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M&A activity in the Indian startup ecosystem has, for a long time, remained fairly nascent. Relatively small exits, averaging $10-15M, are commonplace in India. But things are changing, and with India being the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, Silicon Valley giants are beginning to pay more heed to the entrepreneurs and IP emerging …
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Innovation is a result of an unaddressed problem. Contrary to general perception, design process strives to find the correct problems. Solution to these form the second half of the process and which has complete dependency on the earlier, yet is more celebrated. A designer observes a given brief, studies it in the context and then …
The author extrapolates learnings from the last ten years of the Indian Automotive industry and makes the point that all things remaining equal, success in emerging markets depends largely on how premium a design feels in the hands and eyes of consumers. He suggests that Microsoft adopt a bold and fresh approach in the redesign of Windows 10. I …
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I predict starting 2016, we will hear $3-4 billion product companies coming out of India every year. The startup ecosystem has come a long way in the country, especially in the last decade or so. People often ask me at various forums and events as to where I see the startup ecosystem heading in the …
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“Great Tech Rocketships to the UK” is a unique initiative to fast-track India’s most promising Tech Companies. Winners of this competition will receive a one-week guided UK experience tour, including advice & mentoring from specialists, interactions with investors, accelerators, and incubators. The initiative will also take the shortlisted companies to Tech City – the most vibrant …
Restaurants have busy nights almost everyday. Here, no tables are empty and more often than not, customers are in the waiting room. Waiters are busy serving and clearing tables, no cylinders are ideal and everything is on fire. Managers are on the edge of capacity to avoid mistakes. But suddenly the smoothness breaks and it …
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When it comes to retaining your customer, you simply do not need to know them but should also try to understand them. If you wonder that why are your competitors holding a superior hand than you and why are they successful in catching the pulse of the customers? The reason could be that they are …
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Welcome to the second edition of InTech50. We’re happy to report that we achieved some spectacular results from our first edition last year and are all geared up to announce the dates for the next version of the program. What did we achieve? 39 companies had active deals in progress In September alone, a 100 …
As we closed an amazing year, handling 11.3 million calls, helping customers retain 2.42 million potential leads and getting 10,578 companies to try our product, I would like to submit this: As an entrepreneur I play joker. I try – I fall – I stand up again for the next stunt. Whatsoever, I have to …
An extremely polarizing topic, the question, ‘Do You Need An MBA To Be A Product Manager?’ is an often asked one on popular forums; the answers range from “No, an MBA won’t help you in any way, and you are better off not spending the money” to “Yes, it’s a must if you want to …
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Further to our earlier discussion around “Relatively slower growth of Indian IT product companies” let’s continue soul searching. World economy is growing, inter country trade is growing, global power equations are changing more frequently than ever before, smaller but high potential countries are trying to consolidate their position in the region before marching towards global …
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eCommerce platforms are becoming increasing popular for small & medium retail business wanting to sell online. There is no hassle of developing a website or integrating it with other tools and software. It manages everything from building ecommerce website to order fulfilment. Here we list below some popular #madeinindia eCommerce platforms in no particular order. …
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Recently I read a blog post by Mr. Przyklenk, senior manager, digital insights, for TDBank Group. Big Data is the next “BIG” thing, but is this “BIG” thing applicable for everyone, is the “BIG question. Let’s consider TDBank Group, the second largest financial institution in Canada. They began re-evaluating their customer data when branch traffic declined …
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Being context aware is about knowing location, identity, activity and time. Many context-aware technologies give a huge importance to location, but location is just one aspect of context, not the context. Location awareness can improve user experience, but knowing a user’s preferences and specific environment makes it all the more personal and all the more …
This article was originally published on Sangeet Paul Choudary’s personal blog Platform Thinking – A blog about building early stage ventures from an idea to a business, and mitigating execution risk. A keynote laying out the shift that platforms are bringing about in the nature of business today. One of the central concepts I talk about on this …
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