Instacart founder Apoorva Mehta exits with $1.1 billion fortune after IPOApoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart, is set to have a fortune of $1.1 billion following the company's IPO. Mehta stepped down as CEO in ...
20 Sep, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Remember this 'traditional' approach while investing in new-age stocks like Zomato, PaytmThough investors had begun to believe that profitability of a company was not core to its success, this view (supremacy of profits) has sta...
14 Aug, 2023, 06.30 AM IST
In personal finance products, simplicity is not just useful, it’s absolutely necessary: Here's whyPerhaps our technological world has mentally trained us to accept that most of the new wonders of the world are too complex to be understoo...
10 Dec, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Walmart unveils robot-run warehouse to whisk food to your carThe Alphabot, designed by a Massachusetts startup called Alert Innovation, could help Walmart build on that lead. Walmart began working wit...
10 Jan, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
The easiest way of investing is to keep things simple. Here's whyIn the case of personal finance products, simplicity is not just something useful, it’s absolutely necessary.
15 Jul, 2019, 10.22 PM IST
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger tell you how to make the right investmentsSimplicity leads you to the right investments and the right portfolio. Should things go wrong somehow, you will know what you need to do.
09 Apr, 2018, 06.30 AM IST
How dotcom survivors built a $950 million startup in IndiaAttracting and keeping customers is a challenge for all e-commerce companies, and doubly so in India where shopping habits vary widely from...
20 Mar, 2018, 05.11 PM IST
Snapchat's IPO leads way for other overheated startupsParent company Snap Inc. on Wednesday sold its first shares of stock to the public at $17 a share, or a market value of about $24 billion, ...
03 Mar, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
Uber is said to lose at least $1.2 billion in first half of 2016Subsidies for Uber's drivers are responsible for the majority of company's losses globally, Head of Finance Gautam Gupta said, according to...
26 Aug, 2016, 09.23 AM IST
Tug of war: Men, money and womenThere are examples of (investors) putting too much money too fast and getting too involved when it is not growing as they have thought it w...
29 Jul, 2016, 06.04 AM IST
Is premature scaling the Achilles heel of startups?A startup is like a child. It needs careful nurturing. It cannot "grow up" too soon. Striking a fine balance of scaling a startup is key to...
18 Jul, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
- Technology driving growth in grocery e-retailing in India
Online food and grocery retailing, fairly mature in the West and showing lot of potential in growth markets like China, has not been able t...
24 Apr, 2012, 02.45 AM IST
Why India should have at least four steve jobsSilicon valley’s irreverent pundit and management maven guy Kawasaki on why vc’s dole out the worst advice and why India should have at lea...
19 Sep, 2008, 04.42 AM IST
- Microsoft may target Yahoo investors
In rejecting the offer, Yahoo founder Yang confronts Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo investors whose stock tumbled in the past two ye...
11 Feb, 2008, 10.08 PM IST
- Get ready for the return of the SuperDot
The days of the big dot com bust are history. The Internet is once more a great place to make money.
06 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST