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 […]
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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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In a case of crowdfunding disaster, Kanoa shuts after startup taking customers’ money” is lockedStartup shutdown: In a case of crowdfunding disaster, Kanoa shuts after startup taking customers’ money. Failed Startup: Juicero Runs Out Of Juice – Juicero, a Silicon Valley juicer startup that raised $120m from investors and was […]
Failed ventures Sept 2017 : RIP Startups that didn’t make ...
We have come a long way since the early days of Apple’s Siri when voice activated systems were a novelty. Voice activated user interfaces continue to make great strides and a number of startups are innovating in this space. (link to article) Voice activated digital assistants are also finding innovative […]
Review: Amazon’s All-new Echo (2nd Generation)
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington‘s purchase of an apartment in Ukraine marks a milestone that opens the floodgates for real asset transfers on the blockchain. SAN FRANCISCO, California: Propy, the global property store and decentralized title registry, today announced the world’s first real estate transaction on the distributed public blockchain network […]
World’s First Real Estate Purchase on Ethereum Blockchain
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Amazon is perhaps the largest and most influential eCommerce aggregator in the world. A while ago, we posted an article about Amazon’s tremendous reach (ref: What’s the big deal about $1 out of every $2 spent online in the US going to Amazon? ). As an entrepreneur, there are several […]
What is the Amazon’s franchise program? How do I become ...
Meshfire, an artificial intelligence-backed social media management company based in Kirkland, Wash., will shut down Sept. 30. Meshfire’s CEO Eli Israel wrote a succecient a blog post announcing the closure, saying that the company has not grown enough to continue: Today we must sadly announce that the Meshfire service will […]