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Rs 10,000 cr Startup India fund: Who actually benefitted from this ambitious scheme?

The biggest lacuna about the ambitious 10,000 crore startup fund is that it did not lay out any steps on how it was going to achieve its objective.

Startup ScoutMyTrip helps you plan your road travel and also make hotel bookings

According to HolidayIQ, the holiday market for road trip is around $136 billion of which 60 percent comprises of road trips.

Startup Mamaearth to focus on toxin-free baby-care products, plans offline expansion

The startup has been launched through Amazon India's global programme, Amazon Launchpad

Here are the challenges Indian startups face while collaborating with MNCs

it is critical at the very beginning to formulate and put down ideas and the approach that will be taken towards the work process.

Startup Happy Cook aims to turn novice chefs professional: Here's how

Food makes up nearly one-quarter of all consumer spending.

Never give up, take risks, hire best talent: Business lessons from Bhavin Turakhia

Bhavin Turakhia, who started Directi with his brother Divyank, says his goal is not to make money, success or attain fame. The focus is on making a difference in people’s lives.

Why Kishore Biyani is wrong about startups: Kyunki Future Group was also a startup once

In the US, online retail accounts for 10 percent and in India it is 1-2 percent while it is 8 percent in China.

Fund flow into NCR start-ups narrows to just Rs 1,140 cr in 2016

Investors have become pragmatic and selective. The learning for startups is that have to perforce, "conserve and grow, or perish".

Odisha approves start-up policy, wants at least 1,000 in 5 years

The Odisha Start-up Policy (OSP), 2016, will be unveiled by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at an investors meet in Bengaluru next month.

IITs ban 20 start-ups in placement season: Ten lessons for students, entrepreneurs

Sectors that lose their sheen and thus do not attract students from prestigious institutes have taken place cyclically in the country.

Myntra to start offline stores too, hopes to be profitable next financial year

Myntra also said it is targeting strong growth in new segments such as home furnishing, re-launching its personal care business and expanding its sales of fine jewellery.

Snapdeal shuts premium fashion portal Exclusively.com, integrates with itself

E-commerce major Snapdeal will shut down Exclusively.com and will integrate the latter's catalogue with itself, about 18 months after acquiring the premium branded fashion and lifestyle products marketplace.

Govt to set up committee to review e-commerce rules

Setting up of this panel also assumes significance as the government has recently permitted 100 per cent FDI in food processing sector.

Friendship Day: Start-up buddies who launched a company and stuck together

A start-up, no matter however important, is only a business at the end of the day, says Bahl. To make life meaningful, it is important to nurture relationships and friendships are very important.

Kris Gopalakrishnan is right, most startups fail; but India is different: Experts

There are some that are still called start-ups though they have been around for over three years and are doing well. Can the term start-up be used for them, for instance?

Oyo, Travelport announce new hotel content deal

The agreement with Oyo is aimed at catering to the needs of Travelport's agents to add the hotel content they need in their local regions.

Good idea or good team – what guarantees success for a start-up

Apple, Yahoo, Google and Facebook are such enormous successes today because they were built upon a ground breaking idea.

Start-ups must not equate funding to success, focus should be on product

Getting funding for a venture that you have started with all your passion and hard work and effort seems to be some sort of a reward for all the toiling and compensates for that cushy job you happily gave up to pursue our dream.

Hyderabad-based Aadya Restaurants acquires ChennaiChef

Chennai Chef is into retail business and has presence across major super markets over six years.

White Unicorn Ventures launches $5 lakh 'Unigrowth' centre

White Unicorn Ventures has planned to invest around $20 million in early-stage start-ups this year.

Jabong's gross loss comes down by 70% in 2015, struggles to find buyers

Launched in 2011, Jabong offers more than 4 lakh products.

Chototel, a `super budget hotel' at $2 a day to open in July

Chotel, which comes from the Hindi and Japanese word chotu meaning small and hotel, is a budget hotel.

Holachef expands to Navi Mumbai, plans presence in 4 more cities

The company was founded by two IIT-ians Saurabh Saxena and his classmate Anil Geira.

Shaping leaders from coders is biggest challenge of IT sector, say experts

Organizations want more than a mere coder architect, no matter their potential as one; they also enjoy the idea of coder leaders.

Digital start-up SillyMonks raises Rs 3 crore from HNIs

SillyMonks plans to launch six web series properties on their YouTube channel “SILLY TUBE”

Water-less car wash: Pune brothers' Green Salute aims to reduce water wastage

As part of its service, the Green Salute team comes on electric bikes,

All hail Flipkart's new return policy: Why do you need 30 days to make up your mind?

Flipkart’s move is a well-thought move for profitability and to reduce costs

How did US billionaire Elizabeth Holmes go from $4.5 billion to nothing in a year?

In May 2016, the company admitted to federal health regulators that tests done through Edison was inaccurate.