Startups
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Being your own boss can pay off, but not always with big pay
Working for yourself might bring freedom and autonomy, but it increasingly comes with a major risk: low pay. Research by William Kerr explores the shifting sands of self-employment
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Earth Tatva: Recreating from ceramic waste
Archaeology has shown that ceramics don't biodegrade for centuries, however, production rejects end up in landfills over decades. Earth Tatva procures them from industries and turns them into reusable material
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Indra Water: Treating wastewater efficiently
Compared to conventional solutions, Indra's technology requires 25 percent less energy to operate, saves 40 percent operating cost, and requires 85 percent less manpower to recover 99 percent wastewater
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Banyan Nation: Recycling at scale
In the past 12 months, over 300 million FMCG bottles have been produced from Banyan's recycled plastic for clients that include Hindustan Unilever, Reckitt, Shell and HPCL
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CarbonCraft Design: Turning tyres into tiles and homes
The startup has developed the first-of-its-kind CarbonCraft Tile from upcycled carbon that is collected from waste carbon streams with the aim to make carbon neutral homes
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Pi Green Innovations: Filtering air without a filter
Pi Green's 'Filterless' solution ensures that PM is captured consistently without significant deterioration in the efficiency throughout the product life cycle. The idea is to capture PM and reuse the soot in various other applications
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How FanCode is building a one-stop destination for sports lovers
Through streaming, data analytics and online commerce, the Dream Sports-backed digital platform is putting together a single portal to plug all need gaps for sports fans
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Can Uable stand out as a teen social networking app?
Launched last September, it aims to become a virtual community for youngsters to find friends and internships, learn and shop
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Emerging Indian Saas Leaders: Darwinbox's Jayant Paleti, Chaitanya Peddi and Rohit Chennamaneni
Today, more than 650 enterprises use Darwinbox to manage payroll, leave, attendance, appraisals, and learning and development of over 1.5 million employees
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Can Atomberg take on market leaders like Havells and Crompton?
Manoj Meena and Sibabrata Das failed five times, but the sixth time, they built Atomberg as a startup manufacturing energy-efficient fans. How far will home appliances take them?
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For the long run: Meet the last-mile boys of rural India
How ElasticRun Uberised logistics to enable businesses reach kirana stores in deep pockets of the hinterland. Can the B2B commerce platform unicorn keep running at a stunning pace?