Karnataka, especially its capital city Bangalore, has always been the face of the startup ecosystem in India. The recent appointment of IT and BT (bio-tech) minister Priyank Kharge has added new fire power to the startup ecosystem in the state. Under his helm, the government has launched a startup cell in the state, where startups can register and post evaluation via a panel of government and industry experts; […]

  For a while now the food tech sector has been mourning under the impact of weak funding and frequent failures of business models. Earlier this year,  Zomato’s valuation was by the brokerage arm of HSBC.  Companies like TinyOwl, FoodPanda and Faasos have seen several changes at their organization to keep afloat. Good news from Swiggy Monday’s announcement comes as a ray of hope. As […]

33 million gods, around 10 lakh temples with more than double the number of priests, up to 40 lakh kilogram of gold treasures, annual donations worth above Rs 3,000 crore from India’s 10 richest temples, around 50 major festivals and probably less than 100 assorted pujas – performed daily to annual basis – for different good and bad occasions, right from birth till death, in fact […]

Road transportation accounts for about six per cent of the overall GDP of our country. In spite of this significant contribution, the sector remains highly unorganized with truck drivers often having to deal with health issues, insurance woes and financial crisis. Accel Partners and Nandan Nilekani backed- 4TiGO, aims to bring various stakeholders of the logistics industry together using cloud-based technology. Using this common platform, […]

While India has won the software game, it hasn’t been able to achieve its manufacturing domain dream as yet. Entrepreneur India asked Ravi Gururaj, Chairman, Nasscom Product Council, on how can government help in moulding hardware startups and also asked his views on new-age partnerships in the ecosystem. How can the Make in India initiative offer to encourage manufacturing startups? I think it’s more than […]

The marriage between MNCs and startups has considered being a haven for new-age entrepreneurs as well as corporate industries. Entrepreneurs seek resources, mentorship and help with scaling their products through larger corporate houses. Whereas new-age startups help traditional companies chart the route to innovation and digitization using their disruptive technology.   Entrepreneur India spoke to Avnish Sabharwal, Managing Director – Corporate Strategy, Deal Origination and […]

Countless startupsevery year. But there are not countless reasons that they fail. “I’m talking to entrepreneurs three or four times a week, and they’re all coming to me with the exact same issues,” says Tarek Kamil, a serial entrepreneur with five launches under his belt (most recently, as founder and CEO of the communications platform ). “People are falling into the same traps over and […]

So you are launching a new enterprise communication tool (Slack) carshare platform (Uber) or location based dating app (Tinder). Great. With roughly , unless you truly venture into Harry Potter levels of weird and wonderful, the chances are that there someone else has already created a product or service similar to yours. Consequently consumers and journalists alike are becoming de-sensitized and are increasingly more interested […]

hosted a Demo Day for entrepreneurs, part of its Accelerator program on May 25, 2016. The event showcased projects of 19 teams from across sectors such as health, construction, energy, and others. Held at Qatar National Convention Centre, the Demo Day was attended by a host of investors and entrepreneurs from Qatar and wider region. QSTP, a part of runs a three-month Accelerator program aiming […]

No matter what stage your startup is in, you’ll want to start or continue to grow your social media audience. The more people you can reach on social media organically and through advertising, the better your launch and your on-going sales will be. Related:  Here are 15 tips for growing your startup’s audience on the three top social networks, starting with strategies common to all of them: […]