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The Evolution of Startups in India — The Story Up Until Now

ReadWriteStart

Before we take a plunge into the Startup culture of India, let us first try understanding what exactly a startup is, and how does it function? Then we will tell the evolution of startups in India and the story until now. How did India utilize its resources to become a startup generating machine? What is a Startup?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

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1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9) , Mumbai (April 16) , and Pune (April 17). I will be reporting back on the companies we see on this column from the road. 3gSimplified. Report Bee.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Silicon Valley Will Suffer a Shameful Legacy for Introducing Inequality to the Great Equalizer

Austin Startup

Today, Silicon Valley took the Great Equalizer and established a system of inequality where only white male faces are prominently displayed in “tech media”, VC firms exclude African-Americans and sexually harass women tech entrepreneurs and we also see Silicon Valley firms talking up some “lack of pipeline” bullcrap.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

Entrepreneur Ryan Hoover transformed an email list experiment into a venture-funded startup community with tens of thousands of active members. Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India. Here are some of our favorites: 1.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. You are also less likely to be an entrepreneur when your personal obligations, like family and mortgage pile up. What is your mobile strategy? Tell us about the Meebo launch.

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Why are digital music merchants ignoring emerging markets?

The Next Web

Emerging markets will soon exceed the US and Europe in smartphone ownership and as a result, most people looking for entertainment on their mobile devices are also located beyond the mature economies. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion' This story continues at The Next Web.

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