What if you could build a personalised travel booking site? Little Nirvana is an initiative of Nirvana Excursions, a travel company that’s well-known for its customized itineraries for trips across the world. Travelers, and parents to two toddlers, Nidhi and Viren, the people behind Nirvana Excursions found this vertical to be very close to their hearts and couldn’t help but…
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Big brother US plans to mentor Indian startups
US government interested in Indian startups... The US government plans to set up its incubation centre in India in a move to train Indian startups. The US State department has started Nexus, a startup incubator programme, in association with the IC Institute of Texas at Austin, in India. Nexus plans to mentor around 60 startups…
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Must have insurances for a startup
Here goes a few insurance options for startups… We understand that the biggest risk for any startup is the risk of being unsuccessful. Although there are no insurances to cover you against failure, there are many others which should take care of other exigencies that a business may be vulnerable to. These exigencies may be…
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Yourslate: Confessions of a serial entrepreneur
The story of Hasan Ali’s art venture... He comes from a family of artists/painters. His grandfather H.R. Raja was a critically acclaimed artist who used to paint zebra crossings, roads, pavements until he became famous for his fine art. But not Hasan Ali, while pursuing B. Tech in electronics and communication engineering from JSSATE Noida,…
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The dark side of entrepreneurship
Perspective: Great people come with great resilience Meghna Maiti “The average man don’t like trouble and danger,” says Mark Twain in his book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,’ explaining the reality that war and suffering are the integral part of the legacy that any successful individual leaves behind. Here Twain was not just referring to…
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Snap Inc invests in ‘Placed’ at $200 million
A new investment by Snap Inc rolls eyeballs! To quote David Shim further, "Over the past 12 months, ‘Placed’ has measured more than $500 million in media spend to store visits, across thousands of campaigns and hundreds of partners, cementing Placed as the leader in location-based attribution.” Ever since its inception, this biggie has taken…
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