Flipkart Is Looking To, Once Again, Enter The Grocery Delivery Business
A few months ago, Flipkart had mocked Amazon for selling daily-use products during the Holiday sales. “We did not sell ‘churan’, ‘hing’, detergent,…
Category: Startups
Practo Has Just Fired 150 Employees, Totaling 10% Of Its Workforce
Startups across the board appear to be slowing down their growth plans. Healthcare services aggregator Practo has just fired 150 employees, which comprised…
Politicians Are Now Using Flipkart And Amazon Gifts To Bribe Voters In Tamil Nadu
The Digital India movement should be proud – startups have disrupted yet another industry. Institutional bribes are a grand tradition in Tamil Nadu…
FIR To Be Filed Against CEO Kunal Bahl And 10 Other Snapdeal Executives Over Non-Payment Of Dues
2017 is fast turning out to be the year of the FIRs for the Indian startup ecosystem. After a FIR was filed against…
If Flipkart And Snapdeal Do Merge, They’ll Create An Entity Of Mindboggling Scale And Size
The single biggest moment in India’s young startup ecosystem might soon be upon us. Flipkart and Snapdeal – currently the two highest valued startups…
InMobi Has Become The First Indian Unicorn To Turn Profitable
InMobi, in many respects, is India’s forgotten startup unicorn. It’s not a consumer-facing business, and doesn’t command nearly the same amount of attention…
Ola Charges Customer Rs. 149 Crore For A Ride On 1st April
Surge pricing can be a pain, but this is a bit much. Sushil Narsian from Mumbai had booked an Ola to travel from Mulund…
WhatsApp To Let Users Make Payments On Its Platform, Will Take On Wallets And Banks
If wallet companies thought they’d stolen a march over banks and other financial institutions by getting large numbers of installs and users, they…
How Uber Is Using Techniques Found In Video Games To Make Sure Its Drivers Drive Long Hours
It’s become second nature – you order a cab, and a driver dutifully glides over in minutes. But to get the driver to…