India is the world’s third largest start-up ecosystem with over 4,200 start-ups in existence according to NASSCOM. Yet, in terms of VCs and angel networks, India compares poorly to the developed world. In the US alone, there are an estimated 1,300 venture funds in operation in contrast to a paltr…
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Focus to be on skill development in services sector: NSDC
Deoghar (Jharkhand), April 13 (IANS) Admitting that the manufacturing sector is not growing as expected, India’s premier skill development platform, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), is focusing more on the services sector — like tourism, hospitality and healthcare — to train mil…
Navigating success for start-ups in twenty first century market realities
The environment that a startup operates in is dynamic and intertwined with various dimensions – social, economic and political – resulting in a complex web of realities. Understanding the environment leads us to appreciate market realities. Appreciation of market realities leads us to…
6 key reasons why competition is good for start-ups
As a round off to last year’s festive season, the Indian startup industry has been witness to a lot of traded barbs between Flipkart and Amazon India, who are in a race to gain the top slot in e-Commerce. It is indicative of the competitive environment within which Indian startups have to make a …
Yatra.com | Creating happy travels with groundbreaking technologies
The money spent on travel is money spent well! And to make your “Yatra” even more pleasurable and the money spent much satisfactory, Yatra.com, a decade old online travel agent (OTA), is committed to creating happy travels with its huge hotel and travel agent network. “Yatra has a hard-to-duplica…
JetSetGo | A new generation of private aviation
Imagine this – Laying back on a cushy recliner, a glass of sparkling wine with the finest bubbles in one hand and favourite classic novel in the other, and quiet all around. Now pick this image and place it on the side of a window, peeping out of which you see those beautiful clouds and [&h…
Creating value: Why a start-up needs to sell more than just a product or service
The golden era of the startup ecosystem in India seems to have hit a rough patch with a lot of shutdowns, mergers, and acquisitions before stepping into 2017. Investments have slowed down by almost 24 per cent quarter-on-quarter, as investors are carefully scrutinising business economics, due d…
Why Uber’s investor Pishevar is bullish on Indian start-ups
Silicon Valley’s super angel investor in Uber who campaigned against Trump’s Presidency has expressed happiness about India seeing a return of its tech entrepreneurs from the US. Shervin Pishevar, the Tehran born executive chairman of Hyperloop One and co-founder of US based venture c…
Capital Float to disburse Rs5k cr in SME loans in FY18
New Delhi: SME lending platform, Capital Float, disbursed Rs1,000 crore in loans during the 10 months ended January 2017, and it expects to disburse Rs5,000 crore in the next one year, said top executives of the company. Bengaluru-based Capital Float is introducing more loan products, increasing …
Impressed Uber CEO offers onspot one-year deal to T-Hub start-up DesiOPT
DesiOPT- a T-Hub startup has signed a one-year deal with UBER USA in order to provide the STEM Talent-(Student, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to US. DesiOPT connects international students with employers in the US. The startup has been selected by Uber to boost their source of STEM ta…