Tag: founder
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Key takeaways from Thyrocare’s Arokiaswamy Velumani, Ketto’s Kunal Kapoor, Dream 11’s Harsh Jain, and others from Day 5 at TechSparks 2021
YourStory’s TechSparks 2021 returned on day five with a deep dive into how Thyrocare Founder and Chairman Dr Arokiaswamy Velumani built one of India’s largest medical diagnostics chains, which was recently acquired by PharmEasy. “I am exiting the segment when it is exciting. COVID-19 has made sure that healthcare is going to be an exciting space…
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Rethinking what’s next with industry experts in masterclasses at TechSparks 2021, India’s largest startup-tech conference
Former chairman and CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, once said, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” Today, with 70+ unicorns, over 250 accelerators and incubators as well as a rising number of corporate and family office investors, there…
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What do commercial space missions mean for India?
Good morning! Spacetech has become a buzzword in the Indian startup ecosystem since last year. New spacetech reforms, including private players, have boosted the opportunity for commercial space missions. Several space-tech startups are building their own satellites and launch vehicles to contribute to India’s commercial space missions. For example, the deployment of small satellites can…
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Even with govt regulations, CoinDCX is aiming big
Cryptocurrencies are dominating every dialog around the world today. In January 2020, Bitcoin crossed the 40,000-mark and skyrocketed after Tesla said it will begin accepting Bitcoin obligations . But, on Wednesday, Bitcoin had dropped by 13 percent and Ethereum by 15 percent. The fall started after Tesla CEO Elon Musk declared that the company won’t…
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Elon Musk Has Poker Community on Tilt Over Bitcoin Comments
Elon Musk surely isn’t making friends within the poker community lately. The multibillionaire product architect of Tesla Inc. caused Bitcoin, a type of cryptocurrency that is popular among investment-savvy poker gamers, to plummet with only a couple of tweets. Can Elon Musk cause harm to Bitcoin? (Image: The Indian Express) With a net worth of…
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Crypto-currency pioneer Diana Biggs joins digital assets startup Valour as its new CEO
Crypto-currency pioneer and early Bitcoin thought-leader Diana Biggs has joined Swiss-based startup Valour, which lets investors easily buy digital assets through their bank or broker. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, thus massively boosting the mainstream markets for crypto assets. Biggs explored the potential for…
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Signal vs WhatsApp: Indian tech chiefs take sides
Some of India’s top entrepreneurs are joining a chorus of technology industry leaders in Silicon Valley, pushing for users to quit WhatsApp and join Signal, a messaging service backed by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton. These reactions follow WhatsApp updating its privacy policy and terms of service to share more user data with its parent Facebook.Prominent…
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[YS Learn] What does Elon Musk’s move to Texas mean for startup ecosystems around the world
Tech entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk moved to Austin, Texas, last week. Musk, who is also the Founder, CEO, and chief designer of SpaceX, is one of the high-profile tech entrepreneurs to have moved out of California during the pandemic. Similarly, in November 2020, Joe Lonsdale, a general partner at venture capital firm 8VC,…
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Canada-based Genecis wins the XTC Global Challenge 2020 – the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges
How can we improve the world? How can we innovate with purpose? How can we make food that is free of toxins? How do we make quality education accessible? How do we convert waste into value? How do we enable rural farmers to earn a decent living? There are innumerable challenges like these today and…