected a 10.3% salary rise for India Inc in 2016 compared to 10.6% in 2015.
Indian startups are expected to raise $8-12 billion this year, a top official of venture capital firm Peak XV said on Monday, highlighting that the country's startup ecosystem is the most vibrant in the world. Speaking at StartUp Mahakumbh, Peak XV managing director Rajan Anandan said around $20 billion of private capital is lying uninvested and is committed for investment in private firms and startups in India.
20 start-ups that beat decades old companies in valuations.
The Tata group is planning a big splash.
The issue is if you don't know why customers are buying what you have to offer or worse if you don't even know exactly who your customers are.
Market regulator Sebi to support stert-ups raise funds.
These start-ups are different from the ones that have made it big in India.
