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MeraEvents brings down the payment gateway charge for event managers. Will others follow?

By Team PI | Channel: Indian Startups

The COD transactions also increasing, usually COD Transaction cost is half the payment gateway cost. As the volume increases we can able to negotiate better rates with payment gateways and it would leave some margin to us. Read More »

News Roundup: Microsoft acquires stake in 24/7, LinkedIn Launches Hiring Solution for Indian Market

By Team PI | Channel: India Business

LinkedIn launches localized hiring solutions for Indian market Specifically for India, LinkedIn India is rolling out localized versions with India pricing for offerings like LinkedIn Recruiter, which will allow Indian recruiters to search and target profiles in India. The localised … Read More »

You know what Zuckerberg did during recession? He wore a tie

By sinha | Channel: Entrepreneurship

After the start of the recession in 2008, I wanted to signal to everyone at Facebook that this was a serious year for us. Great companies thrive by investing more heavily while everyone else is cutting back during a recession. Read More »

Skidos: Game and activity based learning for 3-14 years kids

By Rachit Mangal | Channel: Indian Startups

Skidos is an initiative to make learning fun utilizing innovative game, activities, animations, phonics and sounds to impart learning concepts. Targeting kids from 3-14 years, games are aligned with NCERT curriculum, supplementing class room lessons. Apart from standard learning concept … Read More »

Do We Embrace Failure Enough?

By Guest Author | Channel: Entrepreneurship

Surely, we are a society obsessed with ‘success’. At least on paper. While it could be argued that this is not a trait unique to Indians, I get a feeling we tend to do it more than others do. Read More »

5 Traits of a Great Angel Investor [Willingness to learn as much as you are willing to teach]

By Mukund Mohan | Channel: Entrepreneurship

Angel investing is certainly not for the faint of heart. Market timing rarely works so most good investors I know invest the same amount every year for 5-10 years before they are able to spot patterns and obtain exits. The thrills of helping young entrepreneurs succeed though, more than makes up for the short term uncertainty. Read More »

News Roundup: Google, Facebook remove content on court order

By Team PI | Channel: India Business

Google, Facebook remove content on court order A lower court in New Delhi told 22 social networking companies on Monday to put in writing the steps they had taken to block offensive content, and submit reports to the court within … Read More »

Orkut Launches Support for Hashtags

By Team PI | Channel: India Online

Orkut, the web1.0 social network from Google has launched support for hashtags. “From now on, whenever you’re reading a topic, all hashtags will be automatically highlighted and will link to improved search page, where other posts with the same tag … Read More »

Buy Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Groceries Online in Mumbai from ShopVeg

By Ashutosh Saxena | Channel: Indian Startups

Online grocery stores should not be a new concept for you if you are a regular reader of Pluggd.in. Not very long ago, we featured startups like ZopNow, Aaramshop, MyGrahak.com, and Farm2Kitchen, that bring grocery shopping online. Shopveg.in is a … Read More »