Amazon Has Just Made Its First Delivery With A Drone,13 Minutes After The Order Was Placed
A short flight for a drone, but a huge step for the multibillion dollar e-commerce industry. Amazon has just made a delivery within…
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Paytm is Now Paying People To Teach Others How To Use It
If newspaper ads, radio jingles, and numerous TV appearances by CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma weren’t enough, Paytm now has another card up its…
Groceries Are Passé, Grofers Now Delivers Cash Straight To Your House
Grocery delivery company Grofers has extended to the ultimate carrot to lure in customers. Grofers will now let customers get cash of up…
Travis Kalanick Has Launched Uber’s Bike Taxi Service, UberMoto, In Hyderabad
Travis Kalanick is keeping himself busy on his India visit. On his Mumbai stop he’d attended an Uber all-hands meeting, and had also taken…
MobiKwik Cofounder Says Her Company Is Flourishing While “Competition Is Busy Pasting Stickers Near Media Houses”
Paytm has probably been the biggest beneficiary of the government’s shock demonetization move. The company has found a whole a new market, the “Paytm…
Startup India: Everything That You Need To Know
If you have been struck by an idea and aim to culminate it into a successful venture aka startup, then you are eligible to take advantage of the Startup India initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi earlier this year. The Prime Minister had talked about ‘Startup India, Stand up India’ initiative during his Independence Day speech last year. On January 16, 2016 he unveiled the action plan of the initiative to develop an ecosystem for startups to grow further. The plan aims at promoting bank finances and promises to encourage job creations.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Is In India For The Second Time This Year
There’s probably no better way to gauge a country’s importance in global commerce than the visits by global CEOs. And on that metric,…
Meru Is Alleging That Uber Is Using Low Prices To Kill Off Competition
Meru has once again stepped up its attacks on Uber over predatory pricing and abuse of dominance. Late last year, Meru had approached the…
10 Successful Companies Founded By Immigrants
U.S lawmakers can argue about the effect of immigration on their country’s economic change, but one cannot overlook the contribution of these foreign-born leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation.
A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy reveals that US immigrants started more than half of the current US-based startups valued at $1 billion and more. These 44 companies, the study says, are collectively valued at $168 billion and create an average of roughly 760 jobs per company in the U.S. The study also estimates that immigrants make up over 70% of key management or product development positions at these companies, WSJ reports.
Let’s have a look at the top 10 most renowned companies founded by immigrants.