Startups
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Focus on growing your company and not the share price: PolicyBazaar's Yashish Dahiya
While many entrepreneurs have lost sleep once the market stripped the bountiful IPO gains, Yashish Dahiya is the picture of calm. He didn't find much reason to celebrate when his company listed at a premium, and he's not much worried about the rout—what he wants to understand is the logic behind both
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Girish Mathrubootham on how to stay hungry amid a carnage
The poster boy of Indian SaaS is braving a brutal global tech meltdown and trying to keep Freshworks steady. What might come handy is turning deaf and building credibility
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Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague
Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country's huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile
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MapMyIndia knows how to navigate storms and the stock markets
After coming close to selling the company and battling the odds for over two decades, the Vermas got MapMyIndia listed in 2021. Now, their venture is navigating the stock market storm better than its peers
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Don't worry about the wild swings, highs and lows. Just keep batting: Hemant Jalan on life after IPO
With listing at 75 percent premium and a record high the day after, Indigo Paints made a stunning debut in 2021. Two years later, the stock has plunged below the issue price. Can Hemant Jalan continue to paint the town red?
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CarTrade is zero-debt, has cash reserves and is profitable. Why is it's stock getting battered?
Vinay Sanghi steered CarTrade to a public listing after over a decade of hustle. Seventeen months later, the stock is down by over 70 percent from its issue price. Sanghi reflects on life after IPO and how it's changed his attitude as an entrepreneur
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RateGain: India's first listed Saas company may be down from stock market highs but not out
After a blockbuster IPO in December 2021, RateGain's stock fell 43 percent from its listing price before recouping gains as of Jan 18. Here, Bhanu Chopra reflects on the company's performance which remained bootstrapped for a decade, turned profits for 14 years before two years of losses during the pandemic and was back in the black after listing on the bourses
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Life after IPOs: From sizzling highs to sobering lows, Humpy Dumpty had a great fall
India's many blockbuster IPOs have dwindled since they listed on the stock markets and life after IPO is much different than anticipated. However, experts believe there's no reason for gloom and doom
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5 Questions for Apoorv Shaligram and Uttam Sen, co-founders of e-Trnl Energy
Excerpts from The Daily Tech Conversation, with insights on growth, products, innovation, challenges and lessons along the way
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5 Questions to Vishalini Paliwal, founder and CEO, Zipy.ai
Excerpts from The Daily Tech Conversation, with insights on growth, products, innovation, challenges and lessons along the way
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5 Questions for Kinner Sacchdev, co-founder and CEO of Knorish
Excerpts from The Daily Tech Conversation, with insights on growth, products, innovation, challenges and lessons along the way