A research by a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, Shikhar Ghosh, showed that nearly 75% of all startups fail. That’s three failures for one successful startup. Though the failure rate is higher than industry reported failure rates, which range from 20 to 30%, that’s still a lot of startups.

It is popularly believed that in 5 years, out of 100 new startups, 90 would not exist. Incubators are fighting a battle against these odds, helping new businesses and startups survive and avoid a pre-mature death. Let’s find out how. In medical terms, an incubator is a medical apparatus in

While the cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore have long been on the forefront of the Indian startup story, a few states are all set to challenge their hegemony. Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha are fast moving in the race with vigor and conviction. And soon, very soon

In the recent times, India Inc has witnessed many senior-level executives quitting their jobs in big companies to venture out and start their own startups. In March earlier this year, Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori left Flipkart to join hands to launch their startup. They have plans to launch an

India is at the helm of a technology revolution, thanks to its intellectual prowess and ability to come up with ways to tackle different problems on a limited budget. Their “value for money” exploration of the moon has also earned them great pride.  The Infosys story, TCS, Sabir Bhatia, Sunder

While securing funding from a Venture Capital Firm (VCs) is the ultimate aim of a startup, and earns you a credible status in the world of banking and finance, there is very little that an average Joe knows about VCs. For starters, VCs are NOT a collection of wealthy individuals

The greatest challenge for an entrepreneur to launch his startup and keep the business up and running is to acquire the necessary funds. An entrepreneur can get his/her funding from various sources right from the good old banks to the local (un)friendly money lender. However, the preferred mode of getting

In mythology, a unicorn is a fabled horse like creature with a unique single horn on its forehead which gives it fantastic magical powers such as magical healing and glow-in-the-dark luminescence. In the world of VC and startups, a “unicorn” signifies a tech startup valued at $1 billion or more,

According to GEM’s Global Report, a staggering 100 million businesses are launched globally, every year. However, it is believed that 80% of these startups fail within the first 18 months. This statistic takes the wind out of the glorified startup world’s sails.   The truth is that it’s not a truth. It’s a complete

Not all tech startups today are founded by engineers or computer scientists. There are some trailblazers who jumped into the tech startup world without proper tech knowledge themselves, and yet they have held their own in the super-competitive startup environment. Here are some of them: Brian Chesky of Airbnb: Brian