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5 bucket list items for an entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur is a growing trend in our country today. I am glad that in my eight-year journey of being an entrepreneur I have met thousands of other entrepreneurs and had the opportunity of...
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Travel trends from MakeMyTrip: Top destinations, vacation durations and more
MakeMyTrip is India’s largest online travel company that provides services including flight tickets, domestic and international holiday packages, hotel reservations, rail and bus tickets. The company...
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Top Mobile Trends, Highlights and Milestones of 2014
At the dawn of the Connected Intelligence Era, mobile continues to shape the digital landscape of opportunities and disruptions. 2014 was an incredible year with some key milestones, tectonic plate...
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SuperProfs raises $3M Series A from Kalaari Capital and IDG Ventures
Bengaluru-based SuperProfs.com, a product of Aurus Network, has raised $3 Million from venture capital firms Kalaari Capital and IDG Ventures India. This round of funding will be used for scaling up...
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Let us be happy in 2015
If there was a magic pill for happiness, success and a fulfilling life, I would have taken it first. After all, isn’t the whole purpose of life to find happiness? So in a real world where happiness is...
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Our learnings from 2014: a startup story
2014 has been a crazy year for us at SocialCops. On Dec 31st, 2013 – we were still two 22 year olds, with a dwindling bank balance of about $5000, a very scratchy product and a few initial pilots. In...
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Top 14 Indian news makers of 2014
Acquisitions, fundraisings, controversies, awards and recognitions were some major events witnessed in the startup ecosystem in 2014. As Flipkart’s Big Billion Day caught the eyes of many, the Chinese...
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Indian government asks blocking of Vimeo, GitHub and 30 other websites
image credit: ShutterStock Internet censorship has been hotly debated in the recent times and the latest move by the Indian Government has stirred many heated conversations. The Indian government has...
View Article75% of downloaded apps are not opened once! How to change this?
Mobile apps are everywhere, there are thousands of developers across the globe building apps and hoping for a moonshot. This flood of apps make discovery a problem and even after a user discovers your...
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Venturesity uses hackathons to help startups fill quality talent gap
How do you build a transparent platform for recruitment? For that you need to arrange a marriage between a hackathon and an auction. That is what Subhendu Panigrahi of Venturesity is doing by using...
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What are the preferences of an Indian mobile user? [Infographic]
51% users claim to continue using WhatsApp if and when it starts charging. 48% users have allowed a stranger to make a call using their phone. 40% have clicked on a Facebook ad on their phones. These...
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The story of B P Baliga, the aviation pioneer, who spent over 50 years at Air...
B P Baliga with L K Advani and Narendra Modi If you have ever had a wonderful flying experience on Air India B-747 or Boeing 737 you would have to thank many of the pioneers in the Indian aviation...
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Invent, scale, reinvent, thrive: 4 success steps for continuous innovation
The dawn of a New Year is a good day for introspection. Change is the only constant, and success at the professional and personal level requires long-term commitment, insights and passion. Lloyd...
View ArticleBuilding a product for India: a deep dive into how Ola was made
Ola Cabs has been one of the fastest growing startups from India in the last couple of years. The company has raised more than $275 million and is valued at over a billion dollars. Founded by Bhavish...
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Jaaga and iSpirt get together to nurture young tech talent in India
Jaaga is a creative space in Bangalore co-founded by Freeman Murray who is a technologist, angel and advisor to startups. And iSpirt (Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable) is a think tank...
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6 things an Indian entrepreneur should hope for in this New Year
2015 has arrived. A new year and the time for making those resolutions! An entrepreneur’s life is hard enough but being in India, the number of variables multiply. There are very straightforward things...
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Challenges I face in getting schools ready to accept technology
Editor’s note: Education is one of the most critical sectors for tech entrepreneurs in India and there are many developments happening but the challenges are huge! Working with schools, getting...
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“Don’t agonise. Organise” – 100 quotes to inspire teachers, leaders and...
Noah benShea, poet-philosopher and bestselling author, has published a compelling book called ‘Great quotes to inspire great teachers,’ recently released as a paperback. The quotes, clustered in 26...
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Let Silence Find Your Big Idea #BigIdeas2015
A step-by-step guide to finding your big idea in a somewhat surprising place. The Internet is changing the way our brains are wired. This fact is not in doubt. What is the subject of hot debate,...
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It’s a beautiful time to be alive and educated
This is a commencement address I gave at Hult International Business School August 22, 2014. I grew up watching Star Trek and believing that by the time I became an adult we would all be using...
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