India’s new Goods and Services Tax (GST), its biggest tax reform since independence, will unify a $2 trillion economy into a single market – and demand massive changes for small businesses that will have to go online to file their taxes. Major software and service players, IT companie…
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Google to digitally unlock 41m SMBs under its umbrella
Google India aims to bring some 41 million Small and Medium Businesses under its umbrella, those which are still alienated from the digtial world through their Digital Unlocked programme. “According to a government estimate, there are 51 million SMBs (small and medium businesses) in the cou…
It’s time for start-ups to move to the next level: NASSCOM
The Indian start-up ecosystem is evolving and it is time for stakeholders to move to the next level and collaborate with the external eco-system, said KS Vishwanathan, Vice President at Nasscom. “It is now time for the companies to move to the next level of mid-stage and growth,” Vish…
Cloud storage firm NetApp launches its first start-up accelerator in India
US-based data storage and management company NetApp has announced the launch of its first startup accelerator in Bangalore. The programme, called NetApp Excellerator, is open to startups with solutions in Internet of Things, cloud, Big Data and analytics, machine learning, virtualisation, data se…
Google deepens engagement with Indian start-ups via Sand Hill programme
Technology giant Google is deepening its engagements with startups in India and is working with a bunch of “high growth“ ventures as part of a global programme to mentor and deepen its technical engagement with the potential winners of tomorrow. Over the past year, Google has been working with In…
Why are food-tech start-ups once again investors’ choice in India?
At a time when investors’ confidence in the Indian start-ups ecosystem shook in post 2015, questions were being raised on the survival of market-sensitive sectors. Food technology being the worst hit saw funding slump down to $80 million in 2017 from an attractive $500 million in 2014. Are food-t…
Start-ups will be the force multiplier to catapult country into a $10 t economy by 2030: iSpirt
India, which is in the midst of a startup boom, is ready to retake its place as a top five global economy by 2030, when its gross domestic product will cross $10 trillion. Sanjay Anandram, Advisor at iSpirt, a think tank for the Indian software products industry, said India is optimising to empow…
गूगल ने एक्सिलीरेटर कार्यक्रम के तहत 6 भारतीय स्टार्टअप को चुना
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How to uncomplicate your small business digital marketing strategies
Does your business get enough leads every month? Are you spending too much time and money on marketing? Getting more leads is often the number one wish-list item of a small business and those with an effective online presence find new ways to gain access to a new customer base. The ambit for digi…
Google ‘Solve for India’ campaign to help developers from emerging cities
Google announced a new “Solve for India” initiative that aims to expand and energise the start-up ecosystem in tier II cities across the country. The campaign will mentor and inspire upcoming entrepreneurs and startups in emerging cities like Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Indore, Nagpu…