Alibaba Expanding To South East Asia; To Buy Controlling Stake In Lazada
China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba is expanding its footprints to South East Asia. It has announced buying a controlling stake in online retailer Lazada for about $1 billion.
Indira Nooyi Shares Important Thoughts About Women At Work
She heads one of the world’s biggest consumer product companies and one of the only 20 women heading an S&P top 200 company, but her insights on the issues women still face at work come across as telling of the situation prevalent even today.
Speaking at the Women in the World Summit, Indira Nooyi, the 44 year old Indian-born CEO of Pepsico, has shared a lot of heartfelt thoughts about women at the workplace.
5 Easy But Epic Ideas To Create A Fun Office Environment
The key to a successful business is a happy and fun office environment. If you have this, then everyone will be working with a smile on their face. People will be happy to come to work and keen to get their tasks done.
If you’re after a more fun office environment, then here are five easy to implement, but strategically important ideas.
How WebEngage Quietly Created A Successful B2B Business
WebEnage’s success shows Indian B2B startups are slowly coming of age. They’re making inroads into international markets, and away from the attention and the hype, building some solid businesses.
Japanese Ecommerce Giant Rakuten Eyes Business In India, Opens Office In Bangalore
After American ecommerce giant made its India debut in 2013, and Chinese giant Alibaba made strategic investments in the country before announcing to open operations in India, now it’s Japanese ecommerce biggie Rakuten that has its eyes set on India.
11 Times When Indian Startup Wars Got Very Real
The Indian startup ecosystem is normally a friendly place. People offer each other tips, share insights and generally have each other’s backs and the whole startup fraternity seems to be one big back-slapping family. But when there’s intense competition and big money at stake, the niceness is sometimes cast aside and bitter rivalries surface. And even as some of these are pushed under the carpet, sometimes the founders decide to make it public.
Here are the top 11 times when the things got a bit heated in the Indian startup ecosystem.
Maharashtra Govt. Follows Karnataka In Putting Curbs On Surge Pricing
Close on the heels of the Karnataka government implementing a policy that would regulate cab fares, the Maharashtra government has followed suit. The new rules shall put caps on the number of taxi aggregator vehicles allowed on roads and will also seek to rein in higher peak-hour fares.
16 Doordarshan Channels To Be Available For Free Without Internet, Right On Your Mobile Phone
Doordarshan has started broadcasting free TV to mobile phone in 16 cities. Mobile TV can be received in and around these cities usingdongles on smartphones, tablets, and TV sets.
Uber, Ola Continue With Surge Pricing In Spite Of Govt. Order
Two days after the Karnataka Road Transport Office issued a directive to commutech companies against applying surge pricing, Uber and Ola seem to be defying the rules and continuing with higher prices.