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Startup News roundup for Week ending 8th October News you can use Book Review ‘Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups –Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor’ Startup and emerging companies take The Phocuswright Conference Summit stage on Tuesday, November 7, to showcase their travel innovations. But established companies are […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 15th October


Dreamit has teamed with Accenture, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, to connect Accenture’s strategy and innovation leadership to the startup founders at Dreamit working on transformational products in health tech and urban tech. “We’re excited that Accenture partnered with Dreamit to bring cutting-edge digital health and urban tech companies to market more […]

Dreamit Launches Strategic Partnership with Accenture To Help Startups Scale


Modern automobiles have come a long way from the time Karl Benz invented Patent-Motorwagen in 1886, and the widely accessible mass cars 1908 Model T manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars are now equipped with controls used for driving, passenger comfort and safety, and occasionally by voice on 2000s-era […]

Detroit eyes startups: Ford and GM announce deals to advance ...



Even after years of service, video marketing continues to be a great method of promoting products and services, especially for start-ups which are just getting their marketing campaigns started. However, there’s a disadvantage to video marketing, which is that you are trying to reach an audience in an ecosystem that […]

Startup Advice: Methods of Increasing your Video Engagement as a ...


Startup News roundup for Week ending 8th October News you can use Book Review ‘Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups –Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor’ Launch of startups in India slows down – Here is a bit of sobering news for entrepreneurs, founders and startups: There are reports […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 8th October


IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishing retailer recently announced that it plans to acquire 100% of the shares in TaskRabbit, Inc., an on-demand services platform startup. To some, this merger deal sounded comically counter-intuitive: IKEA, perhaps the largest do-it-yourself store in the world is buying a Silicon Valley startup that […]

IKEA buys startup TaskRabbit : What’s the next BHAG startup ...



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This week, Venture capital-backed meals ordering startup Yumist announced it was shutting shop with a blog post on its main page : It’s been a FABULOUS journey, but… 70% of our monthly orders were from repeat customers and from March until September we tripled our revenues and gross margins. With […]

Venture based startup Yumist fails: It’s been a FABULOUS journey, ...


Indian startups have been on a tear in the past few years. During the past year, we have been posting accounts of dynamic startups and incubators (link) . But, here is a bit of sobering news for entrepreneurs, founders and startups: There are reports that the number of startups launched […]

Launch of startups in India slows down


We occasionally review books (link) focused on startups, entrepreneurship and investing. Jason Calacan, a successful Angel investor based in Silicon Valley has penned a book that has generated a bit of a buzz, and garnered 225+ review on Amazon (as of Oct 2017). The Tech Angel investor’s new book comes […]

Book Review ‘Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups–Timeless Advice ...



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Here is a recent review of “Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley” A glimpse into the inner workings of Silicon Valley startups, March 18, 2017 Stories of Silicon Valley are a must read for entrepreneurs, startup founders and techies. Chaos Monkeys, as the title promises, is […]

Book Review: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in ...