While there are many accelerators operating in the Indian marketplace, one that stands out from the crowd is Jaarvis Accelerator (JA). Sponsored from Hong Kong and Singapore and operating in India, JA is an innovative venture by the Jaarvis Group, which strives to identify early stage sustainable startup ideas and help them turn into scalable business models.
Amongst all the reasons quoted for starting a startup, the most common ones are “wanting to create something”, “passion to do”, and “be independent”. Very few founders would blatantly admit “to be rich” as one. However, being rich just happens to be one of the by products of a successful startup. Nine out of ten startups fail, but the ones that do sustain really rake in the moolah. And it can happen very, very quickly. So it’s no wonder that in a burgeoning startups ecosystem in India, some of the youngest richest Indians are startup founders.
Here’s the list of these startup flounders in the order of wealth and age.
The most valuable company in the world has had an incredible few years. It’s broken records year quarter after quarter, and its earnings and stock price have soared. But this quarter was different.
In a sign of India’s growing prominence as a market for Amazon, its India MD, Amit Agarwal has found a place in CEO Jeff Bezos’ core team.
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Uber’s been in the eye of a storm recently over the government’s intervention in its operations. But a recent Uber response to a customer complaint could throw some interesting insights into the matter.
It’s the question on which the dreams of a thousands of Indians startups rest, but at least the government seems to be on their side. Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant thinks that brick and mortar stores will be dead by 2023, and e-commerce firms will come in and take their place.
The standard rules of shares trading apply between between 12pm-4pm on weekdays and the base price of the alcohol is the MRP. However, come 6pm, and the bar turns into dalal street. Prices of alcohol go up as the demand rises, and they go down with a lowering of demand. Now here’s a bar you can be bullish on.
If you can count the number of people who wait for their office hours to get over and rush back home, there are also some who love to spend most of their time in office. All credit goes to startups who make sure that their employees feel at home by combining both fun and work at one place. And Treebo Hotels spanking new office located in HSR Layout, the Start-up hub of Bengaluru offers just that.
We did a quick tour and here’s some images from the lovely office.