Travis Kalanick Has Launched Uber’s Bike Taxi Service, UberMoto, In Hyderabad
Travis Kalanick is keeping himself busy on his India visit. On his Mumbai stop he’d attended an Uber all-hands meeting, and had also taken…
MobiKwik Cofounder Says Her Company Is Flourishing While “Competition Is Busy Pasting Stickers Near Media Houses”
Paytm has probably been the biggest beneficiary of the government’s shock demonetization move. The company has found a whole a new market, the “Paytm…
Startup India: Everything That You Need To Know
If you have been struck by an idea and aim to culminate it into a successful venture aka startup, then you are eligible to take advantage of the Startup India initiative launched by Prime Minister Modi earlier this year. The Prime Minister had talked about ‘Startup India, Stand up India’ initiative during his Independence Day speech last year. On January 16, 2016 he unveiled the action plan of the initiative to develop an ecosystem for startups to grow further. The plan aims at promoting bank finances and promises to encourage job creations.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Is In India For The Second Time This Year
There’s probably no better way to gauge a country’s importance in global commerce than the visits by global CEOs. And on that metric,…
Meru Is Alleging That Uber Is Using Low Prices To Kill Off Competition
Meru has once again stepped up its attacks on Uber over predatory pricing and abuse of dominance. Late last year, Meru had approached the…
The Best Tech Companies To Work For In 2017
Glassdoor asks you if you love your job and use your feedback to decide the winners of their annual Employees’ Choice Awards. They have been doing this for nine years and this year was no different either. On Tuesday they published the result and announced their list of 50 best companies to work for. The list is based on 2.1 million anonymous company reviews.
Unsurprisingly 20 out of these 50 companies are tech based. Here’s the whole list of 20 companies where you can send out resumes for 2017.
All About IIM Calcutta, One Of The Best B-Schools In The Country
IIM Calcutta is one of the leading B-Schools in India and the Asia Pacific region. Established in 1961, this prestigious institution was the first national centre for post-graduation studies and research in Management. It’s the only triple accredited B-School in India and best known for its Finance related courses. In fact the department is considered to be one of the best in the world. If you have taken CAT this year and rooting for Finance, IIMC is the obvious choice.
A List Of The Highest Paid World Leaders
Ideally politicians earn higher than the average citizens. Ideally the countries with highest GDP per capita have the highest paid leaders. But that’s rarely the case. Because if it was, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg should have been the highest paid political leader of the world, except the leaders’ salaries rarely align with the country’s GDP per capita in real world scenario. Here’s a list of top 10 highest paid heads of the State which will make you cringe under the desk.
10 Successful Companies Founded By Immigrants
U.S lawmakers can argue about the effect of immigration on their country’s economic change, but one cannot overlook the contribution of these foreign-born leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation.
A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy reveals that US immigrants started more than half of the current US-based startups valued at $1 billion and more. These 44 companies, the study says, are collectively valued at $168 billion and create an average of roughly 760 jobs per company in the U.S. The study also estimates that immigrants make up over 70% of key management or product development positions at these companies, WSJ reports.
Let’s have a look at the top 10 most renowned companies founded by immigrants.