I’m not overly concerned about high valuations: Kunal Shah
In an exclusive interview with OfficeChai, FreeCharge co-founder Kunal Shah talks about his company, the Indian startup scene, high valuations, and more.
Author: Bart Eshwar
Bart Eshwar is interested in startups, business and green tea. He is currently nursing an unhealthy obsession with Donald Trump.
Season of Layoffs Continues, Zomato Fires 300 Employees
Trouble is brewing in the food tech industry. After food delivery TinyOwl fired xxx employees, and food delivery app Dazo shut down last week, and Zomato has now annouced that it will be laying off 300 employees, or 10% of its workforce.
Sachin Bansal And Binny Bansal Delivering Packages For Flipkart This BBD
Flipkart’s been packaging and shipping an astonishing number of packages this festive season, and resources are understandably stretched. So they’re calling in reinforcements for their delivery teams. They’re hardly your typical delivery employees though.
So Which E-Commerce Company Is Winning This Festive Season?
The festive season is in full swing, and Indian e-commerce giants are battling it out for a share of India’s online shopping pie. The 3 biggest players – Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal – are running simultaneous sales from 13th to 17th October, and marketing and promotions have been fierce.
India Becomes World 3rd Largest Startup Ecosystem
If you suspected that India’s startup boom was reaching world-class proportions, you now have numbers to back it up. In a report released jointed by consultancy firm Zinnov and Google, India has been placed 3rd in the list of startup ecosystems worldwide.
Snapdeal Chief Product Officer Trolls Flipkart On Twitter
India’s great ecommerce wars are well and truly on, and the three main players – Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal – are battling it out for a share of the Indian comsumer’s attention this festival season. Flipkart’s much vaunted Big Billion Day sale around the corner, and all eyes are on the event after the fiasco last year when the sale had left thousands of customers angry and the company had to issue an apology for the site crashing during the event.
Food Tech Startup Dazo Shuts Down
A little a year after it came into existence, food tech startup Dazo has decided to shut shop. The company, which was initially called Tapcibo, used to aggregate meals from partner restaurants and took care of last-mile delivery to ensure superior customer experience.
This Is What Berkshire Hathway’s Website Looks Like
Berkshire Hathway is a gigantic global conglomerate. Headed by billionaire investor Warren Buffet, it has interests in multinational corporations like IBM, American Express and Coca Cola. An investment decision by the company can shake up stock markets, and its total assets in 2014 were 526 billion.
However its website looks like this.
Flipkart Chooses Telangana Over Karnataka For Its Largest Warehouse Yet
After foreign companies, including Google, Amazon, Uber have already made a beeline for the state, they Indian counterparts are following suit. Flipkart, India’s premier etailer, had decided to set up its largest warehouse in Telangana. This will be the company’s 16th warehouse in the country.