If you are a cricket enthusiast, which should be a high probability scenario for an Indian, then you would have heard the phrase ‘accelerate the innings’ or ‘pace the innings’. The term is normally used when a newcomer is at the crease and is guided by a relatively experienced batsman at the othe…
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What are the litigation & legal liability risks your start-up can face?
Start-ups are creating a buzz in the business world nowadays. Every other day people are coming with an innovative idea to start their start-up, and some of them have been very successful. The concept of start-ups has transformed the whole way of doing business. Even, India is experiencing variou…
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 …
India gives “wonderful opportunity” to help scale tech start-ups & SMBs: IBM CEO
Mumbai: India is witnessing one of the most pervasive adoptions of digital technologies in the world, IBM CEO Virginia ‘Ginny’ Rometty said here on February 16. She said digital adoption could be seen across enterprises in areas like telecommunications, financial services and industri…
NASSCOM Japan expresses interest in tie-up with Assam govt
In a bid to boost Assam’s agriculture, food processing and tourism sectors, NASSCOM Japan Council has expressed its keen interest in a tie-up with the state government in the ‘Start-up, Stand-up’ initiative. NASSCOM Chief Yukio Takeyari, leading a three-member Japanese delegatio…
Tech start-ups & academia: How Indian Institute of Science is showing the way
The technology industry has had a long standing relationship with the academia with the latter’s breakthrough research activities forming the framework for commercially viable products and services that find a ready market. A similar budding alliance is now being forged between Indian tech start-…
Govt in talks with start-ups to push contactless payment
The government is in talks with technology providers to encourage the adoption of new cashless technologies such as contactless payments that use sound waves and near-field communication. “We are looking at a lot of new technologies that enable cashless transactions with less investment on infras…
Kratikal Tech raises close to $500k in seed funding
Cybersecurity start-up Kratikal Tech Pvt. Ltd. on said it has raised seed funding from former Director of Microsoft India Praveen Dubey, along with Amajit Gupta, former managing director Juniper Networks India and J.P. Bhatt, Chief Executive of ImpactQA. Kratikal has raised close to $500,000, sai…
Year in Review: 8 moments in 2016 that changed India’s start-up ecosystem
As we stand at the cusp of 2017, it’s time to gather one’s thoughts regarding the year that passed us by. For startups in India, 2016 proved to be the year for consolidation and transition, where entrepreneurial mindset metamorphosed from a gold rush-like mentality into an ecosystem where p…
Start-ups need constant reinvention: Manish Choudhary, Pitney Bowes India
New Delhi: This has been a tough year for start-ups—grappling with multiple challenges from funding squeeze to valuations downgrade. In an e-mail interaction, Manish Choudhary, senior vice president, global innovation & Managing Director, India, Pitney Bowes discusses the start-up ecosystem i…