Paytm Makes Its Biggest Offline Push Yet; Launches Free Public Wifi
Paytm is planning to launch public Wifi hotspots which will allow people to access their Paytm accounts when they’re on the move.
Category: Startups
Ola Denies Acquisition Talks With Uber; Seeks To Take Legal Action Against DNA
Rubbishing the report carried by DNA and putting any rumours of an Ola-Uber merger to rest, Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO, Ola has taken to Twitter and has penned an impassioned blogpost.
Flipkart’s 2016: Top Exits Aplenty, A Shaky Start
With a new CEO, and 5 of its top execs gone, amidst a snipped valuation and a funding slowdown, and still a sign of profits to come, Flipkart, at least on the face of it, looks to be on the shaky ground.
Burrp Copies Zomato’s Privacy Statement, Gets Hilariously Called Out
Businesses are often accused of copying images, content, designs, and sometimes the entire business models. But sometimes you can get called out for copying another website’s privacy page of all things.
In a Twitter post, Pramod Rao, Zomato’s head of marketing, today called out Burrp, one of India’s first restaurant review and lifestyle websites, for having copied its entire privacy page. How did Zomato know? The copy was such a shoddy job that Burrp managed to copy a link to Zomato’s website as it is.
Exclusive: Punit Soni Finally Quits Flipkart, Sends Farewell Mail
Punit Soni, after a protracted period of speculation, has finally quit Flipkart. He’s sent a farewell mail to senior management to this effect, and Friday will be his last day at work. An OfficeChai source has seen a copy of the email.
Alibaba Expanding To South East Asia; To Buy Controlling Stake In Lazada
China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba is expanding its footprints to South East Asia. It has announced buying a controlling stake in online retailer Lazada for about $1 billion.
How WebEngage Quietly Created A Successful B2B Business
WebEnage’s success shows Indian B2B startups are slowly coming of age. They’re making inroads into international markets, and away from the attention and the hype, building some solid businesses.
Japanese Ecommerce Giant Rakuten Eyes Business In India, Opens Office In Bangalore
After American ecommerce giant made its India debut in 2013, and Chinese giant Alibaba made strategic investments in the country before announcing to open operations in India, now it’s Japanese ecommerce biggie Rakuten that has its eyes set on India.
11 Times When Indian Startup Wars Got Very Real
The Indian startup ecosystem is normally a friendly place. People offer each other tips, share insights and generally have each other’s backs and the whole startup fraternity seems to be one big back-slapping family. But when there’s intense competition and big money at stake, the niceness is sometimes cast aside and bitter rivalries surface. And even as some of these are pushed under the carpet, sometimes the founders decide to make it public.
Here are the top 11 times when the things got a bit heated in the Indian startup ecosystem.