The key to fulfillment is adversity – MyStory with YourStory
Let’s start with a simple exercise. All of you please close your eyes for 15 seconds and think about ONE or two defining moments of your life. Those moments that changed the trajectory of your life,...
View Article‘If the key metrics are growing, then the business is growing’ – 20 quotes...
From rural BPO to RoI metrics, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes...
View ArticleThe Mean Startup #05 :: When A Startup Founder Babysits
To share your experiences while navigating through the tricky world of startups, just mail me at themeanstartup@gmail.com or tweet to @TheMeanStartup and I’ll try to comicify them
View Article9 fund raising hacks for new entrepreneurs
Editor’s Note: We recently ran a story of Raghava KK , a New York-based artist turned entrepreneur, who shared his journey of raising $ 2 milloin for Flipsicle app in seed capital without power point...
View ArticleHere are the 10 early stage startups selected for AnthahPrerana 2014
Starting up a business is not an easy endeavour. The first few years lay the groundwork and base for things to come. So, it is important for startups to get the right kind of mentorship and guidance,...
View Article[Startup Watchlist] A dairy farm, the virtual cloud and experiences
Tackling obstacles: The fear of becoming irrelevant or getting hacked Subscribe for the newsletter Over the last two, weeks, the Startup Watchlist has been shipped differently- first, we mapped all the...
View ArticleIs India missing on the Bitcoin wave?
For so many people, bitcoin seems against the natural order of things they know. In 1999, Douglas Adams wrote an essay on the natural lifecycle for technologies. This is what it says. 1) everything...
View Article‘Seed funds need to refuel,’ Rajesh Sawhney on investing and GSF’s...
Rajesh Sawhney has been a prominent figure in the India startup space. Building Indiatimes.com in the early 2000′s, Rajesh has seen how the internet and technology scene in India has evolved in India....
View ArticleGrofers raises funding from Sequoia Capital, grows to 200+ people
Saurabh Kumar and Albinder Dhindsa Grofers is a Gurgaon based startup founded by Saurabh Kumar and Albinder Dhindsa that is building a system for on-demand logistics. The company has a fleet of foot...
View Article7 things you should be doing while your co-founder is busy building the product
People always hint at the ambiguity that surrounds the role of the non-tech co-founder in a startup. What is his role until the product is ready, is a question asked by many. Well, I was part of the...
View ArticleTelegram claims 50 million active users, delivers 1 billion messages daily
Early this year, we reported about Telegram’s growth and asked if Whatsapp should be wary of it? The way Whatsapp has taken off and the direction in which it is heading, it looks tough for anyone else...
View ArticleDelhi Government ‘bans’ Uber operations in the capital
The New Delhi Government has banned Uber from operating in the national capital after a cab driver with the company raped a woman passenger over the weekend. “The services of Uber have been...
View ArticlePrince of Qatar to invest rupees one lakh crores in Modi’s ‘smart city’ project
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have skipped Qatar while planing his foreign visits, the Prince of Qatar had his eye on one of the fastest growing economies of the world. Prince of Qatar...
View ArticleNow basket all those URLs you want to skim later
We usually spend close to four-eight hours every day on the Internet going through many links we come across via various sources. Your girlfriend sends you a list of dresses she wants to buy; friends...
View ArticleDon’t say no to wait-list railway tickets. ConfirmTkt predicts confirmation...
If you have tried booking a railway ticket at the last minute you’ll know that getting a confirmed ticket is close to impossible. The Tatkal service only allows you to book a day before your travel, so...
View ArticleTaking healthcare in remote areas to save a million lives – A3′s challenging...
A3rmt customizes wireless portable medical technology to tackle area-specific healthcare inefficiencies in emerging markets. Its impact could be massive. India is teeming with healthcare problems. Low...
View ArticleCollegedunia secures funding to reach 1 million monthly users and 30k colleges
The education sector in India is booming with aspiring students making sure they leave no stone unturned when it comes to researching prospective colleges, and competitive exams etc. A few years ago,...
View ArticleTips for e-commerce success and community building: in conversation with...
The recent YourStory Fireside Chat with Matrix Partners and LimeRoad was full of energy and in-depth conversation. LimeRoad Founder Suchi Mukherjee, Matrix’s Avnish Bajaj, and LimeRoad style director...
View ArticleePaisa – a digital payment, merchants loyalty program, all rolled into one
Ever heard of killing three birds with one stone? By bundling Ezetap, mSwipe like payment device with BillDesk type of utility payment, along with Payback.in’s loyalty program, ePaisa is attempting...
View ArticleQuestions are not such a bad thing after all!
An urgent mail from the boss, a midnight call or a suspicious SMS and your heart is racing. The voice of reason is muted by panic and fear. Worse, the already agitated neurons in your brain begin...
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