Bengaluru founder’s 'strict 72-hour workweek’ to promote a 'building mindset' sparks online uproar: 'Make employees partners’Bengaluru entrepreneur’s post about his employees working from 10 AM to 10 PM, six days a week, has reignited the hustle culture debate in ...
06 Jul, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
She had panic attacks just entering the office: Bengaluru woman reveals how toxic startup culture broke herA Bengaluru woman, working as a Product Experience Manager at a prominent startup, resigned due to severe workplace harassment that trigger...
02 Jul, 2025, 11.56 AM IST
Harvard doctor’s simple tip can boost your happiness in one minute. A startup CEO is already practicing itDr. Trisha Pasricha, a Harvard physician, stepped outside the clinic to test if talking to strangers boosts happiness—and science backed he...
21 Jun, 2025, 05.01 PM IST
'Bengaluru is exhausted... surviving on caffeine': Startup founder reveals 'top 3 corporate concerns' shaking up the cityBengaluru’s glossy startup exterior hides a tired truth—burnout is rampant. In a widely shared post, founder Karan Raghani humorously expos...
18 Jun, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
'Forget romance, hire a COO': Bengaluru founder warns founder couples to keep spouses out of start-upsAnurag Singh cautions against mixing marriage and startups, highlighting the high failure rate due to co-founder conflicts and emotional bu...
20 May, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha walks back 'work-life' jab, calls it a 'stupid idea', claims startup culture isn't for everyoneZepto CEO Aadit Palicha has publicly acknowledged his controversial 2024 post on work-life balance as a "stupid idea," amidst criticism of ...
22 Apr, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
Deepinder Goyal on Zomato’s ups & downs; Ola Electric stock plummetsZomato’s CEO Deepinder Goyal talks about the highs and lows in the food delivery major’s journey so far. This and more in today’s ETtech To...
07 Oct, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
Startups take measures to ease their employees outPutting more people on performance improvement plans, setting unrealistic targets to be met in a short period, freezing hikes and variable ...
07 Sep, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
Sleeping on the job is the latest perk at new-age companiesA host of startups like Wakefit, NoBroker, Licious, and Solv are looking to incorporate “quiet time” for employees, safeguarding their ment...
09 Jan, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Startups roll out new-age HR policies to hold on to talentStartups are eschewing cookie-cutter HR policies and thinking out of the box to introduce new-age policies and initiatives to better engage...
04 Jan, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
Startups, firms provide extended paid breaks in runup to New Year'sAs the pandemic winds into another year amid rising Omicron cases, some startups are trying to ensure that, in these stressful times, the N...
26 Dec, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
How this Bengaluruean quit her full-time PR job to become a freelancer and a zumba trainerShaila Bhat turns into a zumba instructor, teaching the Latin fitness-dance form to a class of 40.
27 Dec, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
Two sides of Qbera's Aditya Kumar: Entrepreneur turns musician on weekendsThe former investment banker from London started a rock band called Retrospekt last year.
23 Aug, 2017, 07.23 PM IST
Startup accelerators need to focus on nurturing India’s next big startupsStartup accelerators mushrooming all over the country are steering hundreds of young businesses. They need to focus on scouting for and nur...
28 Jul, 2017, 01.30 AM IST
Workaholic young leaders find innovative ways to switch offAccepting that running a startup isn’t easy and moments of relaxation can be few and far between, they prefer to incorporate them into dail...
25 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Hard-working young leaders find innovative ways to relax at workCompletely accepting that running a startup isn’t a piece of cake and moments of relaxation can be few and far between, they prefer to inco...
24 Mar, 2016, 06.25 AM IST
How startups like Urban Ladder, Wego and others are taking care of employees' work life balanceThe risk of startup employees’ work-life balance taking a beating is a very real one, and in recent times it has become more tangible.
26 Jan, 2016, 06.37 AM IST