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Odisha approves start-up policy, wants at least 1,000 in 5 years
The Odisha Start-up Policy (OSP), 2016, will be unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at an investors meet in Bengaluru next month.
IITs ban 20 start-ups in placement season: Ten lessons for students, entrepreneurs
Sectors that lose their sheen and thus do not attract students from prestigious institutes have taken place cyclically in the country.
Myntra to start offline stores too, hopes to be profitable next financial year
Myntra also said it is targeting strong growth in new segments such as home furnishing, re-launching its personal care business and expanding its sales of fine jewellery.
Snapdeal shuts premium fashion portal Exclusively.com, integrates with itself
E-commerce major Snapdeal will shut down Exclusively.com and will integrate the latter's catalogue with itself, about 18 months after acquiring the premium branded fashion and lifestyle products marketplace.
Govt to set up committee to review e-commerce rules
Setting up of this panel also assumes significance as the government has recently permitted 100 per cent FDI in food processing sector.
Friendship Day: Start-up buddies who launched a company and stuck together
A start-up, no matter however important, is only a business at the end of the day, says Bahl. To make life meaningful, it is important to nurture relationships and friendships are very important.
Kris Gopalakrishnan is right, most startups fail; but India is different: Experts
There are some that are still called start-ups though they have been around for over three years and are doing well. Can the term start-up be used for them, for instance?
Oyo, Travelport announce new hotel content deal
The agreement with Oyo is aimed at catering to the needs of Travelport's agents to add the hotel content they need in their local regions.
Good idea or good team – what guarantees success for a start-up
Apple, Yahoo, Google and Facebook are such enormous successes today because they were built upon a ground breaking idea.
Start-ups must not equate funding to success, focus should be on product
Getting funding for a venture that you have started with all your passion and hard work and effort seems to be some sort of a reward for all the toiling and compensates for that cushy job you happily gave up to pursue our dream.
Hyderabad-based Aadya Restaurants acquires ChennaiChef
Chennai Chef is into retail business and has presence across major super markets over six years.
White Unicorn Ventures launches $5 lakh 'Unigrowth' centre
White Unicorn Ventures has planned to invest around $20 million in early-stage start-ups this year.
Jabong's gross loss comes down by 70% in 2015, struggles to find buyers
Launched in 2011, Jabong offers more than 4 lakh products.
Chototel, a `super budget hotel' at $2 a day to open in July
Chotel, which comes from the Hindi and Japanese word chotu meaning small and hotel, is a budget hotel.
Holachef expands to Navi Mumbai, plans presence in 4 more cities
The company was founded by two IIT-ians Saurabh Saxena and his classmate Anil Geira.
Shaping leaders from coders is biggest challenge of IT sector, say experts
Organizations want more than a mere coder architect, no matter their potential as one; they also enjoy the idea of coder leaders.
Digital start-up SillyMonks raises Rs 3 crore from HNIs
SillyMonks plans to launch six web series properties on their YouTube channel “SILLY TUBE”
Water-less car wash: Pune brothers' Green Salute aims to reduce water wastage
As part of its service, the Green Salute team comes on electric bikes,
All hail Flipkart's new return policy: Why do you need 30 days to make up your mind?
Flipkart’s move is a well-thought move for profitability and to reduce costs
How did US billionaire Elizabeth Holmes go from $4.5 billion to nothing in a year?
In May 2016, the company admitted to federal health regulators that tests done through Edison was inaccurate.
Flipkart-IIM fracas: With no easy money, startups are now more grounded
As many as 13 start-ups shut shop in 2015 and before the half-year mark this year, some start-ups have shown they have lost steam.
FinMin should raise tax holiday for start-ups to 7 years, says Nirmala Sitharaman
The Minister said she would visit different co-work spaces of these new age companies to see the ground picture and infuse fresh energy.
Hyderabad Angels invests Rs 15 crore in 12 start-ups in 2015-16
As part of pre-series ‘A’ investment, HA invested up-to $1 million and as part of seed round, it invests up-to $150 million.
No hiccups for startups: 30% rise in funding and investors still bullish
Q1’16 got off to a good start with eCommerce marketplace Shopclues making it to the billion dollar club after raising funds from GIC and existing investors Tiger Global and Nexus Venture Partners.
Tata Group enters e-commerce venture with Tata Cliq, to focus on apparel and electronics
"We don't want to get into the discount wars, we want to serve customers with great products and build a sustainable business," said Chief Executive Ashutosh Pandey of Tata Unistore, parent of the operator of Tata Cliq.
It is not just Flipkart, the factory culture has infected all tech companies
The amount of startups that have mushroomed from other bigger startups is testament to the fact that we do not know how to hone and maximize the output from the talent we have at our disposal.
I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, says Varun Khaitan, co-founder, Urban Clap
My dad is very proud of what I have done and shares what he reads about the company in the media and from friends and family.
Online lending platform Capital Float raises $25 mn Series B round
This round of growth capital will help the company to expand its lending footprint to over 20,000 SMEs in 100+ cities, and to introduce new, transformational financial products online, according to a company press release.