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  • Ashneer Grover: 'Smart founders and employers hire for competence, not degree' January 26, 2023 05:52 PM IST

    Ashneer Grover: 'Smart founders and employers hire for competence, not degree'

    Ashneer Grover said, "You need competence in life; any smart founder/employer always hires for competence, not degree."

  • SaaS in 2023: Founders and investors spot emerging themes amid recession fears December 30, 2022 05:51 PM IST

    SaaS in 2023: Founders and investors spot emerging themes amid recession fears

    The next year is likely to be tough for many SaaS firms. However, segments such as generative AI, PaaS offerings, and Low Code/No Code platforms, cloud security-based software may gather more steam in 2023.

  • NR Narayana Murthy & Sudha Murty on their Infosys journey, marriage & life goals | Special Broadcast December 16, 2022 01:01 PM IST

    NR Narayana Murthy & Sudha Murty on their Infosys journey, marriage & life goals | Special Broadcast

    The Infosys journey began on a wing, a prayer and a sum of $250 in 1981. Today, it has a market cap of $83-$84 billion, revenue of above $16 billion and an employee base of over 3.35 lakh. It is also one of India's most respected companies. To mark 40 years of this journey, we have a very special and one-of-its-kind interview with the iconic founder of Infosys NR Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murty, who not only bootstrapped Infosys with $250 but is also a hugely successful author and a dedicated philanthropist. Over the course of the interview with Chandra R Srikanth, they speak about their journey, the struggles, their children and their life goals. Don't miss it!

  • Global Fintech Fest: Founders get a starry reception, regulators talk business September 26, 2022 09:53 AM IST

    Global Fintech Fest: Founders get a starry reception, regulators talk business

    Global Fintech Fest held in Mumbai last week gave fintechs the much-needed adrenaline shot as they battle slowdown and regulatory squeeze and provided a platform to showcase why their growth is crucial to change India’s financial landscape.

  • Joy of meeting in person, but some caution as unicorn founders get together after two years amid funding winter June 17, 2022 12:27 PM IST

    Joy of meeting in person, but some caution as unicorn founders get together after two years amid funding winter

    The sentiment suffused thousands of founders, investors, bankers, and advisors among others, who attended the India Unicorn Summit 2022 arranged by TiE Mumbai at the exuberant Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai last week.

  • ‘Indian dad supremacy’: Father’s reaction to son’s Forbes honour is making Twitter laugh May 28, 2022 02:55 PM IST

    ‘Indian dad supremacy’: Father’s reaction to son’s Forbes honour is making Twitter laugh

    Harish Uthayakumar, co-founder of students' community Bluelearn, was mentioned in Forbes' 30 under 30 list. His dad's priceless response to it has won internet.

  • Be conservative with hiring, capital will be constrained: Orios Venture Partners to investees May 23, 2022 12:52 PM IST

    Be conservative with hiring, capital will be constrained: Orios Venture Partners to investees

    Orios Venture Partners also advised founders of its portfolio companies to close deals with investors and avoid waiting for better offers as there might not be any

  • Meet the Indian-origin founders of company making AI glasses for vision-impaired April 22, 2022 12:46 PM IST

    Meet the Indian-origin founders of company making AI glasses for vision-impaired

    Envision's glasses provide wearers benefits like detailed descriptions of the settings they are in, ability to make video calls and turn text into speech.

  • Storyboard18 | When founders become content creators April 12, 2022 02:10 PM IST

    Storyboard18 | When founders become content creators

    They double as models, photographers, copywriters and insight miners. Meet early-stage startup founders who are weaving their brands’ stories.

  • Today's IndiGo AGM may be a 'non-event' but still a milestone August 28, 2019 04:36 PM IST

    Today's IndiGo AGM may be a 'non-event' but still a milestone

    Gangwal is away in the US where he is based and is not attending the AGM

  • Drama in media is distracting, says Sikka February 13, 2017 12:29 PM IST

    Drama in media is distracting, says Sikka

    Infosys chief underplays dispute with Narayana Murthy at an investor conference.

  • Infy CEO Vishal Sikka to address investors on Monday February 13, 2017 09:55 AM IST

    Infy CEO Vishal Sikka to address investors on Monday

    Amid the ongoing conflict between Infosys' Board and its founders, its CEO Vishal Sikka is scheduled to meet institutional investors tomorrow at an event in Mumbai.

  • Appoint interim chairman to engage with Infy founders: Ex-CFO February 12, 2017 02:21 PM IST

    Appoint interim chairman to engage with Infy founders: Ex-CFO

    As the rift between founders and its Board widens at Infosys, its former CFO V Balakrishnan today said an interim chairman should be appointed at the earliest to "effectively" engage with its billionaire co-founders.

  • At Infosys, issue is difference in perceptions: Mazumdar Shaw February 10, 2017 12:33 PM IST

    At Infosys, issue is difference in perceptions: Mazumdar Shaw

    This time it is Infosys that is caught up in the net of the 'bitter boardroom battle' as the rift between the founders and the board is out in the open. But, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Independent Director at Infosys says, “these are not governance issues, these are differences in values and perceptions.”

  • ‘Infosys deal got good response from foreign investors‘ December 09, 2014 09:14 AM IST

    ‘Infosys deal got good response from foreign investors‘

    Deutsche Bank is also a part of Coal India divestment process and expects a good response for that took.

  • Infosys falls 3.4% after founders sell stake worth $1.1 bn December 08, 2014 04:05 PM IST

    Infosys falls 3.4% after founders sell stake worth $1.1 bn

    Infosys shares fell about 4 percent at open, before recovering some lost ground to trade 3.4 percent lower, after a block-deal sale of 32.6 million shares reportedly belonging to founders of the firm went through this morning.

  • Are solo founders at a disadvantage? November 27, 2013 03:04 PM IST

    Are solo founders at a disadvantage?

    There is no formulaic approach to answering this question. But, from an investors' perspective, single promoters pose a bigger risk

  • Patel Engineering founders deny stake sale plans April 13, 2012 03:30 PM IST

    Patel Engineering founders deny stake sale plans

    Patel Engineering Company founders have denied stake sale plans, reports CNBC-TV18.

  • Cipla says stake sale report 'baseless' January 28, 2011 11:14 AM IST

    Cipla says stake sale report 'baseless'

    In response to the media report on talks about stake sale, Cipla says, reports are 'absolutely baseless and purely speculative'

  • Founders in talks to sell Cipla stake, co denies January 28, 2011 09:54 AM IST

    Founders in talks to sell Cipla stake, co denies

    The founders of Cipla, India's second-largest drugmaker by sales, are in talks to sell their stake to global firms, the Economic Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed investment banking sources.

  • Mercator Lines board approves allotment of shrs to founders January 13, 2011 01:31 PM IST

    Mercator Lines board approves allotment of shrs to founders

    Mercator Lines board has approved allotment of 89 lakh shares at Rs 55 per share to founders, quoting DowJones, reports CNBC-TV18. It touched an intraday high of Rs 51.05 and an intraday low of Rs 49.10. At 13:25 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 50.20, up Rs 0.85, or 1.72%.