50 Shades of Indian Startup Ecosystem [The 2017 edition]
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The one thing Indian startups can learn from Apple: Accepting mistake
Last week, a news came out that Apple is deliberately impacting the battery life of older iPhone after the launch of newer phones. While the consumers and fanboys got really angry and there were lawsuits being planned against Apple, the company took the gutsy route to do something it isn’t known for doing. Saying sorry. […] More
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in digitalindiaIndian Govt Calls Virtual Currencies like Bitcoins a Ponzi Scheme
The VCs don’t have any intrinsic value and are not backed by any kind of assets. More
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in Books10 of my favourite books for 2017
These are some of my favorites for 2017, I have my reading notes added as well along with some of the books in list: 1. Total Freedom by J Krishnamurti One of the tweet’s from Naval was the reason i picked this book. Krishnamurti talks about various aspect of life, it is a heavy book […] More
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in Dhandha5 Best Business Books of 2017 You Should Be Reading.
We heart books and here, presenting to you 5 most amazing books of 2017. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World’s Greatest Teams” by Sam Walker The secret to winning is not what you think it is. It’s not the coach. It’s not the star. It’s not money. It’s not a strategy. […] More
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in digitalindiaWhy IRCTC tatkal booking was such a pain? This CBI techie hacked the system for many years
While it normally takes around 120 seconds to generate a PNR, Ajay Garg’s software was able to generate a number of them extremely fast. The software could bypass IRCTC captcha, bank OTP and form, providing proxy IP addresses and multiple user IDs passwords, PTI reports. All agents needed to do was install the software and […] More
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in TechThe Real Value of Bitcoin? ZERO (according to Morgan Stanley)
As per Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette, the real value of bitcoin would be zero. Faucette had sent out a note to Morgan Stanley clients before Christmas suggesting that the cryptocurrency’s true value could be zero, based on the fact that only few online retailers accept bitcoin, and that the number of retailers that do […] More
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in digitalindiaQuikr: Confused Between Aggressive Monetization VS Being Useful?
Should convenience fee be a function of Product price ? Product weight ? Dimension? Distance? More
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Netflix: How the homepage evolved and what it means to your product.
This is the 1999 version of Netflix, when it was an ecommerce site selling DVDs. This is 2004 version when you were ‘renting DVDs’ from Netflix. By 2011, Netflix presents its DVD-by-mail service as an “add-on” to its streaming service—this is the ‘shift’ which is about to happen. The 2017 homepage is all about trials. […] More
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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India
It’s a large, fragmented, and heterogenous market. As a company, you need to measure risk-adjusted opportunity, operating environment in different states and evaluate based on that. This is an interesting perspective on how companies could look at evaluating not just India opportunity, but location opportunity. Source: HBR More
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Paytm launches 'Build for India' initiative to promote open-source projects
The virtual incubator will be aimed at finding developers who can use technology and design to build world-class solutions. More
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in BooksBooks I Recommend: Santosh Panda.
Santosh Panda is the cofounder and CEO of Explara, the event solutions startup. Santosh has been an entrepreneur for many years and has seen the ups and downs. Which is precisely why we hear out from him on books he recommends to fellow entrepreneurs and business leaders. 1. Karmayogi by E. Sreedharan Biography There is […] More
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