I was just talking to an investor the other day and when asked about the current state of e-commerce in India, he said, “it’s a blood bath.” While these are words of someone who’s burnt their fingers having invested in Indian e-commerce companies, I think a lot of startups in India have to come to [...] Read More
The e-commerce space is a dangerous combination of lucrative and risky. The opportunities in this ever growing, ever emerging space are infinite. Yet if you consider the number of entrants in the space, very few people have been able to succeed and make it really big. When you have the right idea and the right [...] Read More
The handicraft and handloom sectors are an Rs 24,300 crore (USD 4.48 bn) industry contributing Rs 10,000 crore(USD 1.85 bn) to India’s export earnings of Rs 1.62 lakh crore (USD 300 bn), as per the 12th five-year plan working document. The global market for handicrafts is USD 400 billion, of which India’s share is below 2%, [...] Read More
Advaiya is a team of professional services consultants.From a humble inception in 2005, they have come a long way, now serving companies like Microsoft, Google and VMware. Their interdisciplinary team provides an array of services like strategic consulting, technical and marketing content, training and evangelism, software development and staffing solutions. Here, Advaiya provides a SoundPitch [...] Read More
Stress Analysis was one of the most boring classes at IIT Bombay and I wished I never have to delve into it again. I was forced to study it once again not to design any efficient structure or material but to deal efficiently with powerful multi-dimensional stresses of entrepreneurship journey. As entrepreneurs, we are hammered, [...] Read More
I was commuting via the Delhi metro when I overheard an interesting conversation between two men in their 40’s. The gist of the conversation was that one of the men wanted to startup an online store as he was getting bored at his job. All he needed was someone who’d make him the site and [...] Read More
Little1, an online portal for parents to save and share precious moments of their children, today announced that they have secured an undisclosed second seed round today from the Radix group. Sabarish Nair, the founder of the company has shared that the fund raise was done as a part of getting a family of doctors on [...] Read More
The role of the corporate industry is often understated in the startup space, but any healthy startup ecosystem requires good participation from them. India’s startup ecosystem grows healthier with every passing day and IBM looks to keep it that way. We at YourStory.in are proud to announce our partnership with IBM’s Global Entrepreneur which is [...] Read More
“I know at least 6 different forms of martial arts and I had the record of the fastest knockout in NIT Trichy at the time I was there,” said Sriram V Iyer, co-founder of UMobile. Now if you knew Sriram from his witty and insightful talks at various YourStory events, Martial Arts would be the [...] Read More
Dasra recently released ‘Crafting a Livelihood’ report that brings to the fore some stark realities about the state of rural artisans and craftspeople in the country. The research report outlines the current landscape in India, challenges and opportunities, roles of various stakeholders – government, corporates, social businesses, non-profits – and best practices currently implemented within this space. We will be printing excerpts from the report over the next few days.
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