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An Intensity of Purpose
One of the most evocative songs to come out of India’s struggle for independence was ‘Ekla Cholo Re’. Penned in 1905 by Nobel prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, the title roughly translates to...
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A Japanese backpacker who came to India and ended up starting a company
Being a Murakami fan, I always relate the Japanese with meticulousness. When I was introduced to Naoki, marketing manager at Cloudlancer over email, my belief was only reinforced. After confirming the...
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Sowing seeds of friendship: the asparagus man from Kinnaur
In the heart of Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh where tourists on their way to the desolate yet beautiful valley of Lahaul and Spiti often stop by for a breather or some stretch-the-legs treks; there lives...
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12 success tips for startups – from Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal
PayPal founder Peter Thiel offers 12 useful tips for entrepreneurs based on his own experience in startups and investing. Aptly called ‘From Zero to One,’ his 210-page book makes for a quick and useful...
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Education startups on a roll. New Delhi-based Cue Learn and Bengaluru-based...
Almost a month after the big announcement of securing funds from Bill Gates, Unitus Seed Fund, has announced its seed round investment in Cue Learn Pvt. Ltd. and Curiositi. While New Delhi-based Cue...
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How ALTEM Technologies, backed by Stratasys and Dassault Systemes’, is...
It was 2010-11, when the term 3D printing was just beginning to enter the public mindset. More companies were realising the potential of 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing or rapid...
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Softbank invests $90 million in Housing.com
Softbank has added yet another Indian startup to its kitty. The Japanese investment fund has led a $90 million investment in Housing.com along with Falconedge and other investors, the two companies...
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Learning from China: connecting rural citizen to the digital revolution
With more than 80% of the China’s 885 million mobile phone subscribers using smartphones, the market is maturing and growth is slowing. Manufacturers and telcos are now focussing their attention on the...
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Calling closet poets, look what The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective is...
For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly. —Langston Hughes, ‘The Big Sea’ We are surrounded by poetry – in the intonation and rhythm of daily grind – but we fear it; are intimidated by it...
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[Techie Tuesdays] Journey of Aman Singla, AVP – Engineering at Housing.com
Aman Singla is the AVP Engineering at Housing.com. Aman has been a late bloomer and wasn’t aware of his love for technology until he got into his first job at Adobe. An engineering graduate from IIT...
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3 hacks to know your competitor better
When someone conceives an idea, he tends to believe that no one else in this world is working on the same. At least I believed that before starting my first startup. The possibility is that someone...
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7 tips for angel investors and entrepreneurs – from David Rose, Founder of...
David Rose, entrepreneur and Founder of New York Angels, offers seven clusters of useful tips for angel investors in his new comprehensive guidebook, ‘Angel investing: the Gust guide to making money...
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Home interior design and decor marketplace Livspace raises $4.6M Series A...
Founded in 2012, Livspace is a personalized home design and decor marketplace for homeowners in India and South East Asia. The Bangalore based company has today announced that it is has raised $4.6M...
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What will Santa bring us for 2015?
In the field of tech entrepreneurial activity, India is on the verge of something big. That’s what many of us think and the rhetoric around the journey to be a product nation has never been stronger....
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Ecommerce enabler Zepo raises funding from Anupam Mittal & One97 Mobility Fund
Ecommerce enabler Zepo has raised an undisclosed amount of funding, led by Anupam Mittal, CEO of People Group and existing investor, One97 Mobility Fund. Following the investment Anupam will join the...
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Which are the most popular Indian apps? Here is what we found
India has 100 million users of mobile data and this year has witnessed a huge jump in the number of Indian apps in the app stores. Earlier this year, a survey by Ericsson Consumer Labs showed that...
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GD Shah and the 55 year old legacy called NIPHA
It was just few years after independence when Madan Lal Shah sent his eldest son, Ghanshyam Das, popularly known as GD, to Calcutta. GD graduated from Mahraja College, Jaipur in 1955. He was just 18...
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How The Viral Fever etched a permanent spot on its viewers’ memories with...
On December 10 last week, a Facebook page posted a ‘sorry’ message. Within minutes the post was flooded with a barrage of comments, some angry, others witty and most with a tone of helplessness. One of...
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What topped the charts on Google in 2014? Here are the trends
Google India recently announced the top searches on Google in 2014. The lists look at the top trends and searches through the collective eyes of the world on the web, it offers a perspective on the...
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Ex Googler on voyage to make every website in India intelligent through his...
Analytics equip businesses with actionable data. With the advent of big data companies are mining data which help them to map consumer behaviour, consumption pattern, segmentation among several other...
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