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How To Register Your Startup: The Complete Lowdown

January 18, 2016November 20, 2019 Guest Author

Anyone who aims to build a successful startup must also know where to start from. While in practice you can start operating your business, the minute you have an idea and a team to execute it, a company or a startup is a legal entity and it must be registered with the government and have a proper, and legally-recognizable status. A company can achieve that by “incorporating” or formally registering itself as a commercial entity. Here’s all you need to know about how to register your startup.

Here’s What Prime Minister Modi’s Startup India 2016 Plan Looks Like

January 16, 2016January 17, 2016 OfficeChai Team

The much awaited startup India event by the Indian government took place today. A series of stimulating sessions and talks by the most…

India’s First 75-Seater Solar Ferry Readies To Test The Waters

January 16, 2016January 19, 2016 Navin Bhatia

India’s first solar ferry is getting ready to be launched shortly. The ferry, with a capacity of 75 passengers, will not pollute water and air, be silent for the passengers and the environment and have little operational expenditure as it will not require any fuel.

Rahul Yadav’s Housing Stake Presented To Employees As Phantom Stock; Employees Protest

January 16, 2016 Bart Eshwar

Housing employees hadn’t received the shares that Yadav had promised them. And now it turns out that they might not receive the shares at all – at least not in the traditional sense. On 12th January, the company announced in an email to the staff that they would get their share of Yadav’s gift in the form of phantom stock units.

Amazon Goes Eco-friendly; Will Use Cycles To Deliver At Short Distances

January 15, 2016 Bart Eshwar

Amazon is experimenting with cycles to deliver last-mile orders. Orders under the radius of 3-5 km will be delivered through this mode. The delivery team would be provided with geared bikes to carry packages of up to 7.5 kg per trip.

Ecommerce Startups Are Now Focussing On Real Estate In A Big Way

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 OfficeChai Team

Looks like consolidation in the online real estate market in India is on the anvil, and strategic investments and partnerships would be the key to dominating it. Snapdeal is pushing its real estate arm and is also rumoured to be in talks to buy housing.com.
Quikr recently acquired commonfloor.

Paytm To Launch “Sound Pay”; Will Transmit Cash Via Sound Waves

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Bart Eshwar

It’s an idea that’s going to make a lot of noise in the online payments world. Paytm is going to soon launch “Sound Pay”, a feature that will allow money transfers using ultrasonic sound waves.

SBI Launches Country’s First Bank Branch For Startups

January 15, 2016 Bart Eshwar

With the government batting for startups with its Start Up India initiative, could banks have been far behind? India’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India, has opened a branch that caters exclusively to the needs of startups. Called SBI InCube, the branch is quite appropriately situated in India’s throbbing startup hub of Bangalore.

Exclusive: Newly Appointed Flipkart CPO Punit Soni To Leave Company

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 Bart Eshwar

Flipkart’s new CEO appointment and its subsequent management rejig has had an unexpected fallout – Chief Product Officer and former Google executive Punit Soni shall be soon leaving the company. When contacted, Soni said that he couldn’t talk about the matter at the moment, but said that “India has unique opportunities and unique challenges.”