The Indian Startup Community Reacts To Nikesh Arora’s Exit
Nikesh Arora was one of the biggest names on the Indian startup scene. As the President of Softbank, he’d overseen some of the biggest investments in Indian startups in 2015, including large rounds in Housing, Oyo, Grofers and Snapdeal.
Nikesh Arora Goes On Tweeting Spree After Stepping Down
Softbank President Nikesh Arora isn’t the most prolific tweeter. Since joining Twitter in 2009, he’s only sent out around 2000 tweets on the platform. But as soon as the news about his resignation as Softbank President went public, Arora went on a bit of a tweeting spree.
Softbank President Nikesh Arora To Step Down
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Softbank President Nikesh Arora is stepping down from his post. A few hours ago, he had been given a clean chit in a probe into alleged foul play in the firm’s investments in Indian start-ups Oyo Rooms and Housing.com.
6 Startups Feature Among 25 Indian Companies Best At Attracting And Keeping Top Talent
While the recent reports of mass layoffs, funding winters, down rounds and campus hires deferrals may have put a cast of shadow on the employability of startups, Linkedin’s data on top Indian companies best at attracting and retaining top talent does away with any doubts that top Indian startups still remain the employers of choice for India’s top talent.
Flipkart Shuts Down Image Search And Its Chat Feature, Ping
As Flipkart’s top leadership has left the company, the products that they’d developed seem to have gone with them. Flipkart has decided that it will be retiring Ping, its social chat feature, and its image search function, two products that it had launched amidst much fanfare last year.
Employees Share The 9 Worst HR Policies Adopted At Indian Startups
Working at a startup can be a life changing experience. Being a part of a business as it’s being built, grown and scaled up and contributing to it every step of the way can indeed be a satisfying career goal. Most young people would prefer to work at a startup a conventional company for their friendly work culture and minimal HR intervention. However, when startups too start adopting and enforcing similar policies and rules as those companies, it defines the employee morale to give the job their 100%, slack away or quit altogether.
Govt. Relaxes FDI Norms; Apple Stores Can Now Open In India
Apple CEO Tim Cook had returned disappointed after his India visit last month, when days after his whirlwind trip it had emerged that Apple…
A GQ Magazine-Like Resume Landed Him A Job At GQ London Even Without An Interview
In an increasingly competitive job market, getting noticed is the first hard step towards employment. While most people bank on the content in their resume, and a fair bit of luck to get that coveted job, some make the resume itself the focal selling point.
20 year old Sumukh Mehta is one such enterprising graduate. After graduating from the College Of Management Studies, Jain University, Bangalore, Mehta was on a hunt and wanted to be hired in the media field. He hit upon the genius idea of applying to fashion magazine GQ by making his resume in the style of the magazine itself.
How Indian Startups Showcased Their Product Brilliantly This Father’s Day
Festivals and special days are becoming an opportunity for Indian brands to not only showcase their quirky, innovate side but also integrate their product into the campaign. While many companies, especially startups, post a message or do an ad, some go all out and pull off elaborate campaigns to celebrate the occasion day. Fathers’ Day celebrated on June 19th, has also become a festival that warrants those campaigns.
We did a round up of the best of Fathers’ day campaigns this year.