When Avijit Sarkar was planning to set up a fintech start-up last year, he wanted to do it in the US, so that he would have access to a larger market. But, he soon realised that the incorporation expenses were high, and getting a visa could be difficult. He came across Estonia’s startup pro…
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For IT industry, GST roll-out a $1 b business
The Indian IT industry is chasing a $1 billion opportunity with the advent of the GST regime, at a time when the sector is going through a bad patch with a slowing demand environment. Industry observers feel that the GST roll-out will provide the sector an opportunity akin to the Y2K phenomenon, …
Success rate among Indian start-ups is good: IT expert
Hyderabad: Mortality rate among start-ups in India is not alarming, and their success ratio is actually good and on par with global trend, said an expert in information technology (IT) industry. “In the start-up industry (in India), if you look at ten companies at least three or four will s…
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…
Compensation & benefits strategy for small businesses
Attracting top talent is critical to growing a business. The natural instinct of an entrepreneur is to hire top talent quickly and not let paucity of talent result in a loss of business opportunity. This leads to high salaries and benefits being offered — especially for niche technical skil…
Goa Budget: Rs 169 cr boost for IT industry, start-ups to get financial aid
Porvorim: While Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar appeared to have addressed all the demands of the industry lobbies, the state budget was quite spartan in its mention of Goa’s industrial and manufacturing sector. Though Parrikar gave his commitment to improve Goa’s performance on the e…
Free business websites for Indian SMEs and start-ups organised by SEOFIED
As the saying goes, “there are no free lunches in the world” yet here is an organisation that proposes to do just that for you. The story of a social initiative in Odisha that aims to encourage and motivate digital transformation of an entire nation. Collaborating with startups, small and medium …
Can India produce global start-ups?
In October 2015, the IT industry body Nasscom proclaimed that India had overtaken Israel to become the third largest ecosystem with 4,200 start-ups, next only to the US and the UK. Some of these start-ups operate globally and are valued at several billion dollars. But we are yet to see a truly gl…
Dentist gear sourcing start-up eyes $ 2m Series A
Digital technologies have been disrupting several traditional businesses. Dental practice has not yet, relatively, seen a digital transformation. Dental practice requires a lot of tools and equipment, but dentists find it difficult to procure them, especially in Tier-II and III cities. Seeing sev…
NASSCOM says IPR policy welcome step for IT industry & startups
The software industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) welcomed the National intellectual property rights policy, which was approved by the Cabinet on May 13. Nasscom said it “applauds it (policy) for encompassing the entire value chain spanning across …