Banks have always lent their support to traditional businesses and entrepreneurs. However, with the emergence of new-age startups today, it’s important that banks and government agencies tweak their services and policies to facilitate the new breed of entrepreneurs. The New Economy Group was set up at Axis Bank to specifically focus on companies using technology to build rapidly scalable businesses. The objective of setting up […]

A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we’d funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying. This caught my attention because earlier we’d noticed a pattern among the most successful startups, and it seemed to hinge […]

Startups at nascent stage, are small, simple and ambitious! They are yearning to become big and hence set ambitious goals for their employees.   But amidst all the noise and the pressure to financial targets, where does an HR fit in a startup environment? Startups are often seen to employ executives with dual roles, one being that of a human resources officer.  This probably works well […]

Lush green gardens, complacent weather, vintage coffee houses like Koshy’s are some of the key things that are usually tagged along with Bangalore. However, over the last few years, the term startups has also become synonymous with Bangalore. Bangalore or rather Karnataka has been showered with attention from large MNCs, VC funds and startup talent over the last couple of years. The city, which is home […]

Globally, there are over 100 million new businesses, which are launched every year. Considering the statistics, it translates into roughly 11,000 startups launched every hour! In this fast paced environment, it is essential for startups to keep innovating, if they want to survive. With thousands of new companies being launched every day, startups can’t afford to rest on their laurels and take the chance to […]

Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola know the exact moment that they had a business model that resonated. The pair of now 23-year-olds met on the first day of business school in 2011 at Philadelphia’s Drexel University and quickly became friends. The following year they were living together with four other roommates, and Gola, the only one with a car, found himself always offering to run […]

Everyone does not have the knowledge to manage an investment and its nitty-gritty’s while seeking education overseas. While procuring an education loan, might not be a huge task, understanding its logistics and payback schemes along with the core financial details still remains a tough cookie to crack for the middle-class families. In such a scenario, for the middle-class families, the need to rely on financial formulae […]

When a funding crunch prevails, going the bootstrapped way is the best modus operandi suggested by industry experts. Bootstrapping comes with its own set of challenges for entrepreneurs.  Bootstrapped pioneer like founder Sridhar Vembu says that “money always comes with strings attached.” This Bengaluru-based startup has walked the talk for the last three years and has managed to clock Rs. 36 crore in revenue for […]

In 2012, Matt McCann came up with the idea for a website that uses crowdsourcing to. McCann, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheeled walker, was intent on using his computer expertise to collect information on the accessibility of places like restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions around the world. Four years later, all his hard work has taken shape, as is scheduled to launch this […]