Weekly Recap: Making an Enterprise Startup Successful, Problem With Ridesharing Business & More

It’s the end of another eventful week. This week we saw quite a bit of action in the funding space – out of the 8 startups that raised funding, 4 were education startups. Then, there is the story of E-commerce credit card fraud and payment gateways. Amazon plans on getting Indian developers on to its app store, but how? Ridesharing in India, and why B2C will never work. And, the one tip you should not overlook if you want people to trust your website.

Here’s a recap of all this, and more that happened this past week.

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The Parts of a Puzzle That Make an Enterprise Startup Successful [Jay Pullur]

Of Credit Card Frauds, Payment Gateways & Indian E-commerce

Want People to Trust Your Website? Do Not Overlook This Simple Tip

WeAreHolidays Crosses $1mn in Revenue; Shares #StartupLessons [“Keep People Super Happy”]

Ridesharing in India : Why B2C Doesn’t Work

What Makes A SaaS Product’s Customer Service Extraordinary? The Case of Buffer

A 101 on Measuring App Install Campaign’s Effectiveness

GMV Vs Funding Vs Losses: The Real Measure of E-commerce Success

Lessons from Indian Serial Entrepreneurs Who Inspire

Exclusive: Flipkart to Launch Third Party Ad Services

Embarrassed To Launch (Ugly) First Version? Take A Look At These !

India Online

Decathlon Toes a Blurry Line, Seeks Govt Nod to Retail Online

Competition Commission Fines Google Rs 1 cr For Not Sharing Information

On Twitter? Do Banking! Kotak Mahindra Launches JiFi

Anti-FDI Small Traders Embrace E-commerce, Join Hands with eBay

Google Revamps Election Page; Now See Trending Politicians Via Google Score

Congress Election Manifesto Backs Aadhaar; Tax Incentives for Domestic IT Manufacturing

Highest Number of Consumers on E-bay Are From Kerala, Karnataka & AP: Report

India Needs Better Safeguards for Online Intermediaries: Report

BK Birla Unveils ADalBDal – A Platform to Exchange Products

E-books & E-Readers in India: What Readers Want [Report]

Indian Government’s User Data Requests To Google Drops Marginally

Indian Startups

The Startups That Made it to TLabs Accelerator’s Batch 5

Looking for a Job? Now Auction Yourself IPL Style

Startup Roundup: QueryHome & Fabhres

Planning a Holiday? Automate Your Itinerary Using Holidayen!

Funding

Big Data Analytics Firm Germin8 Secures $3 mn From Kalaari Capital

Online Media Startup Oximity Secures Funding from Ronnie Screwvala & K Ganesh

Indix Raises $8.5mn from Nexus Venture Partners & Avalon Ventures

Walden International’s Fund For Indian Electronics Chip Design Startups Delayed

Chennai Based Everest Edusys Raises Rs 5.7 Crore in Series-A Funding

Education Startup Skyfi Labs Raises Funding from The Chennai Angels

Persistent Systems Backs Wearable Tech Startup Hyginex

Times Internet Invests in Education Marketplace Gradestack

Apps

How Amazon Plans to Get Indian Developers on Its App Store

A 101 on Measuring App Install Campaign’s Effectiveness

TrackMe Lets You Share Real Time Location With a Group You Pick

Move Over Skype, Awaaz Wants to Be the Next Gen VoIP App

Election Essentials: Apps for Gaming & the Uninitiated

Misc

6 Indian Innovations Get $2 mn to Reinvent the Toilet

Airtel Pilots QR Code Based Recharge to Do Away With 16 Digit PIN

Don’t Share Aadhaar Data With Agencies & It’s Not Mandatory: SC