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Shades of Indian Startup Ecosystem: The 2020 Edition
A lot has happened in Indian startups space in 2020. And it’s time to do a recap! Every year, I have done 50+ shades, but thanks to our ever decreasing…
Early stage startups: An Investor candidly shares what they look for during fund raising conversation
Fancy pitches vs. straight-forward talks? Well, early stage investing is chaotic and Sanjay Swamy of Prime Ventures shares his candid take on what the fund looks for during angel round.…
Remote Tech Interviews made easier with Intervue.io
Remote interviews are a new norm and the entire process of interviewing needs a revisit. Meet intervue.io, a startup that aims to make remote interviewing a lot simpler by offering…
Borofy is a rental marketplace where you can rent over 400 products (all sanitized)
Borofy offers over 400 products, all sanitized with free delivery.
AngelList launches EquityList in India to help startups manage cap table and employee grants for free
EquityList, allows founders to easily manage their cap table, which as the name suggests, is a table that documents a firm’s percentages of ownership, value of equity in each round, and equity dilution.
EquityList also enables startup founders to manage equity they are granting to employees.
Zerodha is now a unicorn; To spend 60+ crores to buyback ESOPs
Zerodha will spend Rs 60-65 crore to buy back employee ESOPs this year, at a self-assessed enterprise value of Rs 7,000 crore, or around $1 billion.
IIT Roorkee develops low-cost ventilator ‘Prana-Vayu’
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IIT-Roorkee has come out with a new low-cost closed-loop ventilator named ‘Prana-Vayu’ that does not require compressed air.
Support local businesses in India during COVID-19 with this gift card initiative
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic we’ve seen many businesses suffer enormously, and local businesses in retail and hospitality seem to be taking a majority of the brunt. First…
India’s Innovation Rewards System : Thoughts in the time of Covid-19
It’s corona time and every IITian / accomplished entrepreneur is busy launching a visual graph portal – the one that looks sexy and beautiful. Bare bones, all these portals…
Fund raising in the time of Covid19: AMA with Karthik Reddy of Blume Ventures
How should you plan your fund raise at this point? How can you pitch better? Hear it out from Karthik Reddy, cofounder of Blume Ventures. In this AMA with Ashish…
Defying Startup Gyan: Pallav Nadhani On Fusioncharts Journey
In this episode, you will hear Pallav Nadhani, founder of FusionCharts, one of India’s longest running SaaS platforms.
Indian Startups Have A Massive Problem Of Sugarcoated Feedback: Kunal Shah
How real is the feedback you’re getting from people on your startup? Are they asking you the tough questions or are they telling you just what you want to hear?…
With special perks for students, this payments app is looking to win over young Bharat
KhaaliJeb is a UPI based payments and banking app that is targeted at the student community with discounts, loyalty programs and offers. Users under the age of 29 are eligible for their special perks.
Flipkart: The Untold Story of Experiments and Thinking Differently [Mekin on NextBigWhat Radio]
In this conversation with NextBigWhat’s Ashish, Mekin discuss the early days of Flipkart, hiring culture and lessons from many experiments (some notable failures include Payzippy, Flyte) and how some of these experiments helped them create a flywheel.
Ritesh Agarwal : This is the first time a major restructuring is happening
OYO’s Ritesh Agarwal in an interview: We have always acquired high-quality talent. This is the first time a major restructuring is happening at Oyo. We had two-three important learnings.
