Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G to be sold exclusively in Airtel retail stores
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G phones will be available exclusively in Airtel retail stores from today at 3:00 PM. Customers can walk-in to the nearest Airtel stores in six cities, including Bangalore,...
View ArticleThis ‘Made in Lucknow’ app by a 19-yr-old is looking to make your...
While still a student, Qaiser Malik marked his first presence in the Lucknow Startup group with the launch of Pixter, a social network, with a limited number of friends. Although Pixter didn’t succeed...
View ArticleThis Makar Sankranti get to know an app that makes farmers lives better
Bail a farmer out of debt, you keep him alive till harvest. Instil an entrepreneurial approach to farming, empower him for a lifetime. This tweet, posted by Ronnie Screwvala yesterday, highlights a...
View ArticleWhen 21 Sikhs fought against 10000 Afghans and other facts about the Indian Army
When the rest of the country celebrates festivals like Makar Sankranthi, Baisakhi and Pongal, today is an important day for the armed forces of our country for another reason. It is Army Day in India,...
View ArticleMeet DogSpot’s pet parent who wields the mighty pen
Rana Atheya, CEO of DogSpot, saw his venture grow four times over in 2014, and expects to deliver more than 700,000 pet products across the country in 2015. According to a recently published report,...
View ArticleRevolution 2.0 – Going beyond the Great Wall of China
The last few years have seen a significant revolution in the mobile device manufacturers market in India. Moving from strength to strength, device manufacturers in India mastered the art of providing...
View Article“A marketer today has to be part storyteller, part data geek” – 25 quotes...
The ninth annual India Digital Summit (IDS), hosted by the Internet and Mobile Association of India, wrapped up in Delhi this week with dozens of speakers addressing a range of important issues. How...
View ArticleHyderabad-based healthcare startup eKincare, funded by Bitchemy Ventures and...
Hyderabad-based eKincare is platform that helps you encrypt (256 bits) all your health records and keep it on the cloud — where you can access the dashboard from anywhere, anytime using a PC, or a...
View ArticleMumbai-based accelerator AntFarm to raise $30 M soon
Over the last three years, the startup ecosystem has witnessed a wave of accelerators and incubators; and their activities in India. While incubators like 500Startups, Angel Prime, Kyron and GSF, among...
View Article[App Fridays] Hop on, hop off buses and trains; plan city travel with Ridlr...
Though public transport is cheaper and helps decrease traffic on roads, many people prefer cabs or their own vehicles because of the ever changing schedules and unorganised nature of public transport....
View ArticleThe three-wheeled battle of the three-legged Indian taxi market; TaxiForSure...
The customer’s convenience matters the most to us and it has a direct correlation with the number of taxis on road. We have launched Nano for the same and if the supply is not ramped up, then we will...
View ArticleSomeone just created an aggregator app for all the taxi aggregators
How often does it happen that you open the OlaCabs or TaxiForSure or Uber app and you instantly find the cab in Bangalore? Now, try answering this – how many times have you tried opening the other...
View Article[Photo Sparks] Thinking out of the box: creativity for entrepreneurs at...
In the earlier 35 posts of PhotoSparks, we brought you creative photographs from an art fair, music festival, telecom expo, art museum, mobile showcase, math museum, social hackathon, bookstore,...
View ArticleControversy is what makes this grow: Professional cuddler Samantha Hess on...
As far as unusual job descriptions go Samantha Hess, the world’s first professional cuddler, can lay claim to one of the most unique titles in the world. An entrepreneur who makes her living by hugging...
View Article“Building app engagement with millions of users is like creating magic” – 20...
From vernacular Internet to spiritual inspiration, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring...
View ArticleThe Mean Startup #08 :: Why Internet (And) Privacy Matters
To share your experiences while navigating through the tricky world of startups, mail them at themeanstartup@gmail.com or tweet to @TheMeanStartup and we’ll try to comicify them!
View ArticleThe accidental entrepreneur: How a young couple transformed an abandoned cave...
Alexis Amourex and Lotte Van Reil met through mutual friends and fell in love. She was a student at university. He was a bartender travelling through Europe. “He was always travelling. He had a big...
View ArticleWhen startups in India became truly mainstream
I live in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh and frequent Bangalore or any of the metros every month. Two places at two different ends of the spectrum in terms of culture, climate, technology penetration and...
View ArticleExclusive: Delhi-based Refiral raises $330K angel round from Cogent eServices
SaaS-based marketing tool for online businesses, Refiral, has raised $330K (approx Rs 2 Crore) angel funding from IT services firm Cogent eServices. The raised fund will be used to evolve its current...
View ArticleIs depression a well-guarded secret in the startup world?
“I started having difficulty concentrating and making decisions. I could not remember details. I was always tired as if a vacuum cleaner was sucking out my energy. Instead, I was filled with guilt and...
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