Your last FB post could decide how customer care treats youSocial media profiling is becoming an integral part of running a business, especially in the banking and retail sectors, both of which depe...
29 Nov, 2017, 10.51 AM IST
Modi Sarkar@2: Who are the most social media savvy ministers in the Modi cabinet?From announcing policies to issuing press releases, from addressing complaints to seeking opinions, this government has been active on soci...
15 May, 2016, 01.51 PM IST
How to make your family your emotional investorsWhile it is mandatory to maintain complete honesty with a spouse, it is important not to be a financial burden on the parents, advice entre...
22 Jun, 2015, 01.44 PM IST
Startups like Frankly.me, SpotDy make most of Delhi elections and AAP's victoryDelhi-based InviteReferrals, with its referrals software, helped the Aam Aadmi Party, itself a startup of sorts, raise Rs 1.8 crore in just...
11 Feb, 2015, 10.22 AM IST
Twitter's ZipDial acquisition signals microblog's growing appetite for big India playTwitter's acquisition of ZipDial for an estimated Rs 215 crore is seen signalling the microblog's growing ambition in India.
21 Jan, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
Let'sVenture founder Manish Singhal quits angel dealmaking platformAs on November 2014, it had facilitated 17 fundraising deals worth a total commitment of Rs 21.95 crore from a group of 120 angel investors.
12 Nov, 2014, 11.33 AM IST
Frrole: Amarpreet Kalkat's Bengaluru-based company analyses social media data for organizationsMaking sense of the social Web, with its real-time, unstructured data, that does not yield to traditional methods of analysis is a big chal...
10 Nov, 2014, 09.37 AM IST
Twitter speeds up partnership deal with TV channels to drive user growth in India"We want to make Twitter the second screen for television channels in India. In keeping with television, I would say stay tuned," said Rish...
12 Sep, 2014, 01.25 AM IST
Startups see dark clouds over Sebi's crowdfunding planMany of the proposals by Sebi to oversee crowdfunding are leading to unrest in the startup community.
20 Jun, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
Technology product startups struggling to raise moneyThis year, technology product startups have received just $18 million (Rs 108 crore) of venture capital out of a total of $420 million (Rs ...
12 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
On Twitter, we have seen conversation on public issues, politics grow, Rishi Jaitly saysRishi Jaitly, India market director at Twitter, spoke to TOI over phone about how the elections played out on Twitter and more.
21 May, 2014, 01.25 PM IST
Indian startups score lower than Silicon Valley companiesIndian investors also display a geographical bias, for instance Bangalore-based startups are valued higher than average, clocking valuation...
21 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Angel investors pump 4 crore into LetsVenture to widen deal-making servicesThe platform which serves as a marketplace for global investors to connect with entrepreneurs of India, aims to close 35 funding deals this...
13 May, 2014, 01.42 PM IST
Indian Startup Sector: Why new businesses face more hurdles than advantagesThose launching new businesses say there are more hurdles than advantages in the Indian startup sector where many ideas die for want of mon...
09 May, 2014, 04.17 AM IST
In Twitterverse, big newsmakers offline have most followers onlineWhat emerges from the numbers is that Narendra Modi rules, edging out Shashi Tharoor, for long the social media darling, from the top spot.
02 May, 2014, 01.10 PM IST
Frrole raises seed funding of $245,000 from investorsThe equity investment, a first for Frrole, which has been bootstrapped by its founding team so far, will be used by the company to build it...
22 Apr, 2014, 05.39 PM IST
How world’s big corporations look to gain from Indian startupsMNCs are not the first to bet on local startups. Tech firms like Intel, Qualcomm and SAP are already investing in India.
13 Dec, 2013, 06.47 PM IST