Articles categorized as "Strategy"
Inspired by Startups
Jun 01, 2015
Dilipkumar Khandelwal, Managing Director, SAP Labs India, believes the new normal for large companies like SAP will revolve around the mindset to co-innovate with partners, embrace a startup-like culture and, most importantly, inspire people to work as if
Private equity investments Tick up 20 % yoy to Us $2.65 Billion in Q1 2015
Mar 01, 2015
Pause in mega ecommerce deals sends quarter on quarter value down 36 per cent
IPO Private Equity Venture Intelligence
Scaling up through bootstrapping
Mar 01, 2015
Since starting up in 2004, RateGain scaled as a bootstrapped company and raised its first round of funding in 2015 from TA Associates. Today, the company offers SaaS-based price comparison tools to over 10,000 global hospitality and travel
Big Data Bootstrapping hospitality RateGain T.A. Associates travel
Backdoor into the Internet
Mar 01, 2015
Omidyar Network & Matrix Partners India-backed U2opia Mobiles has found a solution for 28 million users in emerging markets to access social media and Internet with no data connection, and just USSD gateways
Data Internet Matrix Partners India Omidyar Network U2opia Mobiles
Your eight-minute hot meal!
Mar 01, 2015
At 73, Radha Daga, founder of Triguni Foods which supplies Magic Upma to Indigo Airlines has shown that age is just a number. With her conviction, passion and courage, she has grown her business to a Rs. 8 crore company
Air Costa Barclays Bank dehydrated foods Indigo Airlines ready-to-eat meals Triguni Foods
The story of jyothi laboratories
Mar 01, 2015
Ullas Kamath talks at the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation’s learning event on Jyothy Laboratories’ growth, its Henkel acquisition and the entry of professional management in the organisation
acquisitions Entrepreneurs’ Organisation Henkel Jyothy Laboratories management lessons
For the people, by the people
Mar 01, 2015
Backed by Nadir Godrej, Local Circles is a platform for citizens to partner with the local government bodies and address hyper-local, community-based and national issues ranging from healthcare and education to women and child safety, and crime
Local Circles local community Nadir Godrej Social Entreprenuership
The casa grande journey
Mar 01, 2015
Casa Grande, the Chennai-based real estate player, has scaled up tremendously – both in terms of financials as well as brand – since starting up in 2004. Its next jaunt – become a pan South India player and, possibly, touch sales of
Avenue Venture Real Estate fund Casa Grande Fulcrum Venture Motilal Oswal PE Propel Ventures Real Estate
Where data meets decision-making
Mar 01, 2015
T.A. Associates-backed Fractal Analytics, among the first movers in the Indian analytics space, is on an aggressive growth path. Following the acquisition of Mobius Innovations, it is betting on more IP-driven acquisitions, with a focus to touch
Big Data Fractal Analytics Mobius Innovations T.A. Associates
Think Customer capital, Not venture capital
Mar 01, 2015
Mega fund-raising rounds are certainly newsworthy and can get you atop the business press. However, London Business Professor, John Mullins, gently reminds entrepreneurs, especially in new age technology-enabled sectors, about an age old concept – that of bringing in
John Mullins technology startups