New Delhi: A key global business lobby group has petitioned the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to begin talks to open up cross-border digital trade for small and medium companies and allow them to sell their products across borders through e-Commerce. The International Chamber of Commerce has pro…
Non-tech companies acquiring tech start-ups rather than starting a software division from scratch
Harpreet Grover was at a crossroad last year -go it alone or get acquired. His hiring assessment company, CoCubes, which had 600 customers and $2 million in funding from Ojas Ventures, was in acquisition talks with HR consultancy and long-term customer, Aon Hewitt. But a private equity fund was o…
What can Indian entrepreneurs learn from start-ups in UK?
India is seeing a new wave of entrepreneurship with Indian start-up ecosystem being at an inflection point. Starting a business is a journey of successes and failures. The figures speak for themselves: more than one in three would-be entrepreneurs thinks about starting a business every day, but 7…
Investors get drawn towards SME IPOs
While large size IPOs are getting improved responses from investors, with some over subscribing two to four times on the main platforms of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE), SME IPOs are not lagging behind either. According to the investment bankers, investors’ t…
Must knows for a health-tech start-up
Tech start-ups have been a buzzword for a long time and the newest trend coming out of the Indian Silicon Valley is no doubt, a ‘Health Tech’ start-up. With the coming of Obamacare in the US in 2009, there mushroomed approximately a 100 Health Tech start-up companies in USA alone and an inflow of…
How can start-ups add value to IT services companies
Can IT services companies and new age start-ups form a good and profitable cocktail? IT services companies need to innovate and start-ups have an opportunity to capture the situation. Krishnakumar Natarajan, Executive Chairman at Mindtree spoke to the Entrepreneur India about the nuances of colla…
Challenge for start-ups to get funding: Kris Gopalakrishnan
Securing series C and beyond funding is a challenge for start-ups, information technology veteran and Infosys Co-Founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said as he called for a simple, orderly and fast-track mechanism to shut failed businesses. The start-ups scenario in India is pretty good but when those fi…
Paytm backs AI & Big Data driven healthtech start-up QorQL
Noida-based online healthcare startup QorQL has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from ecommerce and payments platform Paytm. Commenting on the investment, Sudhanshu Gupta, Vice President, Paytm said, “There is a need in the country for quality care at affordable costs and the sector large…
GST: संसद की मंजूरी के बाद अब मोदी करेंगे दर की बात
वस्तु एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) से जुड़े विधेयकों को संसद की मंजूरी मिलने के बाद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी अगले सप्ताह वरिष्ठï अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक कर सकते हैं। इस बैठक में कर की दरों की समीक्षा की जाएगी जिन्हें जीएसटी परिषद की अगले महीने होने वाली बैठक में मंजूरी के लिए रखा जाएगा। लोकसभा ने [&helli…
GST: A mix bag of opportunities & challenges for SMEs
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) is a destination-based tax applicable at multiple stages of production and rendering of goods & services and their distribution. Subsuming various indirect taxes such as entertainment tax, state and local tax, surcharge, excise duty, octroi, and others, the GST…