Enterprise
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B2B businesses quietly scripting their success stories
Online retail platforms like Snapdeal and Flipkart may be grabbing eyeballs, but it's their business-to-business counterparts that are seeing profits
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Investors show a growing appetite for food
In a hat-tip to the enduring appeal of the food service sector, Azure Hospitality, which runs the Mamagoto chain of restaurants, recently raised $10 million from Goldman Sachs. Clearly, despite the challenges of the industry, investors are putting money where their mouth is
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ItzCash: Making cash in a cashless world
The business model that Ashok Goel scripted for ItzCash has given the unbanked access to a host of modern-day services
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Rahul Yadav Unplugged!
Why does Rahul Yadav throw caution to the winds? That's been an oft-asked question, without any conclusive answer. The co-founder and former CEO of Housing.com gave his own take in an interview conducted before his ouster
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SD Shibulal: 60 and rebooted
Retired life for an Infosys co-founder and former CEO is inevitably different. Take SD Shibulal who is funding startups, making security gadgets and building a social network for his wife's charitable foundation in his second innings
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House interrupted: Rahul Yadav's spat is not new in the startup world
When Housing.com co-founder and CEO Rahul Yadav decided to make his disdain for his investors public, he forced the startup world to introspect. After all, discord is not unusual in the investor-promoter relationship, especially in a hugely-valued industry that seems ripe for implosion
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Catching them young: VCs making deals at the seed stage
Venture capitalists, even those known to invest in well-established startups, are moving in early and making deals at the seed stage
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Mobikwik's journey and the path ahead
An RBI banking licence, if approved, can alter the future of Mobikwik. But founder Bipin Preet Singh is also looking for a Plan B
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Branded jewellery is the new darling of investors
Branded jewellery, especially with diamond insets, is attracting the attention of investors
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Can Ashiana Housing replicate its success outside North India?
Ashiana Housing owes its success to its pursuit of customer satisfaction and conservative business practices. But can the Rs 123-crore North India-based developer sustain this model as it expands to other parts of the country?
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The three must-haves angel investors look for
Nine prolific names in the angel investing business talk about their three common investment philosophies: Ideas, people and scalability