YourStory Weekly Recap: 10th to 16th February, 2014
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” True to the spirit of these lines by Confucius, we present to you the weekly roundup of the top stories, interviews, resources, videos and news published last week on YourStory.com. There were inspirational stories like that of Blossoms book store’s founder’s, innovations like Sun-Bazaar, resources like bursting the myth about Indian startup bubble and much more. Here’s a wrap up of whole week for you:
Startup stories
HomeTriangle: Your collaboration platform for home design, renovation and repair
Monocept – the mobile app experts behind the IRCTC SMS Booking app
Sun-Bazaar: bringing all things solar to your doorstep
Collectabillia gets you one step closer to your idol
Serial entrepreneur teams up with IIM-C alumnus to float biryani brand, Nawaab Sheikh
Healthcare veteran starts AllizHealth, a centralized repository for health information in India
FilmySphere: a social movie platform to follow celebrities and get discovered
MapMyTalent: A career counselling product that has helped 70,000+ students
Nitrobator wants product development easy for non-techies, will build in exchange for equity
Ex-Googlers and a college dropout play Cupid this Valentine’s Day
Flymyfood flies your favourite dish from different cities to your doorstep
If it’s honeymoon, then it’s got to be Honeymoon Havens
Interviews
Parag Dhol bursts the myth about a startup bubble in India
The first revenue cheque after 4 years: With Rabi Gupta, co-founder of iDubba
Meet Prem Jain, man behind the $863 million startup Insieme Networks
We’re here to build a strong global venture: clarifies Simplify360 CEO after acquisition rumours
Thought Leaders in Cloud: Sravish Sridhar, Kinvey
From a pavement, how do you Blossom? Mayi Gowda will tell you
[Techie Tuesdays] Thejesh GN, activist armed with Open Data
Madurai girl storms into the Valley with her Pith innovation
The artist who calls his work trash: Faisal Mohammed and his Garbage Bin Studios
International Stories
Berlin tech startup Ubertweek: reinventing video entertainment
VenturePact to make remote work mainstream with tech startups
Want to start small with Big Data? DEXTRA is here to help!
Printivo: on demand printing service for West Africa
Resources
What drew Inventus to redBus, Cbazaar and Savaari: The Parag Dhol interview
5 Innovative Startups that can help you find your Valentine!
What tech startups can learn about content marketing from Akamai’s ‘State of the Internet’ app
How to run a profitable startup with two employees? A crash course by Playblazer
Ecommerce comparison site Buyt turns profitable within a year of operations
YSTV
Avaz app helps special kids with articulation
Mad Street Den: Artificial Intelligence for your apps
News
Dhingana, a much-loved music streaming service once, shuts shop
India is world’s fastest growing smartphone market. App developers, take note
Yahoo! acquires New York based startup Wander, the talent behind Days App
Qualcomm Ventures’ QPrize 2014 India competition launch for early-stage technology startups
Battlefield 2014 – The quest to discover next generation of entrepreneurs of Nigeria is on
Tell us what did you like reading this week and we promise to bring to you more of the same.
