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.
Designing is another critical area for him, especially in the business of furniture.
GenNext Innovation Hub is also pursuing a new global partnership program to collaborate with organizations in US, Europe and Asia.
The tax forces young startups to part with a portion of the capital they have raised from investors due to disagreements over the valuation of the company by Income Tax officials.
During its summer placements in 2006, six start-up companies had visited the IIM-A campus for the first time, of which six students had interned with them.
Schmidt had a closed-door meeting with four start-ups in Bangalore.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a pitch for electing a strong and stable government in an uncertain world beset by geopolitical tensions as the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its manifesto, prioritising development and welfare while shunning populist measures and contentious issues like the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Serial entrepreneur Tarun Uppal reflects upon the mistakes and the lessons learned along the way.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
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From an idea inititated in a hostel room, Hearing Plus went on to become a national chain of hearing treatment clinics.
At present,Satish Khanna he is associated with companies such as Fullife Healthcare, Kagashin, Hi Tech, Provivi, Status Quo and Concord.
As with stocks, real estate and art, investing in start-ups has emerged as an asset class in itself.
The traditional model of IT is being commoditised and players are losing margins. Industry needs to focus on innovation-based start-ups for next round of growth.
Robotics start-ups in India are finally making their presence felt. Be it the education or industrial and commercial segments, these start-ups are standing up and getting noticed for their inventions.
India ranks third among global startup ecosystems.
He underlined the need for industrial parks and white-collared environment
After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
Real time traffic updates and solutions to negotiate peak hour traffic with ease is what will make this start-up story a success, believe its co-founders.
Jaitley assured that both the banking system and the government will make the resources available to them.
The government's Swachh Bharat programme presents entrepreneurs with a chance to curb open defecation and make money in the process.
Mass mobility in India is in a race when the light turns from yellow to green. Just that this moment has lasted three years. The renewed enthusiasm, however, indicates that the lights may finally be about to change, says Patanjali Pahwa.
The microfinance vertical of the bank will provide loans of Rs 80,000 to Rs 1,00,000.
An interview with Sridhar Ramaswamy,Senior vice-president, ads and commerce, Google.
The Congress has so far announced 82 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls beginning April 19.
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India plans IPO rule changes to lure homegrown start-ups.
Forbes India recently released the list of start-ups to watch out for in the year 2012. Read on to know the magazine's list of top 11 promising start-ups.
With its fleet of nearly 1,000 electric three-wheelers in Delhi-NCR, it moves around 100,000 commuters daily. The company will use the funding to rapidly increase its fleet size within Delhi-NCR as well as other key cities around the country.
'People don't know even 20 percent of what I did.'
India and China recently held a fresh round of high-level military talks to resolve the border row that witnessed both sides agreeing to maintain "peace and tranquillity" on the ground but there was no indication of any breakthrough.
In 2014, the country witnessed 800 new companies starting up, taking the total number of start-ups to 3,100, Nasscom said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the interim Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offers the "guarantee" of strengthening the foundation of a developed India and carries the "confidence of continuity".
Challenges notwithstanding, there are handful of players who continue to stand tall and scale-up their business. Many of these are taking inspiration from hyper-local grocery and food-delivery business to go full stack, says Sangeeta Tanwar.
'There is little point in getting adoption without profit sustainability or the converse.' 'This is the dilemma that many Indian innovators face,' says R Gopalakrishnan.
Mukund Mohan, Microsoft Ventures India director, to head US, China, India operations.
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.
Sukhu said that he was a warrior and will fight till his last to ensure the welfare of the state and its people.
With more and more youngsters preferring to shop online, the credit appetite has surged.
The govt could allow start-ups and e-commerce cos to appropriate initial brand building expenses over several years for accounting benefits
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