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Home How dock-less bicycles are re-shaping the urban cities of India
Not so long ago, when our lives were relatively simpler and rampant urbanization hadn't taken away the simple pleasures in life, bicycles ruled the city streets. More than a luxury, they were a staple of everyday commutes. Every household would have one bicycle at least and people would paddle their way to covering short and long commutes. However, the growing ambition of the...
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Home Tynor Orthotics raises Rs 143 crore in funding led by Lighthouse Funds
Tynor plans to invest Rs 100 crore over the next three years and is aiming at a turnover of $100 million in the next five years. Orthopedic products manufacturer Tynor Orthotics Private Limited has raised Rs 143 crore in a round led by Lighthouse Funds and Thuasne Participation, France. The Mohali-headquartered company said it will use the funds to accelerate its growth...
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Home How India's digital workplaces are making themselves future-ready
As companies weave in new technology, they may need fewer people to do the work or the processes themselves may change. In that regard, organizations need to be more flexible to accommodate changing business processes. Technology is moving further into business operations and facilities. It is inevitable that CRE (Corporate Real Estate) professionals are increasingly relying on...
- 6 hrs ago
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Home Google invests $550 million in China's second-largest ecommerce platform JD.com
The deal is a win-win for both. While Google wants to counter Amazon in product search, JD.com takes on Alibaba in Southeast Asian and global markets. Despite facing local regulatory hurdles, global tech behemoths are keen to do business in China as Google's $550 million investment in JD.com reflects. The search giant announced a strategic partnership with...
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Home Five lessons to keep in mind while pitching for a win
I've been pitching for business for as long as I can remember. It's one of the more challenging aspects of running a business and helps build muscle in crazy organizational skills, making sens e out of chaos, dodging curveballs, and bringing together five minutes of clear thinking (read as insight , idea, storyline, and measurement) delivered in 20 minutes that win the business....
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Home Anjana Reddy on India's love for games and getting it right with Wrogn
"You can't get bigger than Messi," Anjana Reddy says. The founder of Indian fashion company Universal Sportsbiz Private Limited (USPL) reflects on her entrepreneurial journey from a sports e-commerce brand to a national fashion industrialist. A sports fanatic and forward-looking business mogul, Anjana left her town in Hyderabad to attend university in the US,...
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Home MobiKwik invests in data science company, IndiQube raises Rs 100 Cr from WestBridge Capital
In a bid to strengthen its fintech portfolio, digital payments platform MobiKwik announced it has made a strategic investment of Rs 2 crore in Pune-based data science company Pivotchain Solutions. A predictive analytics company with expertise in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Pivotchain has built exclusive AI and deep learning models for...
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Home State of Startups - funding scene looks dull after a bright start
The Indian startup ecosystem has seen a slowdown in funding in the past few months, after getting off to a brisk start earlier in the year. While the first 40 days of the year saw investments totaling a staggering $1.8 billion, the funding has dropped pace since then. The first six months of 2018, to this date, has seen $5.1 billion in startup funding, but that's a...
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Home Cryptomining and other career opportunities in the blockchain ecosystem
Cryptocurrencies and talk of blockchain applications are everywhere lately. They are tea-time talk subjects of blockchain investors, they are in the discussions of encouraged entrepreneurs and a headache of central banks and governments. What makes cryptocurrencies interesting is blockchain, and what makes blockchain special is its incorruptible ( at present) algorithm,...
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Home Three industry experts share why Indian SMEs must upgrade their business knowledge and skills to deal with current challenges and opportunities
"Starting, managing and scaling a business is an art and a discipline," says Sirish Dhurjety, conscious capitalist and a passionate entrepreneur who co-founded and managed boutique strategic advisory firm Capital Logic. As an entrepreneur, Sirish, who has multiple management qualifications...
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