Essays on Start up

 This type of foreboding statistic is becoming more common in business conversations, but have you ever stopped to think about the reasoning behind such dire figures? Often it’s because the startup skipped a vital step in the process: idea validation.In other words, most startups fail because founders …

This article was co-written with  Our startup, hit an important milestone in June this year, when we reached US$1 million of sales on our peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand things. For a small, not-very-well-funded startup, we are very proud of ourselves. We had no fancy marketing …

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 …

Globally, there are over 100 million new businesses, which are launched every year. Considering the statistics, it translates into roughly 11,000 startups launched every hour! In this fast paced environment, it is essential for startups to keep innovating, if they want to survive.With thousands of …

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 …

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. …

33 million gods, around 10 lakh temples with more than double the number of priests, up to 40 lakh kilogram of gold treasures, annual donations worth above Rs 3,000 crore from India’s 10 richest temples, around 50 major festivals and probably less than 100 assorted pujas …

According to a latest report published by CB Insights and KPMG last week,  Q3 saw VC-backed funding, down14 percent and $24.1 billion invested across 1,983 deals globally, representing a very slight deal increase from the previous quarter. However, India on the other hand had reasons to …

So you are launching a new enterprise communication tool (Slack) carshare platform (Uber) or location based dating app (Tinder). Great. With roughly , unless you truly venture into Harry Potter levels of weird and wonderful, the chances are that there someone else has already created …

The startup success rate in India is just a little more than 3 per cent. While most of the startups are shutting down, there are some that held to tough times and are now emerging winners as their profits grow and losses shrink. One such …

Advising the cash strapped startup entrepreneurs over the compliance of laws in the complex land Ajay Joseph, Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan spoke to Entrepreneur Media. Things to look atContrary to popular belief the first thing that every entrepreneur should look at is when he is in …

Startup errors in personal computers are one of the typical and annoying problems in owning a computer. One main cause of this error according to synergy.com is a bad file path. This means that the location of the “Default File” which is specified and indicated …

Robotics startup suitX is turning human laborers into bionic workers with a new modular, full-body exoskeleton that will help reduce the number of on-the-job injuries.The flexible  system is designed to support those body parts — shoulders, lower back, knees — most prone to injury during heavy …

The purpose of this exercise is to design a single user system, to solve the needs of a startup business. The business I chose is a service oriented, automotive oil change company. This system will need to satisfy the business needs of a small company, …

As a start-up, you don’t always have the luxury of access or big budgets as some of the more established firms, while building your brand. On the plus side, the fact that you are a young company means that you are nimble, can adapt quickly …

The information asymmetry, that exists in the dealmaking landscape in India, for start-ups to connect with right investors and vice versa often leave performing ventures bereft of funding, and investors of tapping a disruptive idea early on. Chartered accountant, Himanshu Kumar, realized the need for democratizing the dealmaking procesFns …