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Flipkart Rolls Out Employee Stock Options
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Expressing Employee Value? India’s leading e-commerce platform, Flipkart, has rolled out Employe Stock Options (ESOP) to a third of its employee force. This is being seen as a milestone move by many in the industry for the company led by Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal. What is an ESOP? An

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M.S. Dhoni- A Cricketer With A Visionary Business Bend
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A Successful Captain.A Successful Businessman. He is hailed as the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team. But he also has keen interest in business. The new movie M.S. Dhone- The Untold Story might just cover his cricketing story but rest assured, he is doing more than that in

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Unocoin secures Largest funding ever witnessed by Indian Bitcoin startup
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Great going Unocoin! How much funding Unocoin raised this time? Bengaluru-based bitcoin startup, Unicoin, has recently secured about $1.5 million in funding. The funds came from various Indian and U.S investors, the company proclaimed on Thursday. This is the company’s second funding round after its previous seeding round. Who all

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The Startup Mixtape
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In Just One Day, the book surpasses its Kickstarter Goal Okay, so you have a great idea for a startup and yet you are somehow stuck. There is no dearth of information available out there but so much information is equal to so much clutter. It’s all white noise! So

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Future of Work is in Startups says GoDaddy Survey
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The rising tide of Entrepreneurship A global survey was conducted by GoDaddy in collaboration Morar Consulting this year. It was a global survey in which 7,291 professionals participated from countries like Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Singapore, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The main

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Make in India: All Talk, No Show?
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What’s Happening to the Government’s Plan for Startup India? PM Modi launched his ambitious Startup India program last year.But what progress has the government actually made in promoting the startups in India since PM Modi’s Make in India launch in September 2014? Obviously, a slew of programs were announced under

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Smartwatches Seeing A Decline in Sales While Fitness Trackers Soar High
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Worldwide Wearable Markets Are Bullish If the latest report by IDC is considered, smartwatches, which have long since tried to capture the public’s fancy, are showing a downward trend in sales. Apple and Samsung, which are considered to be the major players in this category are also struggling to keep

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Airbnb raises $555 million in Series F Funding, Surpassing Marriott and Hilton
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With Great Valuation Comes Great Responsibility  In a latest development, global community accommodation startup, Airbnb, has raised $555 million of a $850 million worth Series F funding round. The round was led by Google Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures. According to Forbes, Airbnb, with its current valuation, is quickly surpassing

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Report Says Amazon Sells Popular Products at Higher Prices
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ProPublica Accuses Amazon According to the latest investigation report by ProPublica, Amazon is using its algorithm to push forward those products that benefit Amazon more and is charging their customers more than the minimum purchase price. The Investigation Looked at…. 250 of the top selling products over a course of

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Pepperfry raises Series E Funding Led By Goldman Sachs
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Pockets a Whooping Rs 210 Crore for Expansion In it’s Series E funding round, Indian e-commerce giant, Pepperfry, has raised a sum to the tune of Rs 210 crore from its existing backers which include some luminous names like Goldman Sachs, Norwest Venture Partners, Bertelsmann India Investments and Zodius Technology

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