After a torrid period for Indian startup stocks which saw the values of listed companies erode over a period of more than two…
The list of global tech companies manufacturing their products in India continues to grow longer. India’s Dixon has partnered with Nokia to make…
Just around an hour ago, OpenAI released its o3 model. The model blew existing AI benchmarks out of the water, getting record scores…
All manner of multinational companies already have their presence in India, but India is now featuring ever more prominently in their plans. US-based…
Kishore Biyani has never been a fan of e-commerce. Now it seems like he’s putting his words into action – while Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have been squabbling with each other through ads and discounts, he’s decided to take on the entire industry at once.
After close to ten years of being in the IT services business, I’ve reached the conclusion that the entire industry can be lumped into a few categories, starting from the ones at junior levels.
Sachin Bansal is a soft-spoken man. His words are usually measured, and his tone is usually conciliatory. But when Economic Times published reports claiming Flipkart might’ve been in sale talks with Amazon, the Flipkart cofounder was in no mood to play the nice guy. Tweeting right back at ET, he came up with this zinger.
A lot of small businesses feel like they shouldn’t outsource. It’s not much of a surprise, in all honesty. They might not like…
If you have a great idea for a new business, then you may well be excited to get it going. This is good;…
Real estate portal Commonfloor that was acquired by Quikr, after months of dilly-dallying, has finally dealt a harsh blow to the 100 employees who have been laid off. Allegedly, post Quikr acquisition the employees could not be absorbed at Quikr and the company had started the process of letting them go since Feb.
The times they are a changing. Especially within the tech industry, it is becoming increasingly important to be aware of what goes into making a good product. Product designers come in many forms. UI & UX designers, graphic designers, data scientists, business analysts they all serve as part of the product design team. They are here to help you identify, investigate, and validate the problem, and ultimately craft, design, test and ship the solution.
So, who other than the head of product design at a product we all use, and is ubiquitous is every way. Luke Woods, head of product design at Facebook, shares the 3 important lessons he’s learnt at Facebook.
While biggies like Flipkart and Snapdeal are figuring out where their next round of funding is coming from and looking at the very real possibility of down rounds, a relatively unknown player is the space is all set to get money from public markets. Infibeam, founded in 2007 by Cornell and MIT Sloan alumnus Vishal Mehta, is all set to IPO on 21st March from which it hopes to raise Rs. 450 crore.
Freshersworld is somewhat of an anomaly in today’s fast-paced startup ecosystem. For starters, it’s barely a startup, having started off way back in 2006. Also, it hasn’t yet joined the funding rat race, and remains proudly bootstrapped to this day. And most importantly, unlike other vaunted, well-publicized startups, it’s profitable – it had revenues of Rs. 19 crore last year.
