Essays on Start up

Introduction SnowSports Interactive was founded by Steve Kenny as the CEO, Michael Brett as Vice-President for Engineering, and Shubber Ali as Chairman on May 2005 at Brisbane, Australia.  The main concept of the company is to provide tracking and Internet services to skiers and snowboarders …

Lush green gardens, complacent weather, vintage coffee houses like Koshy’s are some of the key things that are usually tagged along with Bangalore. However, over the last few years, the term startups has also become synonymous with Bangalore. Bangalore or rather Karnataka has been showered …

When a funding crunch prevails, going the bootstrapped way is the best modus operandi suggested by industry experts. Bootstrapping comes with its own set of challenges for entrepreneurs.  Bootstrapped pioneer like founder Sridhar Vembu says that “money always comes with strings attached.” This Bengaluru-based startup …

hosted a Demo Day for entrepreneurs, part of its Accelerator program on May 25, 2016. The event showcased projects of 19 teams from across sectors such as health, construction, energy, and others. Held at Qatar National Convention Centre, the Demo Day was attended by a …

Bootstrapping is considered a boon when the funding environment is going through a rough patch. If a business model manages to run the show without any external funding from investors, the founder/founders are not liable to part with their equity.Zoho, which has walked the talk …

Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola know the exact moment that they had a business model that resonated. The pair of now 23-year-olds met on the first day of business school in 2011 at Philadelphia’s Drexel University and quickly became friends. The following year they were …

No matter what stage your startup is in, you'll want to start or continue to grow your social media audience. The more people you can reach on social media organically and through advertising, the better your launch and your on-going sales will be.Related: Here are 15 tips …

Are you a person who prefers to take public transport just to avoid the hassles of finding a parking spot for your car? You may not be the only one. With structured parking systems being a key issue for urban planning authorities globally, the UAE …

As startups pull back on perks, what happens to staff? Executive Chairman Phil Wickham recalls the dot-com bust and how young workers at startups "struggled en masse" with the pullback.Wickham, who is also the CEO of , expects that the current pullback of fortunes at startups won't …

Everyone does not have the knowledge to manage an investment and its nitty-gritty’s while seeking education overseas. While procuring an education loan, might not be a huge task, understanding its logistics and payback schemes along with the core financial details still remains a tough cookie to …

In 2012, Matt McCann came up with the idea for a website that uses crowdsourcing to. McCann, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheeled walker, was intent on using his computer expertise to collect information on the accessibility of places like restaurants, hotels and …

While India has won the software game, it hasn’t been able to achieve its manufacturing domain dream as yet. Entrepreneur India asked Ravi Gururaj, Chairman, Nasscom Product Council, on how can government help in moulding hardware startups and also asked his views on new-age partnerships …

Mark Zuckerberg has invested in , an Indian education startup that teaches kids subjects like math and science with a mobile app.Zuckerberg's philanthropic organization, the , is leading the $50 million investment along with other venture capital firms.It's the second investment Facebook's CEO has made through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, …

Entrepreneurship is full of bad experiences. If you want to go through the turbulent journey then you have to learn the process of taking positive actions in the bad situation.The failures happened with me in the past and may happen again in the future.I am …

The global start-up buzz to fuel innovation-led future has got world economies putting onus on technology, talent, infrastructure, policy, and capital. The third largest start-up ecosystem – India (where technology impact is now getting visible on existing businesses like education) too has its line of sight clear though internally there are technology clusters like Hyderabad looking …

At this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Google co-founder Sergey Brin cautioned entrepreneurs that  may no longer be the best idea. The region’s cost makes building a “scrappy initial business that’s self-sustaining” difficult, if not impossible.Related: Instead, Brin and other business leaders are advising young entrepreneurs to flock …

This column is part of a series brought to you by Entrepreneur Coaching.  to learn more.Everyone has to start somewhere. Whether he or she works for the largest corporation or the hottest start-up, every entrepreneur starts at square one.Related: What separates the haves from the have-nots, however, is …

The recent change in the digital world, especially in India has seen the (dot) (com) culture weaving its own triumphant path. But, the less time-consuming, go-to medium is undoubtedly a mobile application. The major amount of time spent browsing, clicking and surfing on a smartphone …

  For a while now the food tech sector has been mourning under the impact of weak funding and frequent failures of business models. Earlier this year,  Zomato’s valuation was by the brokerage arm of HSBC.  Companies like TinyOwl, FoodPanda and Faasos have seen several …

Banks have always lent their support to traditional businesses and entrepreneurs. However, with the emergence of new-age startups today, it’s important that banks and government agencies tweak their services and policies to facilitate the new breed of entrepreneurs. The New Economy Group was set up …

Startups have always yearned for VC funding and have been slightly unaware of the advantages of seeking the same money from government bodies. Dr. Som Singh, founder and trustee of Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CEE), spoke to Entrepreneur India about the galore of advantages that …

In the second quarter of 2014, roughly  invested in startups was invested in those located in Silicon Valley. For startups not located at this epicenter of emerging companies, it might seem like an uphill battle, but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, tech has already undergone …

If watching all those sci-fi movies or underwater documentary films in 3D was cool, then IMAX took it to next level. But still, there’s nothing better than sitting in your house and getting the same feeling you would have, when Bungee jumping from Bhurj Khalifa.  …

When you’re starting out as a small-business owner, you don’t always know what to expect. Especially when it comes to your own growth. There’s a common myth regarding the progress of start-ups, says , author of  Love speaks and writes from experience: He’s also a …

Missed out your daily updates? Eager to know which investors has backed the startups? Entrepreneur India brings to you the latest update on the current funding scenario so that you don’t miss single news from the startup world.Goalwise:An online investment firm Goalwise has secured $1 …

For any startup funding is the essential part. They raise money to build their product and scale it to next level. And with the emerging startups, every now and then we hear one or the other startup raising funds. If you have missed your daily …

Raising funds at a time when startups are facing greater scrutiny over valuations is something of an achievement of its own. Let’s find out which of these startups made it big and are flourishing despite the investment draught.Romulus Capital Raises FundsUS-based early stage VC firm …

The long, strange saga of Gawker Media, Peter Thiel and Hulk Hogan came to an end last month when Univision the media outlet for $135 million at auction. While Univision bought the company's entire portfolio of sites, the frequently controversial Gawker.com shortly after the sale. …

T-Hub, one of the largest startup ecosystem builders in India announces the launch of ‘AgriTech Accelerator Program’ in partnership with ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics), powered by RViP (Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform).The program will begin on 15th February 2017. During the three-month acceleration …

Three enthusiastic  and experienced executives from Sridhar Vembu’s decided to graduate as entrepreneurs in 2015 and got together to form Zarget – which is a SaaS-based web optimization and marketing platform that provides comprehensive solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Chennai-based startup has recently …