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The Mean Startup #11 : The Mother Test
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!
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Indian startups raised more than $700 million last week!
Funding Round up Feb 1-7 2014 Last week was one of those busy weeks, money was raining on Indian startups. Here’s a list of startups that raised funding and some which were acquired. (see all of...
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[Startup Watchlist] What is the end game for these startups?
This article is primarily a weekly newsletter delivered to your mailbox every Monday morning. It is posted as an article to reach a wider audience. The newsletter sometimes has more information than...
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For the love of cricket, apps ready to bowl with ICC World Cup 2015
“Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.” – Imran Khan India clinched the ICC Cricket World Cup in ODIs for the first time under Kapil Dev’s...
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This Hyderabad startup will be the technology backbone for Sunburn 2015
Every startup needs a big break to stamp its presence. Hyderabad based MeraEvents that started back in 2011 believes that it has just landed on one such deal. Last week, MeraEvents announced their...
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iCaptura may be the perfect solution to prevent crime even before it happens
When US President Barack Obama visited India during Republic Day this year, over 15000 CCTV cameras were deployed in Delhi. Just in case some incident had taken place, the amount of footage cops would...
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Amazon does the unthinkable, opens its first brick and mortar store
Yes you read it right. A Brick & Mortar Retail store is the newest trick that Amazon has pulled out of its hat. The worlds “Everything Store” is finally toying with the idea of opening physical...
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Cell phone buyers look for critical apps, but a simplified user experience
The mobile market is going through a significant change – the era of distribution strength and hardware differentiation is long past; the market is now largely dependent on software differentiation and...
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IDG pumps in an Rs 18 crore series A round in myNoticePeriod
myNoticePeriod.com is a fast growing technology-driven recruitment platform that fits well with employers’ desire to hire fast and reduce uncertainty caused by long waiting periods of jobseekers....
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The one SimpleBra to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
In the beginning… Three things have consumed Madhavi Jagdish’s life: design, entrepreneurship and a quest to find the perfect brassiere. At 18, Madhavi landed in America, land of the free, but no...
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We have 1200 open positions at Zomato right now, says Deepinder Goyal
In his book, ‘The Hard Things About The Hard Things’, Ben Horowitz writes, “The first rule of entrepreneurship is that there are no rules.” After chatting with Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO of...
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What happened to the ‘10000 Cr startup fund’
On July 10th 2014, the Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley, presented the most favorable budget for startups till date in the August house. This came more than a month after the announcement of...
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Internet growth, impacts and success: what will India be like with 550...
In 2001, there were about seven million Internet users in India. That number could cross 550 million in 2018 in the best case scenario, making it the second largest online population in the world. But...
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Only 2% of Indians trade in stocks, these ex-hedge fund managers want to...
“Only two per cent of Indians trade in stocks and this includes mutual funds. It’s ridiculous!” exclaim, Raghu Kumar, Co-founder of RKSV. Having grown up in the US, where close to 40 per cent of the...
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The Importance of the Articles of Association(AoA) after a round of funding
It is never too late and never too old to stress on the importance of amending the Articles of Association (AoA) of a company, especially after the company’s received some funding. In fact, going by...
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This is how AAP corrected its mistakes and marched to victory in Delhi
Exactly one year back Arvind Kejriwal relinquished the position for Delhi CM and held himself accountable for the fact that he was unable to pass Janlokpal Bill. They were severely criticized for...
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In Dehradun, a startup turns seven young boys into seven wise men
7 wishful men and their USP brand Saurabh Bhatnagar, Rahul Bhatnagar, Saurabh Nailwal, Dhiren Chaudhary, Yogesh Prakash, Akshay Ahuja and Amit Nautiyal were young 20-somethings in the summer of 2012....
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Zenify.in – a startup that finds tenants for your property
The advent of websites such as Quikr and Olx has transformed ordinary citizens into retailers. All it takes to get access to all possible goods is an internet connection. However, the housing sector...
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I have a dream of an India where everyone has equal opportunity: Ratan Tata
If the last decade saw the IT revolution in India, this one is well on its way to witnessing the startup revolution. The Indian startup ecosystem has never been more vibrant and abuzz with...
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Facebook teams up with Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in India
Speaking at the Internet.org summit in New Delhi late last year, Mark Zuckerberg had said, Free basic internet access should be like dialing 911 in the US or 100 in India. Mark Zuckerberg had then...
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