Startups, guide your way to cloud
Isn’t this such an exciting time, when so much is happening in the startup arena? Technology-based startups bet on their ideas and work towards giving life to their dreams over a period. Ideas which...
View ArticleHow these students from 49 remote village schools are learning in...
The Indian government has achieved significantly in strengthening the rates of children’s enrollment to school. But, the real problem is in their learning outcomes. 85 percent of the 1.3 million...
View ArticleDental surgeon-turned-entrepreneur rides the mobile revolution with Queppelin
In 2013, on behalf of the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications, Cologne Institute for Economic Research conducted a study that revealed that India’s per capita GDP will grow by $51 per...
View ArticleWhat we learnt while raising capital for Treebo Hotels in a peak and in a trough
If you have interacted with anyone in the startup ecosystem in the last 9-12 months, chances are it would have taken only a few minutes for your conversation to drift towards the gloomy investment...
View ArticleWhy success of on-demand laundry and beauty verticals is actually a mirage
Being a startup journalist and ecosystem observer over the last five years I have seen rise of Internet commerce, payment, technology and many peripheral verticals. In 2010-11, online retail...
View ArticleThis Ahmedabad startup is changing the way we approach pathology
Airmed Pathology Labs is a home service health test platform that provides quality care and wellness packages to patients. Healthcare is one of the toughest businesses to venture into. In a field that...
View Article3 legacy bankers build IBSFINtech to manage $20BN treasury market
There are 6,200-plus companies in India, with turnover in excess of $74 million, which are dependent on spreadsheets and legacy ERP systems to manage critical treasury decision-making, resulting in...
View ArticleIs Binny Bansal-backed food startup Yumlane the FMCG of the future?
You know what they say–third time’s the charm, but only if you do not let yourself fail in vain the first two times. Your eventual meeting with success won’t occur if you do not extract every learning...
View ArticleBootstrapped Jumbogrocery claims Rs 50 lakh monthly revenue, profit
Jumbogrocery is a Delhi-based B2B grocery platform for hotels, restaurants, and caterers. If grocery shopping for everyday needs can be difficult, one can only imagine how stressful it would be to...
View ArticleTraining over 50,000 students in critical thinking, Open Door seeks to mould...
Open Door is a platform that helps children learn math and science content with a focus on concepts and scientific thinking. After quitting his job at Ashok Leyland to pursue teaching, 30-year-old IIT...
View ArticleWhat made this VC turn into a food entrepreneur with Twigly
The Internet restaurant based in Delhi is an online kitchen that delivers lunches and dinners within a 45-minute timeframe. While we usually just have to worry about getting a table at our favourite...
View ArticleA tale of two coders and how they created Knowlarity, Asia’s No.1 in cloud...
Growing up, Ambarish Gupta saw the spirited town of Kanpur, once known as the Manchester of the East, go into a state of stupor. The prime example was the Lal Imli Mill–one of the most successful...
View ArticleBangalore’s Lavelle Networks turbo-charges legacy lines with the cloud
Every corporate is looking for software that can use the cloud to connect with their global applications, regardless of the private network in each office. Imagine you are a global automobile...
View ArticleThis Purdue University grad aims to find drugs for rare genetic disorders
Aten Porus is a biotechnology startup that focuses on drug discovery for rare and orphan diseases. Aditya Kulkarni, a PhD in chemical biology and drug delivery systems from Purdue University, felt...
View ArticlePatna-based RailRestro makes it easier to get quality meals on trains
RailRestro is an online platform that ensures that people get quality food during their train journeys. While 31-year-old Seema Suresh, a software professional from Bengaluru, loved train journeys,...
View ArticleThis startup’s B-plan and dream is to make yours come true
There will always be some things that money can’t buy. But two Mumbai-based people are making sure they do everything in their power to shorten that list more and more. All you need is a stroke of...
View ArticleFreelancing and collaboration is the future of work: Collaborizm founder
Collaboration was the objective of Globalisation 2.0. But thanks to skewed tax systems, trade protectionism, currency manipulation and nations looking inward globalisation has taken a hit. However,...
View ArticleKarnataka pushes for agritech startups, sets up Rs 10cr fund
The state government believes there is a huge opportunity for startups in organics and that these startups may eventually get acquired by larger behemoths once they see value. Startups, take note. The...
View ArticleHow this 27-year-old brought Justin Bieber to India
I heard of a 27-year-old EDM and commercial music enthusiast who has bet gigabucks to bring one of the world’s most raging pop sensations to India. A cross between the impulsive and arrogant Mark...
View ArticleWhy Chetan Maini’s Sun Mobility is betting big on renewable energy
After more than 18 years of building an electric car and the frustrations that followed, finally, there is financial and policy backing for Chetan to go all out on solar energy and electric vehicle...
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