I Left Google To Start Up, It Failed And I’m Raring To Go Again
Inspiring story of a failed up startup in India and the invaluable learnings from it, as shared by the co-founder, who left a job at Google to start up.
Category: Stories
The Fake Sundar Pichai’s On The Internet Are Hilarious
Someone has created a page for Sundar Pichai, the new CEO of Google, on Facebook, impostering to be him. While the real Sundar Pichai is busy changing the world, providing free wifi, or generally minding his 550billion valued company, the fake Sundar Pichai is dispensing world wisdom on this page with 66,000 fans. The page surprisingly includes hundreds of Googlers themselves..
I Worked At An Israeli Startup And Brought Some Insights Back
21 year old Indian girl Payal Lal had an opportunity to intern at an Israeli startup Erated based in Tel Aviv. She recounts her experience at the startup and life in Tel Aviv and draws insights for Indian startups to learn from.
When Google Tried To Poach The Founder Of A Well-Known App
Recently, co-founder and CEO of the call-identification app Truecaller received an email, purportedly from a recruiter at Google. The email included sending a feeler out to the Swedish technepreneur about a job opening at Google, and wanted to gauge his interest for the same.
These Indian Startups Had The Most Awesome Hiring Campaigns
You can either post a normal “Looking for a graphic designer for a creative and exciting startup” or you can show it. When job hiring campaigns are so good in themselves they serve more as marketing campaigns for the hiring company, other than getting the right candidates for the opening, it’s only a good thing.
Here’s some of the most creative, saucy and plain clever ads by Indian startups and ad agencies of late.
Ex Ad Guy Depicts Unemployed Life With Brilliant Miniature Art
Derrick Lin was an art director at an Ad agency in the States. When the agency had to downsize and he lost his job, he decided to take a break from a job, and travel, connect with his family. And to deal with it all, turned to what he did. Illustrative story telling with mini figures.
How I Scammed Quikr And Paytm, And It Was The Easiest Thing Ever
The package delivery was wholly unremarkable, much like the thousands that take place everyday across India. Except that it wasn’t the typical e-commerce delivery. For one, I’d mailed the package to myself. And secondly, I’d just scammed Quikr and Paytm of 2,000 rupees.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Wardrobe Looks Exactly Like What You’d Expect
Zuckerberg famously is almost always seen wearing the same plain gray T shirt and faded jeans. So when he shared a pic of his wardrobe while getting ready for his first day back to work after paternity leave, it looked exactly like what you’d expect.
3 Indians Make It To The List Of 50 Richest People In The World
The United States is home to 29 billionaires on the list, more than any other country. While, only four billionaires from China and three from India made the top 50.