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Topic: startups

Overcoming these 3 obstacles in social media marketing will boost your business, says Ahmed Khan

The young social media marketer believes that social media influencers are more interpersonal, more engaging, and communicate with their audiences at a different level.

Tata group makes beauty business ‘key focus’ as start-ups like Nykaa blaze the trail

The group plans to reclaim ground in the beauty business it exited 23 years ago, with the local market for cosmetics forecast to be worth $20 billion by 2025.

India leads world in start-ups with over 70 unicorns crossing value of $1 billion: PM Modi

In his monthly Mann Ki Baat broadcast, Modi said ideas and innovation, passion to take risks and the 'can do' spirit are essential in any country having a large youth population.

DNA test can help you pick right career, claims startup. ‘Unscientific, devastating’, slam experts

Astrology and psychometric tests are also part of the 'future-charting' package by Genleap, which says some educational institutes have expressed interest in the test.

Opportunities galore in India for investors, FM Sitharaman tells global business leaders

Addressing global business leaders at a roundtable organised by FICCI & US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Sitharaman also talked about fintech & role of tech in financial sector.

India’s used car website Cars24 raises $450 mn from SoftBank, Tencent, others

The round values Cars24 at $1.84 billion, almost doubling from the end of last year. It’s starting conversations about an IPO and aims to go public in 18 to 24 months.

Entrepreneur Chiranjiv Patel’s podcast is an excellent roadmap for youth-run startups

The podcast is a good place to learn everything about running startups — and building the leader along with the team above all.

‘Not typical young startup founders’ — BillDesk trio reap $500 mn each selling stakes

M.N. Srinivasu, Ajay Kaushal and Karthik Ganapathy are selling their payment gateway firm BillDesk to Prosus NV for $4.7 billion.

Khatabook, bookkeeping app for kirana stores, raises $100 million from Tribe, Moore

An Indian fintech startup, Khatabook in 2019 launched a mobile app version of handwritten ledgers that owners of tiny businesses traditionally use to keep track of daily accounts.

Mindtickle, funded by Softbank, is the latest unicorn in India’s fast growing tech industry

Mindtickle, based in Pune and San Francisco, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion. It provides what it calls sales readiness technology that companies can customise with their own content and data.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.