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Home [YS Exclusive] How Aditya Puri primed HDFC Bank to fight disruption and ride the digital wave
Aditya Puri, Managing Director, HDFC Bank In the corporate world, the disruption created by smaller companies and startups is often reminiscent of the oft-told Biblical story of David and Goliath, which talks about the triumph of the underdog over the giant. Indeed, much of the disruption caused by startups and relatively smaller players provide good...
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Home A tale of two startup ecosystems: how do Indian entrepreneurs differ from their Silicon Valley counterparts?
Indian startup ecosystem has always looked towards the West. Startup capital Bengaluru is often called the Silicon Valley of the East. And though we aspire to be its equal, the truth remains that we are at a nascent stage when compared to Silicon Valley. Cultures differ, but comparisons abound - over business models, investments,...
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Home [Techie Tuesday] The unlikely story of Gurteshwar Singh of Karix, a college dropout turned cloud telephony expert
Gurteshwar Singh What do you need to land your dream job? The obvious route for many entails getting the grades, acing in college, and bagging a degree or two. But not for Gurteshwar Singh, Director, New Product Development at mobile enterprise engagement platform Karix. If anything, Gurteshwar's story is testament to the fact that...
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Home Four years on, real-time recruitment startup BeatMySalary is looking at end-to-end hiring services to drive growth
BeatMySalary Founder Karthik Prasad has had a long and eventful journey from Mysuru, his birthplace, to London, where he's currently based. From assembling computers and cabling them up at the tender age of 15 to setting up a community blogging website to launching a first-of-its-kind online recruitment platform, Karthik has known...
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Home The best of weekender: A tête-à-tête with SAP's Krishnan Chatterjee, head honcho by day and rockstar by night, cruising down the Brahmaputra and notes from a sports anchor
How often do you come across the head honcho of a company who is the lead vocalist of a band by night? Meet Krishnan Chatterjee, CCO and Head of Marketing, Indian Subcontinent, SAP, who turns into a rockstar by night.He and his band of hardcore musicians who call...
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Home We need innovation from startups and game-changers to boost the economy: Harsh Mariwala of Marico
Marico Limited, one of India's leading consumer goods companies, has been fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through the Marico Innovation Foundation (MIF) since 2003. Founded and helmed by the Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Limited, the not-for-profit, CSR arm of the FMCG major also hosts the Marico Innovation Foundation Awards to nurture...
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Home We must rethink the VC model and stay invested for the long run, says Sarath Naru of Ventureast
Tucked away in a corner of Crescent Road, which houses some of the oldest and wealthiest families in Bengaluru, is the quaint little office of Ventureast. The 22-year-old VC firm recently moved its headquarters from Chennai to Bengaluru. The move is significant for a firm that has invested mainly in ideas that could change India, and believes that...
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Home [Startup Bharat] Jaipur-based Standyou wants to be the 'OYO for coaching institutes'
In 2014, Priyank Shrivastava and Rajan Sharma met at Startup Oasis, then the only incubation centre of Jaipur. That's where they also connected with Tapesh Bhargava, a technological expert. Two years down the line, after umpteen networking events, the trio decided to enter the entrepreneurial arena together with Standyou. The Jaipur-based edtech startup claims...
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Home WATCH: Through the Eyes of the Investor - behind IdeaSpring Capital's long-term bet on B2B tech startup Lavelle Networks
How does an investor make an investment decision? What guides this decision? What prompts them to rally behind an idea, an entrepreneur, and a certain product with their support, and more importantly, with their money? And once they do, why do they choose to stay the course? All of this and more answered in YourStory's brand...
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Home [Techie Tuesday] Sanjeev Barnwal of Facebook-backed Meesho has one advice for coders: 'get out and meet the customer'
Sanjeev Barnwal, Co-founder of Facebook-backed Meesho, says he took to engineering because he didn't want to opt for biology. But, along the way, the 28-year-old's love for tech has not paled the importance of other, equally critical, learnings as well. For instance, pursuing entrepreneurship has helped him understand that being...
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