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From being ahead of their time to incompetent teams: Eight reasons startups fail

The foundation of every start-up should be the vision to solve an existing problem in a specific industry.

App-only Myntra wants to be the Facebook of fashion: Personalised, social and mobile-specific

Myntra plans to introduce features such as a virtual wardrobe with pictures of users' clothes and image searches

Oliphans Capital invests $2 million in Prothom, manufacturer and exporter of toys

India is fast becoming very cost competitive vs China in terms of labour costs and we are very bullish on the toy industry – globally, says Jhaveri, Oliphans Capital. In Prothom, we see a beginning of manufacturing startups being funded in India.

Fashion brand Zovi raises $50 million, to launch deals marketplace app

The ‘Little’ app aims to be both a discovery platform for lifestyle consumers and a significant sales channel for merchants.

Lifestyle brand Mad(e) In India to raise Rs 30 crore; plans to expand to US, Dubai

Currently, apart from an online play, it has three of its own stores, a presence across 21 multi-brand outlets, including international airports.

Bangalore isn't world's back office any more; it's mecca of start-ups in India. Here's why

The city has transformed into the mecca of startups in India over the last two years

Urban Ladder hires Apurva Dalal as CTO

Apurva Dalal will help ramp up the company's technology platforms that will be "key to bringing the best in class furniture and décor shopping experience to customers."

Narayana Murthy's Catamaran invests in payment solutions firm Innoviti

Masterkey Holdings was the sole advisor to the current transaction.

Mobile payments app QuikWallet gets $1.6 mn funding; looks to raise $5 mn in Series A

The company, which has has so far raised $2.1 million in total, is also looking to raise $5 million in Series A financing.

Car rental startup Zoomcar launches doorstep service, plans grand Mumbai foray

Customers will be dropped by Zoomcar’s executives at their choice of location -- be it office, home or any other place and pick it up once they return from the drive.

SeedSphere Ventures to back early stage investment for start-ups

The venture plans to bring together high net worth individuals (HNI), and companies eager to invest in these categories of businesses.

Zoomcar receives $11 mn funding to fuel expansion plans

From the beginning of the year, our revenue has grown by more than 3x and bookings have increased in a similar fashion, said Greg Moran, Co-Founder and CEO, Zoomcar.

Boom time again: Expats make a beeline for India as economy reviving, start-ups buzzing

Hiring is usually done in small numbers as these are for niche positions. Sometimes a team of experts is hired for mid-level positions.

Travel planner TripHobo partners with Zomato; 2nd tie-up in less than a month

The company is planning to go in for a larger round of funding in a year's time.

Cabinet approves India's first national policy for skills development and entrepreneurship

The statement said the cost norms include support for components like mobilisation of candidates

What selloff? Rahul Yadav rubbishes all 'rumours', says Housing to buy 2 cos

Last month, Yadav hogged limelight when he gave away all his holding worth about Rs 200 crore in the company to the employees

Quikr in talks to buy out Housing.com? Board meet today to seal CEO Rahul Yadav's fate

Looks like Yadav's brash attitude has taken a toll on his company

Hyderabad Angels plans to invest Rs 6 crore in five start-ups

PS Sreekanth, Investment Director, said, "We have invested Rs 15 crores across 11 start-ups in the last four years. "

Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav may (not) have quit again, yet Twitterati calls him 'Steve Jobless'

The board is likely to make an announcement in two weeks, says a report.

Microsoft joins hands with Mumbai institute to launch design accelerator

The accelerator, aims to start with 12 startups in its first batch, will not take any equity, and instead charge fee startups Rs 5,000 per seat.

E-comm valuations very high but youngsters should be given a chance, says Ratan Tata

Tata felt overseas investors in e-commerce companies will make sure that founders and the management maintain high standards of governance

Mydentist raises Rs 50 cr for expansion across India

Mydentist has 103 clinics spread across Greater Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Ahmedabad, a team of more than 500 dentists and a cumulative patient count of over 3 lakh patients.

Tiffin startup FoodAbhi raises seed round funding, eyes pan-India expansion

The tiffin sector has a 2.5 lakh daily demand and there are only seven to eight organized players and over 90 percent unorganized players.

Call for entries: Electropreneur Park incubation centre for electronics startups goes live

The EP initiative will support 50 startups in ESDM space and is expecting to create 5 global companies over a period of 5 years.

SAP ties up with IIM-Ahmedabad's CIIE to launch startup accelerator programme

The Startup Accelerator Programme aims to create a pipeline of investable startups from this region by scouting for entrepreneurs from Gujarat and providing them with mentorship opportunities.

Google aims to bring 20 million Indian SMBs online by 2017

The GMB app will help small and medium businesses (SMBs) create and manage their business information online across Google in English and Hindi for free, without having to invest in a website or a domain.

It is all about mobiles: Ziffi.com sees 3-fold jump in bookings after app launch

Ziffi.com, earlier known as Docsuggest.com, changed its name to enable bookings not just for health but cover the entire beauty and wellness spectrum.

IncNut Digital to launch websites on food, interior design, wedding

The company, which got initial funding from Ventureeast, has a business model focused on content, communities and commerce. Sinha said that content is growing 20 percent faster. It gets over 60 percent of its traffic from the US, UK, Australia and others.

Birds of a feather: Twitter co-founder Biz Stone invests in Deepak Ravindran's start-up Lookup

The company will use the funds to expand its operations