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TechSparks is coming to your city. Block your calendars now.
Dear readers, we want you with us in this journey of TechSparks 2014. Please block your calendars and let’s make things happen. And while you are at it don’t forget to tell us what all you are...
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[News in a Nutshell] From Vaio’s relaunch,Samsung’s S5 mini, Xolo’s Launch to...
After split with Sony, Vaio relaunches laptops in Japan Sony sold its stake in Vaio, with the intention of concentrating their efforts solely on the smart phone segment. Vaio has released a new debut...
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Dissecting SourceBits’ exit – Lessons for services startups
Being an entrepreneur myself, any exit that isn’t a bloodbath, is a great exit. Then, there’s an implicit satisfaction of having built careers of many, delivered world-class work and those nice things...
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Communicasia Product Showcase III: Canadian companies in alternate energy,...
In earlier columns on the Communciasia Expo in Singapore, we presented photo galleries of some of the booths and hardware products as well as emerging companies and software products from the UK,...
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Paaduks makes ‘sole’ful slippers to help save the environment
Inspiration takes various forms but rarely does it translate into tangible action. Jay and Jothsna Rege came across an article about a man in America who purchases scrap tyres from Indonesia and then...
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Marketing guru Rama Bijapurkar advice to startups: strategy is about value...
Rama Bijapurkar is a renowned thought leader on market strategy and India’s consumer economy, and an insightful commentator on the social and cultural changes that are transforming India. Her...
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Real Estate with A Heart: Meet Merestone Properties
The culture in India has always attached an immense amount of respect for its senior citizens. Two entrepreneurs are attempting to translate this reverence to action in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu by...
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Four Kinds of Health Data That Are Driving New Businesses
Through my recent book and research, I have had the opportunity to speak at a number of conferences and talk to dozens of experts with interests in tapping the power of data. Six months ago,...
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People should be more aware of themselves: Anu Acharya, Founder of MapMyGenome
The entrepreneurial journey of Anu Acharya started in 2000 when she decided to move back to Hyderabad from Chicago. She founded a company, called Ocimum Bio Solutions, which helps scientist do their...
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A look at Venture Debt with Vinod Murali, MD of Silicon Valley Bank, India
The Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem is evolving and startups being funded have become a regular part of everyday news consumption. There is a lot of noise within the early stage ecosystem but the real...
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Top 25 inspiring and most read startup stories from the first half of 2014
Time flies. Just like it happens every time we look at the calendar, a few months have raced by. We’re already into the second half of 2014 and it’s time we showcase some of the popular stories. We...
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Google acquires Songza to strengthen Google Play Music
Google marked the beginning of the third quarter of 2014 with an acquisition. On July 1st, Google announced that it is acquiring Songza, a NewYork-based free music streaming and recommendation service...
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Budget Expectations of Startups and SMEs
The finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley is going to present his maiden budget on 10th July 2014. There are estimated three million small startups and SMEs in the country. Yet so far, hardly any efforts...
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How this Aussie coder is making life easy for techies around the world with...
You are busy building your product and then someone comes and tells you that what you’ve been doing has already been done by someone. Most of the times you just need to do some modification or add some...
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Spotting a bad leader: A look through US Presidency
History is written by winners not losers, about leaders not followers. It is rife with stories of those who lead their people to glory and others who failed their own. Every month we read stories of...
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3 questions to ask before you make a display ad live
Display ads are the digital equivalent of Banner advertisements and serve the purpose of creating brand awareness as well as brand recall. But in the extremely crowded display advertising world,...
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[SocialStory Meetup] In conversation with India’s youngest IAS officer –...
Cracking IAS at age of 22 after acing the AIIMS entrance test at the age of 16, this young man– Roman Saini is now starting his YouTube channel to make UPSC learning available online for free to...
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5 Top Management Plays from the World Cup
The World Cup in Brazil has been an undoubted spectacle. With goals flying in from every angle, jaw dropping saves being executed, giants falling from grace and newer stars emerging; few could have...
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[News in a Nutshell] From Facebook’s ‘missed calls’ to Twitter’s acquisition...
Facebook to incorporate Ads through ‘missed calls’ for Indians With widespread use of feature phones, slow internet connections and frugal customers in emerging markets, Facebook has faced several...
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Target accelerator shows the way for corporate accelerator programs in India
When Target, the Fortune 50 retailer, launched its accelerator program in India this January, it was set to be a test-case for all the other corporates who want to build innovation capabilities out of...
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