Zipgo Launches Women Only Shuttle Service In Delhi And Gurgaon
Zipgo, the online-demand shuttle service has now launched a women only bus service in the Delhi region to tackle 2 of Delhi’s biggest problems- Women’s safety and the traffic situation.
Category: Startups
More Firings In The Indian Startup Scene, This Time It’s Grabhouse
The firing season for Indian startups is not quite over. After the flurry of layoffs last month when Zomato, TinyOwl and Helpchat had fired employees, there had been a lull in the bad news coming in from India’s startup space. Not any more.
It has been reported that realty startup Grabhouse has fired an undisclosed number of workers. These layoffs are chiefly in the operations and data collection teams.
Snapdeal Taps Into “Bharat”, To Be Available In 12 Indic Languages
Snapdeal, Amazon and Flipkart have been locked in fierce battle for India’s e-commerce pie. The sites currently all offer similar product selections, similar clean interfaces, and similar discounts. But Snapdeal has now brought about an innovation that can help it stand out in India’s cluttered e-commerce space. In a bid to appeal to the non-metro areas of India, Snapdeal’s site will soon be available 11 new Indian languages.
Aditya Birla Group To Incubate 25 Startups
The Aditya Birla Group may be decades old, but it is still keeping up with the times. Under its Bizlabs incubation programme, the group will partner with 25 startups to bolster its new areas of business in retail, financial services and telecom.
Snapdeal And Directi CEOs Try To Impress A Potential Employee
When a Quora user decided to take to the famous question-answer platform to get help to know which among startups Practo, Quikr, Snapdeal or Directi he should join, he hardly expected the CEOs to reply.
Hyderabad-Based Startup MapMyGenome Unlocks Your Genetic Makeup
If it is in your genes, you can now know it. A start-up, Mapmygenome, will unlock the secrets of your genetic make-up for you. Bikaner-born Anu (Anuradha) Acharya, 43 is the founder of this 3-year old start-up, based in Hyderabad, India.
Mapmygenome engages in developing genomics solutions for predictive diagnosis and prognosis, using DNA testing. A simple non-invasive saliva-based test is used to decipher your DNA. It is then used to predict genetic risk for various diseases and inherited conditions.
Uber To Allow Private Car Owners To Offer Rides In Delhi
Uber isn’t going to be restricted to registered taxis in Delhi any more. Starting 16th December, private car owners will be able to offer rides to other passengers. This move has come in the wake of the Delhi government looking at ways to enable more people to commute with fewer cars after the implementation of the odd-even formula.
How Big Is Flipkart Really?
Flipkart, in a short span of 8 years, has become much larger than many established companies. But there’s till a long way to go.
These Are Not Any Ordinary Hoardings…
As startups have mushroomed across India, it’s become increasingly hard for them to get noticed. With consumers often having multitudes of options to choose from for the same service, it’s not easy for companies to stand out. That’s when brands start getting creative.