'We start things because it’s where we find our purpose,' said New York-based Mike Lazerow. 'The best founders learn to love the misery, the suffering.'
'They would have taught me how to go public. We didn’t do it. How to do budgets. We don’t have budgets,' said Epic Systems founder Judy Faulkner, whose unconventional approach built a $5.7-billion-a-year software empire.
'I don’t think I could do another standalone company again,' startup founder Kass Lazerow said. 'It took just about everything out of me.'
Recalling some of his toughest times, Gecko Robotics's CEO Jake Loosararian said his early prototypes, designed to inspect power plant boilers, frequently malfunctioned, requiring him to work in 'dirty and horrible' conditions.
Despite his strong critique, Akshat Shrivastava affirmed his deep connection to his homeland: 'India: was and will always be my motherland. I love it. And, always will.'
The 66-year-old cybersecurity titan said the most important person for his success is his wife, Jyoti Chaudhry. 'Without her, none of this thing would have happened.'
He was answering a question on negative coverage of BluSmart founder allegedly diverting loans meant for funding BluSmart's electric vehicle purchases for personal use.
After sharing the hiring call on X, Aditya Siripragada was flooded with messages from interested candidates. Responding to one such comment, he said he was willing to hire anyone as long as they are 'freaking amazing' and 'pay more than that'.
Currently, besides enjoying his retirement, the 29-year-old father of three has become an angel investor and is backing a friend’s coffee company and a fitness app.
The billionaire founder of Info Edge countered the allegations made by fellow founder and columnist Suhel Seth who recently claimed that '80 percent startups in India are nothing but a racket'.
The Indian-origin co-founder of Loom also described breaking up with his girlfriend as 'extremely painful' but the 'right call'. 'If my ex is reading this. Thank you for everything. I am sorry I couldn’t be what you needed me to be,' he wrote.
'When I was in my 20s, I was perpetually in ‘CEO Mode’ and could never find a healthy work-life balance,' Alexis Ohanian said.
Dhruv Suyamprakasam moved to Bengaluru twice, in 2010 and in 2016. And both times, he returned to his hometown after spending little over a year in the city.
But selling the company he had founded in 2008 was not a joyous occasion for Jyoti Bansal, it was the 'saddest day'. 'I spent nine years of my life fully dedicated to what we were building there. Suddenly, it’s the end of a chapter... That’s the bittersweet part of selling your company.'
Sacheti was recently appointed as a General Partner at Singularity Growth, and he also invests in D2C startups in a personal capacity.
Surbhi Jain, founder of Neend app, has responded to criticism of her 'unprofessional' WhatsApp display picture which shows her with coloured hair.
The founder of a Taiwanese airline flew down to Japan to apologise in-person for a long delay that forced passengers to spend the night at the airport.
Byju’s founder said that the company is funded by over 70 investors, who have done due diligence on their operations, which includes FEMA compliance. “We are confident that the authorities will also come to the same conclusion,” he said.
Goodfellows founder Shantanu Naidu told PTI that the company will use the fund for the expansion of service to Bengaluru.
The good buying range for Nifty would come around 8350-8355. So buy with a stop loss below 8330-8300, which is a strong support zone, says Mitesh Thacker of miteshthacker.com.
India is the new start-up nation! With third highest start-ups launched in the world after US and UK in the year 2015. To build the investors‘ confidence and brand reputation, to drive the top line growth and protect the bottom line, it‘s imperative for any start-up to be ready
The Budget for fiscal year 2016-17 has brought back the focus to rural economy and rightly so as this segment has been experiencing a tough time following two years of insufficient monsoon, says Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Founder, MD and CEO, Bandhan Bank.
Sudarshan Sukhani and Mayuresh Joshi both believe that softness for the market is likely to continue for some more time. Sukhani says 7240 on the Nifty is likely to be tested and breached going forward.
Anand Deshpande, Founder, MD & CEO, Persistent Systems, says the third quarter saw a volume growth of 1.9 percent and a price growth of 1.1 percent.
Of them, four are co-founders of Infosys, one of India's largest information technology (IT) services companies.