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Venture capital funding shows marked interest and increasd flow of funds into domestic startups
This year, 2015, will happen to be another year of record funding, surpassing all the funds flowing into the market through venture capital funds, in 2014. It totals to about 15,600 crore for the start ups in India, this year. This is due to the interest generated in domestic startups globally. The funds flowing in […]
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CULTUREALLEY – Interactive, Adaptive and Amalgamation of languages
Learning a new language is a drudging process. It is tiresome and requires a lot of practice and tough grind. Most of us are too occupied with our lives to take out the time required in learning a new dialect. Many people also give up due to constant disappointments. Nishant, an IIT-Bombay graduate, and Prashu […]
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The biggest risk is not taking any risk
The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
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Blackberry sprucing up Indian startups with new IoT innovations
Blackberry is in to create quite a stir with its new app Viki, with its contenders Google Now and Apple’s Siri towing Blackberry quite closely. The app Viki works for the 10 operating system for Blackberry using natural language processor and artificial intelligence by which your search results are personalized over some time. Agrima Infotech […]
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If you believe it will work out
“If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.” – Wayne Dyer
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MCA notifies useful relaxations for startup companies
The Ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has put forward notifications in certain relaxations to be made in Companies Act, 2013. This includes, ease in acquiring shareholders’ debts, flexibility for share capitals and compliance burden to be reduced. MCA notifies useful relaxations for startup companies: Thus, entrepreneurs are looking to set up private companies instead of […]
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A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about
A ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about: 1. What its product is. 2. Who its customers are. 3. How to make money. —Dave McClure, 500Startups co-founder
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SEBI to introduce alternative home platform for startups
A side by side trading platform for startups on the internet is what the The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) plans to set up in the near future. The trading platform should be open to a large gamut of technology companies, as per the talks at SEBI’S board meeting, held every quarter. This […]
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The secret to successful hiring is this
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.” – Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.
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Aakar – Providing livelihood and sustainable solutions for the future
Venturing into women’s hygiene area for a man is unheard of; especially if they haven’t even seen an actual sanitary pad before. Little did the founders know that they were delving into the area of menstrual hygiene which is more or less considered a taboo. When the founders started off, both had never even seen […]