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A symbol of grace and dignity, former US First Lady Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, offers valuable advice for entrepreneurs in times of adversity.

Share on The year 2020 has been a catalyst of sorts for anything with a strong digital and tech focus. It has transformed the enterprise segment completely with wide-area network (WAN) architecture driving innovation at a critical point for businesses.  While initially, it was a natural choice for companies to connect their branches and networks and connected data centres, as the number of locations grew, problems like network congestion, service outages etc cropped up.  But the wide adoptio...

People from different backgrounds, gender, and races can alter the behaviour of a group, leading to improved and more accurate group thinking.

Share on Way back in 1979, The Buggles song, “Video killed the radio star” foreshadowed that the screen (video) would prevail over the speaker (audio) in our lives. It’s 2021, ripe for a reversal of sorts to happen, especially on social media.  After a historic year of being confined at home and experiencing “screen fatigue” from attending umpteen meetings via videoconferencing, netizens, employees and the who’s who of businesses alike are gravitating towards audio platforms that r...

YourStory [YS]: Tell us about FOSS United Foundation, and why did you start it?  Kailash Nadh [KN]: FOSS United was originally founded by Rushabh Mehta in 2016 as the ERPNext Foundation. Around the same time, Zerodha discovered ERPNext and decided to build its system on top of the ERPNext software.  This got us talking to the ERPNext team, and we gradually realised that we shared similar views on FOSS.  In early 2020, we co-organised a small FOSS conference in Bengaluru and realised we had t...

[YS Learn] Rapport played a key role in giving VenturEast an exit from biotech firm Richcore Lifesciences Richcore Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd was acquired by Laurus Labs, giving early investor VenturEast an exit. Subramani Ramachandrappa, CMD, Richcore Lifesciences, and Sarath Naru, managing partner, VenturEast, speak about the journey to the exit. 0 claps Share on A rapport between a company and an early-stage investor is more often than not what ensures the latter’s exit. Such has been the equ...

[YS Learn] The 20-year-old journey of Nazara Technologies that helped its early investor get a 40x exit Exits are important milestones for startups and investors It helps bring in more investment and belief in the market. But to get an exit is a journey of at least 10 years. For Nazara, their focus and drive gave its early investor an exit of close to 40x returns. 0 claps WestBridge Capital India Advisors, meeting entrepreneurs is a part of an everyday routine. But 25-year-old Nitish Mittersa...

Share on There is something endearing about the startup culture – carelessly strewn bean bags populating the floor space, foosball tables in the break room, wall art everywhere, and an open-door policy. But above all, it is about how organisations begin and grow.  Whether it is Larry Page or Steve Jobs beginning with just an idea and pure passion, their stories are legendary. Most startups tell a story of passion. But what happens when the startup starts growing, and adds new people and pro...

[YS Learn] Pitching tips to understanding the market and selling right, what startup founders advised in 2020 Fundraising comes with its own set of challenges. No amount of advice and guidance can be enough. Here is what some founders advised startups on their fundraising and pitching journeys. 0 claps Share on Fundraising is a part of any founder’s journey. Not only does it take up a considerable amount of a founder’s time, but it also is an exacting and cumbersome process. The founders ha...