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Top 3 Startup Winner: Digs

The Startup Magazine

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. The startups ranked most highly by investors and startup enthusiasts in terms of scalability and longevity received votes on how well they connected with investors.

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The Impact of Techbikers – Part II

VC Cafe

Nepal, May 2016. For the first time this year, I went to see the impact of Techbikers in Nepal. magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, but the aftermath is visible everywhere. That was the case for many of the RTR buildings in Nepal, as they’ve built with quality materials and are up to code regulation.

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My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

What spending 10 days in a remote village in Nepal has taught me about the role of technology in water sustainability and independence The Origin Story At an early age, my parents instilled in us a sense of empathy for the less fortunate and taught us to be mindful custodians of the world and its precious natural resources.

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A Story About a Startup Founded by an Immigrant

The Startup Magazine

There is nothing quite like building a startup company from the ground up. America is a country that has been built by small businesses, all of which started off as a startup company at some point. That is what makes the story of this startup company, founded by an immigrant, so special.

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Lean Goes Better with Coke – the Future of Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

It didn’t take us very long to connect the dots between exponential growth, business model innovation and the “Lean Startup” movement. The Lean Startup movement is almost a decade old now and it’s now easier than ever for anyone to learn “Lean Startup” methods and become more entrepreneurial. in developing these new models.

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The Story of Techbikers (You can Play a role too)

VC Cafe

A combination of wanting to do good and yearning to be part of a strong startup community in London. Since we started Techbikers in 2012, 120 techies cycled from Paris to London and we’ve raised over 100,000 pounds for Room to Read , creating 3 schools, 4 libraries and 3,000 scholarships for girls in India and Nepal.

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Global Hiring Made Easy

Transformify

140+ countries,4 continents, business clients from the US, EU, and Asia, ranking in Startups 100 Index , a member of the Digital Coalition of the European Commission , programmes providing remote jobs for people on the Autism Spectrum and women in the Middle East.and the best is yet to come. First, it was Nepal. A win-win situation.

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