There are many who believe that a successful entrepreneur is someone who is highly specialized in his area of expertise while others believe that a successful entrepreneurship comes from a knowledge of business and interest. While there are evidences of both the views being profitable, study shows that a good general knowledge along with specialization is the ultimate key to a successful startup. Read More>>
Monthly Archives: March 2017
SHAPING AN INNOVATIVE MINDSET
During the course of our career we make many mistakes such as letting our egos rule over us and not accept new ideas, not being able to predict the big picture of our future and becoming fearful of loosing our jobs. Marc Andreessen, in a talk with students at Stanford Graduate School of Business tells us about how we can overcome all of this to shape an innovative mindset to take on the challenges of the future. Read More>>
THINGS TO DO WHEN OFFERED 100 MILLION FOR A STARTUP
Startup companies work hard over the years to build themselves and grow so that they can sell their companies for a good capital. But when presented with such an opportunity it becomes difficult to decide whether the offer is good enough or not. This article talks about the points to consider when selling your company. Read More>>
WAL-MART IS TRYING TO EXPAND BY BUYING ONLINE RETAILERS
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is rapidly buying many online retailers like ModCloth.in to expand and get a wide range of customers. While Walmart hopes to give a tough competition to Amazon.com Inc.,its deals with the retailers can have a challenging impact on the image of the retailing corporation. Read More>>
A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR DRONE -HUNTING
Airspace Systems, a startup in Silicon Valley is one among the seventy companies which are developing counter drone systems. Unlike the other technologies which aim to shoot or disable them, Airspace has developed a technology to catch the drones. Read More>>
TRANSFORMING AGRICULTURE WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The population of the world is expected to increase to 9.7 billion by 2050. This means that we have to find innovative ways to grow food that is enough to feed the growing population. An initiative called Farm View has combined Artificial Intelligence and robotics to design a fleet of robots which will improve agricultural practices. Read More>>
VIBRATOR MAKER CLAIMS IT SECRETLY TRACKED USAGE
We-Vibe, a producer of vibrators which can be connected with an app to a smartphone for remote controlled usage has been accused of tracking the usage of the device. While this raises questions about the privacy of the customers , the manufacturers do not admit in any wrong doing of the practice. Read More>>
WORLD’S FIRST LAB-GROWN CHICKEN
A start up in San Fransisco has developed chicken meat by cultivating cow tissues in a sterile environment. A handful of taste-testers were asked to try it and they said the meat tasted just like chicken. Read More>>
TODAYS TECH THEME IS A POOR PREDICTOR OF TOMORROW’S STARTUPS
Venture Capitalists have developed certain templates or “themes” for the type of investments they like to make. These themes can be very useful in predicting success of a business.But most of the times they can be bad predictors for startups. Read More>>
SYMANTEC STARTS VENTURE FORMS TO BOOST CYBERSECURITY STARTUPS
Symantec has announced a venture arm that will help start ups concentrated in cybersecurity to get enough funding to reduce their expenses and increase their profits. Read More>>
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