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Satyam fraud, a great team, and a key acquisition: the making of VeriFirm
The Satyam Fraud of 2009 wiped out many an investor’s savings, and made many others cautious and suspicious of investing in general. But not many know that it even inspired a company. Kiran Bafna, one...
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How watching Gangs of Wasseypur gave this...
Jiya tu hajaar saala Jiya ho tu bhor ba lala Jiya tu hajaar sala Jiya tu hajaar Tani naachi ke Tani gaayi ke, Tani naachi gaayi sabke mann behlawa re bhaiya… We are all familiar with these lines from...
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How this mother-son duo has transformed the meaning of ‘Ghar ka Khanna’ with...
Munaf Kapadia and his mother, Nafisa Kapadia, were having lunch at their home in Colaba on a Saturday afternoon in November 2014. However, instead of just the mother and son enjoying a good Bohri...
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RBI allows startups with overseas unit to open foreign currency accounts
Reserve Bank today allowed start-ups with an overseas subsidiary to open foreign currency accounts abroad to credit foreign exchange earnings from exports and sales made by them. In line with the...
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How LogiNext is speeding up the growth path by solving logistics problems of...
During the early years of this decade, there was a surge in e-commerce, hyperlocal commerce, and on-demand services where a lot of startups and even large companies jumped in. But, companies failed to...
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An estimated revenue of Rs 10 lakh from B2B services alone: Growth story of...
Getting reliable laundry service is a common problem for many working professionals who live away from home. Gaurav Agarwal, Co-founder of Pick My Laundry, faced the same plight and decided to seize a...
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3 stages I went through from a student to founder of four successful businesses
I was born in a middle-class family. I grew up surrounded with many “uncles” who only used to talk business, including my dad. It was a good place to start my entrepreneurial journey. I started my...
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Finance and technology – a tango over the decades
The month is beginning and you’re eagerly awaiting that ping, which announces your salary has been credited. By the fifth of the month, you’re busy in a meeting and a small ping notifies you that the...
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The Entrepreneur Podcast interviews Asia’s entrepreneurs and chronicles their...
In his fifteen year corporate career Rajiv Unnikrishnan flirted with several startup ideas, but ultimately remained loyal to his tech employers. Things changed when he started listening to podcasts...
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How he turned his granny’s lifelong wish of feeling respected into a business
“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die” – Mik Everette. But now, if you want to view yourself through the passionate rose-coloured glasses of a literary aficionado, you need not woo...
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How this Jalandhar-based startup is targeting the Rs 1,000-cr organic...
Most startup ideas originate with college students, second-time entrepreneurs or to solve a pain-point. Lovely Lifestyle was born from a mix of the above. Vaibhav Mittal, a Computer Science Engineer...
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[YS lounge] If startup founders had to replace Raghuram Rajan, who would it be?
The media had a field day earlier this week, when RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan made his decision to not seek a second term, public. Rajan, whose term ends on September 4, 2016, announced this decision...
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No more failed delivieries! Smartbox provides ATM-like terminals for online...
Online shopping portals often make themselves out to be a genie that grants your wishes while all you have to do is rub a credit card and press a few buttons. And while this new wave is tailor-made...
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A 22-year-old gamer’s first gig, Mumbai-based ‘Pixeltek’ is now a gaming and...
Gamer Vitek Goyal hatched a plan B with doubled up as his B-Plan, when he was but 22 and doing what he did best: slamming it out on his console. “I had been a gamer ever since I was a little kid, and...
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Bengaluru-based YoRide is your all-in-one app for intra city travel
The idea of all the transport options, including local buses and metro rail, in one app is not just an idea any more. Bengaluru-based startup Dhii Systems recently came up with an app, which aims to...
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9 early-stage startups that pitched at Seedstars Bengaluru for a chance to...
Seedstars World, a global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets, recently held the Bengaluru leg of its competition at Tech Hub, with startups pitching for five minutes followed by cross...
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Indian startups that courted trouble in the US
The stand-off between startups and the authorities is out in the open in India. Many startups have been dragged to court by the authorities for flouting norms and have found themselves embroiled in a...
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How HyperTrack is building a B2B startup without the sales team
Product development is the most crucial part of any startup journey, but having a super savvy sales team to complement the development effort has its equal importance. While we hardly see any B2B...
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This Indore-based food and beverage startup is bootstrapping its way in...
It was a warm summer of 2014. Abhishek Bardia and his wife Shikha Jain were enjoying a fun conversation during a holiday in Mauritius. During the course of the conversation, they decided to start...
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How this table-booking platform helps restaurants become smart and efficient
The concept of table reservation was introduced in India in the early years of this decade. However, in the US, the idea predates this millennium. Amar Krishna, Cofounder, Cuiserve In 2012, when...
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