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Entrepreneurship can be extremely demanding. “You’re going to be working 25 hours a day, seven days a week, forever,” ABC’s “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary told CNBC Make It. “That’s what it takes to be successful.” While not everyone subscribes to this exact theory, many successful entrepreneurs and businesspeople report getting up early to avoid
Those who vouch for the immense potential of female entrepreneurship by looking at its landscape would do well to remember the difference in semantics between “landscape” and “place”. The original meaning of “landscape” comes from 17th century artistic discourse, referring to “an image depicting a natural interior landscape” and the term has continued to be
Renkube is the first company in the world to offer a non-motion tracking solution integrated into the design of solar panel glass. Halliburton Labs, JITO Angel Network and K4 Mumbai Network also participated in the round Renewable energy-focused deep tech startup – Renkube – has announced that it has secured $300,000 (INR 2.4 crore) in
Ratan Tata’s grace, simplicity and humility have often caught people’s attention. Although he was one of India’s best-known industrialists and businessmen, he always lived a simple life. Recently, Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has made a seed investment in a startup called “Goodfellows” which aims to help older people by pairing them with educated
Credit: 123RF.com Logistics platform Shiprocket has become the latest entrant into the coveted unicorn club after raising Rs 260 crore (about $33 million) in fresh capital from existing investors Temasek Holdings and Lightrock India, according to documents filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The cycle pushed the company’s valuation to $1.2 billion. The
It is difficult to build in public. Which means it’s hard to tell your story as an entrepreneur. Which means that for a new venture capital firm like VSC, which offers public relations support and storytelling advice in exchange for equity in startups, a volatile startup environment presents an opportunity for disruption. VSC Ventures was
FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, WeWork co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann attends the … [+] Bell Opening Ceremony at Nasdaq, New York. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources it did not identify, reported on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 that Neumann will walk away with nearly $2 billion from Japan’s SoftBank Group
Niraj Varia spent the last eight years at Novastar Ventures, a global VC with hubs in Nairobi, Lagos and London, having joined at its inception and worked his way up to become a partner. Under his leadership, the company has invested in numerous tech startups in the sub-Saharan region of Africa and more recently led
Sphere is a professional development startup that trains employees in machine learning and data science. The company was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2022 batch and got clients like Stripe and Tinder. Now the team has raised $4.3 million in seed funding led by Felicis Ventures. Sphere, based in San Francisco, is a continuing professional
Before getting up As a cash-strapped fledgling startup, it might seem like all the problems you’re having would go away if you just had cash in the bank. At TechCrunch, it often seems like every other startup story is about another fun company raising bags full of venture capital. Millions — billions — of dollars